Interactive Map Guides

Interactive Map Guides help groups and individuals get the most out of the OASIS Website. The template for the guides was created by Open Road and co-written by members from the OASIS education committee. The co-authors represent agencies, organizations, and individuals who share the goal of helping people to find information easily on OASIS. Please check out the guides we've completed and help us to create more. Each guide has been field tested with children, teenagers and adults at all levels of computer ability. Contact Paula Hewitt (openroadny@aol.com) with Open Road if you have questions or suggestions for more guides to OASIS NYC for all ages.

We recommend that you watch the OASIS Tutorial before using the Guides. (Requires flash, click here to download)

Guides for OASIS

(requires Adobe Acrobat, click here to download free reader)

• Find a Park and its Stewards
• Find Community Gardens
• Find Green Space in a Neighborhood
• Find your Forest by Subway
• Find Harbor Estuary Program Important Areas
• Find a Natural Area near You
• Find Waterfront Access in your Neighborhood
• Find Ferry Transportation in Lower Manhattan
• Find your Local Representative
• Find Historic Sites
• OASIS Community Planning Game

OASIS Guide Template

Please help us to create new guides for OASIS using the template below. Guides can lead a person through OASIS so they find the information and maps you want them to find. Please write your guide so people aged 10 and up can read and follow it. Then send your draft guide to Open Road for field testing, review, and editing. You and your organization will be listed as the primary authors of your guide.
download Guide Template (Microsoft Word Document)
Enter your information in the above template and email it to OpenRoadNY@aol.com.

OASIS Education Subcommittee

Please join the OASIS Education Subcommittee. We meet one hour before each OASIS steering committee meeting and at other times for working sessions. Please email us if you'd like to receive meeting announcements.

Education Subcommittee goals and activities:

1. Educate ourselves and the public on how to use and add to OASIS
2. Create guides, workshops and public education activities for OASIS
3. Promote diversity by working to achieve the GROW recommendations with special attention to promoting diversity - diversity in information on OASIS and diversity in the racial, cultural, professional background of OASIS participants, partners, and users
4. Promote self-reporting and correction of data by partner groups and the public

Guides for earlier versions of OASIS

The guides below were designed for an earlier version of OASIS but may give you some ideas about the types of information you can get from using the OASIS website.

• Find Your Local Community Garden
• Find Your Local Community Garden (Spanish)
• Find Your Home