Purpose
TechMaps allow organizations and communities to identify and highlight complex historic relationships within their geographic region. TechMaps display information based on genealogy, history, and relationships within identified sectors. TechMaps allow the whole world to visualize the focus of the community's development and its investment attraction.
TechMaps highlight the following:
- Economic Development
- History
- Future possibilities
- Economic development opportunities
- Leverages the web to compete globally
- Genealogy
- Relationships
TechMaps Include:
A traditional printed map
- Wall size poster for display
- Planning and presentation tool
- Handouts for visitors, conferences, trade shows, and missions
A TechMap web site
- Highlights a selected community or region (e.g. - IndustryMap, OilMap, WineMap, ScienceMap)
- High search engine ranking among the Internet's most popular search engines
- User friendly design
- Easy access to information
History
The concept of the TechMap originated in the Ottawa, Ontario region of Canada. The new TechMap projects take the original concept of Denny Doyle's Genealogy of Ottawa High Tech companies to new levels of analysis and understanding. PricewaterhouseCoopers adopted the TechMap concept and expanded it to other regions of Canada and to the Web.
PwC Canada has produced seven Techmaps:
- British Columbia (1997)
- Ontario: Ottawa (1998), Kitchener-Waterloo (1999), Toronto (2000)
- Quebec: Montreal and Quebec City (2000)
- Alberta: Calgary and Edmonton (2000)
- Saskatchewan's ScienceMap which is the first web site partnership with Hamilton Myriadgate Technology
PricewaterhouseCoopers and Hamilton Myriadgate are working together in partnership in an effort to deliver future printed maps and web sites as a complete package designed to fulfill the needs of today's Economic Development environment.
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