Georeferencing at a Health Service,

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the use of physical and digital georeferencing techniques in the service of health from a community asset experience. Methods: in the framework of an exploratory study with a mixed method, with a recurrent transformative design,a social cartography was carried out that included the analysis of physical and digital georeferencing. Results: the community territorial experience is part of the concrete experience, digital mappings as a result of technological tools and ICT development were used, with social mappings that directly linked the communities. On the onehand, it is an input that allowed to know the general context to streamline processes and on the other hand, other elements were highlighted in the practices, such as sociocultural, economic and political elements. Conclusions: in the globalized world, the use of physical and digital maps enrich the processes of assessment and community participation, they are configured as a means, but not an end, which provides decisionmakers with a tool to dynamize interaction and community empowerment processes.