Mapa Interactivo de los Árboles Monumentales y Patrimoniales de la Ciudad de Guayaquil

Abstract

This paper describe how was the website www.patrimonioverde.org done, since the conceptualize until how to get the minimum viable product. This tool of digital communication seeks to show the actual problem of theGuayaquil city around the index of green areas per habitant, far below of the percent recommended by the World Health Organization (OMS), evidencing the total number of patrimonial and monumental trees in this town that, according the context, would be a very reduced poblation. For this point, it described the current urban phenomena as urban fragmentation, compact or diffuse city, for to understand why occurs the events of the actual context of the most populated city in Ecuador. Then, the concepts such as urban, monumental and heritage trees are developed for to categorize the species of trees than must be included on this virtual map. The count of heritage and monumental trees is obtained from extrapolation of each age's tree, by c mparison of digital and analog photos from local newspaper library (20th century Guayaquil's photos), blogs or Google street/maps view locations. Making tangible the hystorical and social value of the native trees than still coexist at the urban perimeter, the citizens be able to understand the relevance of preserving native trees, in special the centenarians. The historical and scientific validation of this project has been supported by José Antonio Gómez Iturralde, former director of the Historial Archive of Guayaquil, and the biologist Guillermo Doylet, suggesting for a next phase, a sponsored digital campaign organized by private entities.