Development of the tourist map of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil, with the participation of basic education students

Abstract

This paper aimed to disseminate the results of an outreach project that culminated in the development of a tourist map of Garanhuns, in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil, through a collaborative activity involving undergraduate students from the Geography Teacher Education Program at the University of Pernambuco and students from basic education. During the project, a bibliographic review was conducted, and 20 tourist attractions were visited and identified by points plotted on a satellite image. A printed copy of the map was distributed to each of the 95 public and private elementary and secondary schools within the municipality. In addition to presenting tourist information, the map produced through this outreach project will serve as a pedagogical resource for several school subjects, as it contains all mandatory cartographic elements and a satellite image of the municipality’s urban area. This enables the visualization of green areas, population settlement patterns, rivers, and other geographical features, thereby addressing the need for basic education students to have access to maps representing their lived space.