UBC PointQuest

Description

UBC PointQuest is a project designed to enrich the experience of UBC students, employees, and visitors to UBC’s Point Grey campus. It features an interactive map that allows users to explore different locations across campus to learn unknown and interesting facts. Content is presented in a variety of ways, including videos, images, animations, narratives, and 3D models. Additionally, users can interact with the map to get directions to physically visit the locations. The interface also allows users to add their own points across the map and to add comments, making UBC PointQuest a collaborative storytelling venture.

Goals

UBC PointQuest project is rooted in place-based and experiential learning pedagogies. It draws from Indigenous pedagogical approaches where learning happens through engagement, interaction, understanding, and relationship-building with and through the land, integrating the rhythms of nature into education. The goal of the project is to enable faculty members and students at UBC (and the wider community) to create a record of their own reflective and relational learning in-situ, regardless of the discipline. Participants and users are encouraged to engage directly with their environment, relying on lived experiences and hands-on involvement, connecting with their surroundings, and fostering a deeper relation to the land and the community.

Deliverables

1. Creation of the digital platform (interactive map), including features such as pinning, adding content, commenting, geolocation, and map navigation. The UBC PointQuest interactive map was built on MapBox, a platform selected for its customization capability, real-time data rendering, and seamless integration with web and mobile applications.
2. Creation of original multimodal content for the following locations:
   • • Asian Centre
     • UBC Aquatic Centre
     • Beaty Biodiversity Museum
     • C-Shore
     • UBC Education Library
     • UBC Botanical Garden
     • The Shadow (awaiting approval for release)
     • Reconciliation Pole (awaiting approval for release)
     • Musqueam Post (awaiting approval for release)

Project Team

• • • Dr. Natasha Boškić, Executive Director
    • Eduardo Rebagliati, Project Lead
    • Shivangi Singh, Researcher, Content Strategist, Multimedia Designer
    • Raha AtashPa, Researcher, Artistic Creator
    • Deepakjot Singh, Software Developer

Special thanks to everyone who offered support on this project:

• Shirin Eshghi (Asian Centre)

• Dr. Joshua Mostow (Asian Centre)

• Patty Gallivan (Campus and Community Planning)

• Derek Tan (Beaty Biodiversity Museum)

• Catherine Ouellet (Beaty Biodiversity Museum)

• Jacqueline Chambers (Beaty Biodiversity Museum)

• Kevin Ward (First Nations House of Learning)

• Wendy Traas (UBC Education Library)

• Christine Saunders (UBC Aquatic Centre)

• Jose Pedro Guidugli Pupo (drone footage)

• Susan Nelson (voice-over artist)

Interactive Map

Click the following link to explore the interactive map: UBC PointQuest Map