A look at the use and occupation of the city of Tabatinga/AM

ethnicities, biodiversity, infrastructure and the challenges of the city's urban planning

Abstract

In the article presented, a cartographic experience carried out at the V Brazilian Cartography Olympiad – OBRAC is reported, in which an analysis was made of the urban socio-environmental aspects found in the area, generating a more in depth descriptive study of the city of Tabatinga – AM, in addition to the creation of Participatory/Collaborative and other Interactive maps, in which the mapping was carried out remotely, that is, virtually, and with the support of digital carto-graphic bases, statistical data from Institutions that monitor the region and, as they are participatory /collaborative, involved people's perception of the area and the topics discussed, whether in face-to-face meetings or in direct contact with those who are carrying out the mapping. To carry out this article, it was necessary to have the location (Solimões Mesoregion) and geographic characteristics such as demographic density, urbanization, ethnicities (indigenous peoples), culture, tourism, geographic space, physical elements – climate, relief, vegetation, hydrography, biodiversity –, limits and borders, geographic coordinates, socio-environmental problems found in the city, among others. To carry out the mapping, the OpenStreetMap website was used, a collaborative digital cartographic base used to prepare the streets and the QGIS 3.28 HCMGIS extension to carry out the vectorization of physical elements, generating a digital cartographic base of the city. Finally, an analysis of themes involving the city's urban space was presented and some ways of trying to solve them, such as: river pollution, illegal hunting and fishing, deforestation and burning, precarious services (sanitation and garbage collection) and urban infrastructure, with disorganized housing and irregular commerce.