An "Asset Map" is a map that describes unusual, valuable, and interesting people, businesses, projects, or places in a community. Students involved in the Prince George's County Information Commons are using interviews and other forms of research to identify and map our local assets.

Our goal is to create large-scale maps that can be "clicked" to reveal detailed information about numerous assets. There will also be a search function that allows anyone to look for a type of asset and see the relevant locations displayed on the map.

For now, we have begun the following small-scale Asset Maps

Northwestern High School.

34th Street in Mt. Rainier

Click here for a report on asset mapping by Prof. Derek Thompson.