This wiki brings together resources and ideas on how maps, media and digital technologies can help residents, workers and visitors explore the culture and heritage of London's neighbourhoods. The focus is on the City of London and Clerkenwell, building on the Exploring EC1 project.

Destination City, the Corporation's programme to attract visitors, is holding its first public event on November 7. There is a proposal to establish a residents panel to input to the programme.

While useful, it seems unlikely that the panel on its own will fulfil the commitment of the City's policy chief, Chris Hayward, to more substantial engagement.

At a June City Question Time he said: “if you feel we’re not consulting widely enough on Destination City, or the more engagement residents could have, we want to know how precisely we do it … we want Destination City to be owned by the residents as much as by anybody else.”

This is a suggestion in response to that invitation.

What's needed is a practical project to follow through some of the ideas that may be generated by the panel discussions. One off-the-shelf opportunity is offered by wayfinding, which was proposed in early plans, dropped and re-instated for 2023-24 onwards.

It promised to: “Improve wayfinding by increasing awareness that the City is not individual buildings, but a collective of fascinating places to see, spend in and work at”.

|As I suggested at the time residents could be involved in plans to develop walks and tours that help everyone engage with City neighbourhoods.

Even beter, let's define wayfinding in terms of help people explore on the ground and online what the City has to offer