DELTA LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE – JUNE 2, 2010. DELTA SOURCE BUILDING EXCELLENCE WITH GIS W HAT IS GIS? GIS is a Geographic Information System. GIS integrates

DELTA LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE – JUNE 2, 2010

DELTA SOURCEBUILDING EXCELLENCE WITH GIS

WHAT IS GIS?

GIS is a Geographic Information System.

GIS integrates hardware, software, and data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information.


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• GIS identified in the iDelta report as a goal for DRA:

“All Local Development Districts (LDDs) in the DRA region will use GIS systems to support the DRA’s regional initiatives in health, transportation, economic and community development, homeland security, disaster pre-event planning and recovery, and other areas. “


• Identify resources, roadblocks (and how to overcome them), planning tools, and goals/outcomes for GIS

• Develop a model and framework for local governments and governmental agencies to use for investigating, developing and deploying GIS on the local level

• Build enthusiasm for GIS among local officials to encourage deployment and usage



• Existing GIS databases for the locality

• Existing data sets for the locality

• Possible GIS participants – and how to build coalitions among those participants


• Building Collaborative Relationships:


• Resource identification

• Funding mechanisms and sources• Grants• Governmental appropriations• Participant contributions• Data sales


• Resource identification•www.esri.com/grants/about/funding_sources.html


• Resource identification

• Information Technology resources

• Software vendors• Existing IT platforms and resources• Local, regional, statewide

• Personnel • Educational programs


• Roadblocks

• Funding• Inter-agency squabbling• The “Not In My Sandbox” problem• “I paid for it. It’s MINE.”

• Good, ole fashioned bureaucratic inertia• “We’ve always done it this way” • “Bob knows everything”


• Roadblocks

• Lack of data/poor data quality• Revealing historic inadequacies• Fear of sunshine

• IT resources

• Personnel – Training and availability


• Planning Tools

• What do we start with?

• Initial layer sets• Data gathering• Software and hardware• Personnel and training – and do we hire a consultant?


• Planning Tools

• Next steps . . .

• Additional layers• Data gathering challenges• Maintaining momentum• Employee buy-in


• Planning Tools

• Deployment

• Accessability• Inter agency interoperability• Employee access/Public Access

• Updating data• Who, how, and how often


• Goals/Outcomes

• Inter-agency availability• Locally• Regionally• State and beyond• DELTA WIDE !!!

• Cost reductions


• Goals/Outcomes

• Public availability• Web-based service• Metadata access• Database charges• Access charges

• Long-term sustainability



• Creation of a model GIS framework

• Build a base data set for deployment throughout the Delta

•http://gis.latech.edu/DRAMap/


• Special thanks to:

•Wes Palmer, Geographic Information Science instructor, Louisiana Tech University

• Kyle Wyatt, Student Intern, Louisiana Tech University



• Or, what can you do with these fancy pictures?


• Economic Development

•Site Selection•Utility availability•Land use availability (zoning, etc.)

•Workforce Identification•Transportation Resources


• Utility usage and planning

• What are existing routes?

• Expansion planning

• Correcting outages

• Infrastructure maintenance and replacement


• Crime analysis and community policing

• Mapping of crime trends

• Planning of police routes and schedules

• Information for property access


• Disaster and Emergency Preparedness

• Population mapping

• Evacuation planning

• Flood mapping





•Where do we go from here; i.e, how do we implement the recommendations of iDelta?



• Obtain buy-in from local officials and staff

•GIS video demonstration using a variation of the skit you saw today• Web delivered• Jump drive mailed to local officials• Local government conferences


•DRA-wide GIS conference

• State GIS offices/staff• Local GIS offices/staff• Local officials who want GIS• Software companies• Grant funders


•Goals for DRA-wide GIS conference

• Demonstrate how to start with GIS• Educate about uses for GIS• Provide advanced education for existing GIS users• Build collaborative relationships among state and local officials

QUESTIONS?


• Acknowledgments:

•DRA-wide mapping project:• Wes Palmer & Kyle Wyatt, LaTech

•Economic Development Slides:• Victor Leotta, Leotta-Evers Consulting, LLC

• GIS background information and slides:• Pam Jones, Lincoln Parish • Ben Peterson, City of Paducah

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DELTA LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE – JUNE 2, 2010. DELTA SOURCE BUILDING EXCELLENCE WITH GIS W HAT IS GIS? GIS is a Geographic Information System. GIS integrates