GIS for Community Leaders Newton, IL March 27, 2009

1. GEOTECH ProjectMike Rudibaugh, Co-PI NSF Geo-TECH CenterLake Land College (Geography/GIS Instructor)mrudibau@lakeland.cc.il.usPhone: 217-234-5244Trisha Mason, Ex. Director ECIDCinfo@ecidc.com217-540-3517 GIS for Community Leaders Newton, IL March 27, 2009 Grant funding from the National Science Foundation (DUE 0801896)

2. Purpose of NSF ATE • The ATE program promotes improvement in the education of science and engineering technicians at the undergraduate and secondary school level and the educators who prepare them, focusing on technicians for high-technology fields that drive the nation’s economy.

3. Background • Four Year Project (2008-2012) • $5M total • 7 Community Colleges and 4 Universities • National in scope • Only Center devoted to geospatial two-year education • Should impact 10,000 learners by 2012 Grant funding from the National Science Foundation (DUE 0801896)

4. NCGT Goals • 1.    Create a web-based curriculum clearinghouse serving as an educational resource with data, curriculum, and training supporting geospatial technology integration into elementary, secondary and community college learning environments. • 2.    Promote workforce and economic development opportunities for the region through internship opportunities for regional employers. • 3.    Increase the diversity and quality of geospatial technicians through targeting historically underserved demographic groups, such as women and minorities. • 4.    Provide a unifying voice for community colleges with educational organizations and professional societies shaping the growth of this new occupational sector. • 5.      Increase the number of community and technical college geospatial faculty and secondary school teachers participating in geospatial technology professional development Grant funding from the National Science Foundation (DUE 0801896)

5. What is “Geospatial”? • Anything that can be reference in space and time. • Global Position Systems (GPS) • Geographical Information Systems (GIS) • Remote Sensing • Google Earth • MapQuest • Location Based Services, like 911

6. Parts of a GIS: SpatialThinking • Geospatial thinking is no longer confined to geography and environmental studies courses. The ability to connect data to a spatial location in order to analyze patterns and make decisions is an important workforce skill (USDL 2007).

7. What is “GIS”? • What is GIS

8. What is GIS Technology? • This technology combines relational database structures with computer generated maps

10. GIS: In the Community College Data Layers Active Layer GIS Analysis Tools A check = Layer is Visible on the map

11. GST Program at LLC • 1. LLC GIS Certificate Program • Intro to GIS (ESC106) – 4 Hours • Raster GIS (ESC108) – 2 Hours • Used by students entering Ag, Civil Tech, Environmental Science, Conservation, and Earth Science • Retraining of dislocated workers or professional development. Grant funding from the National Science Foundation (DUE 0801896)

12. DACUM Event • November 19-20 (2008) • Employers Represented • IDOT • ADM • USDA • Illinois Water Survey • Coles County Regional Planning • Champaign County • Effingham Tax Assessors Office • Clinton County GIS Office • ManPlan.Net (AG. Consulting) • EJ Water Cooperative • Meisenhimer and Gende Engineers Grant funding from the National Science Foundation (DUE 0801896)

13. GST Job Market • Job Market ? • DOL Handouts • Career Awareness • http://www.careervoyages.gov/geospatialtechnology-videos.cfm • Across the country, tens of thousands of trained workers are needed to fill positions that are going begging. Emily Stover DeRocco, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration, Directions Magazine, April 10, 2003 Grant funding from the National Science Foundation (DUE 0801896)

14. Parts of a GIS: Hardware Computer Hardware • Personal computers

15. IDRISI GRASS Parts of a GIS: Software Computer Programs and Procedures • Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) • Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS) • Map Server • IDRISI

16. Parts of a GIS: SpatialData Spatially data - information connected to a place. Countries: population, major religions, number of military bases. Population by Country

17. Parts of a GIS: SpatialData State: population, election results, income averages http://www.nytimes.com/images/2000/11/07/politics/elections/president/map_us_PRESW_001107.gif_

18. Parts of a GIS: SpatialData County: population, election results, economic information.

19. Parts of a GIS: SpatialData • Latitude and longitude: city location, point source pollution • Street address: number of occupants, price of home Blue dots represent street addresses where a burglary occurred in 2006.

20. What does GIS mean for community leaders in the public/private sectors in the local economy? Digitizing of government, services, residents, customers, and business locations through maps and databases. Cost – Benefit Analysis Economic Development Utilities Public Safety City Infrastructure – Local Government Administration Emergency Response System Grant funding from the National Science Foundation (DUE 0801896)

21. GIS Uses: Government • National, State, and Local Governments use GIS to: • Redistrict precincts • Provide voter information • Develop economic resources • Track land records • Assess Taxes Environmental Engineers use GIS to minimize impacts of urbanization to sensitive environmental areas. http://www.esri.com/library/fliers/pdfs/cs-ecology-and-environment.pdf

22. City Infrastructure – Local Government Administration • A parcel map is perhaps the most convenient resource available to the public to determine the location and parcel identification number of a property. • Property evaluation • Compliance to local ordinances • Expansion of municipal utilities • An adequate parcel map should reflect size and shape of each individual parcel owned in a town. Many town officials (assessors, planners, engineers, and others) use parcel maps on a daily basis, that is why it is very important that parcel maps should show the most current and updated information. • http://www.umass.edu/tei/ogia/parcelguide/

23. City Infrastructure – Local Government Administration • Development of computer technologies along with geographic information systems (GIS) created opportunities to conduct this work more efficiently. It is much easier to store, maintain and update a digital map than an analog paper map. Digital parcel mapping also simplifies the process of locating the information about any of the parcels and markedly reduces time necessary for making changes and printing new copies of the maps on paper.

24. City Infrastructure – Local Government Administration • Digital parcel maps can be integrated into a more general geographic information system that will allow users to maintain and retrieve the record of zoning, land use, conservation easements, etc. Due to increased efficiency of tax map management and the potential for valuable GIS applications, many towns are transitioning from paper to a digital form of parcel mapping.

25. GIS Uses: Infrastructure • Transportation, Power, Water and Sewer use GIS to: • Identify service areas • Rapidly locate and identify breaks in service • Efficiently dispatch for service • Streamline workloads • Marketing strategies • Case studies on GIS and Utilities Portland, Oregon (PGE) uses GIS to identify unauthorized power pole use dramatically reducing financial losses. http://www.esri.com/library/reprints/pdfs/enercur-portland.pdf

26. GIS Uses: Infrastructure • Transportation, Power, Water and Sewer use GIS to: • Identify service areas • Rapidly locate and identify breaks in service • Efficiently dispatch for service • Streamline workloads • Marketing strategies Portland, Oregon (PGE) uses GIS to identify unauthorized power pole use dramatically reducing financial losses. http://www.esri.com/library/reprints/pdfs/enercur-portland.pdf

27. GIS Uses: Economic Development and Business • Real Estate, Insurance, Retail, and Banking use GIS to: • Determine property values • Analyze markets • Target market areas • Determine regional needs Sears uses GIS to increase fleet efficiently for appliance repair calls. http://www.esri.com/library/fliers/pdfs/cs-sears.pdf

28. Identifying Your Market

29. Business Attraction

30. Case Studies: Location and Relative Location • Using GIS to reference a proposed site relative to both its exact spot geographically, but as well what’s next to it relative to workforce and economic impact.

31. Lawrence County Hotel Analysis Results 654 Hotels Average Sales $706,000 6.8 Employees/Hotel Most Frequent Hotels in Region Best Western Budget Inn Days Inn Super 8

32. Lake Land College Student Residential Patterns – Fall 2008 • Using GIS to reference a proposed site relative to both its exact spot geographically, but as well what’s next to it relative to workforce and economic impact.

33. Lake Land College Student (In-District Residential Patterns – Fall 2008 • This maps measure the distance between each student (in-district) and LLC’s main campus in Mattoon • Results • N = 4,592 • Average = 19.48 miles • Total = 89,462 miles • Cost? • Measure the impact of online and extension centers

34. GIS Uses: Human Services • Police, Health, Disaster Management use GIS to: • Track street incidents and violations • Tracking wild land fires • Emergency vehicle response • Track and predict Avian flue outbreaks • Site location for health services • Evacuation planning • Monitor probationers Law Enforcement uses GIS todevelop surveillance, respond to incidents, evaluate crime patterns. http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0206/watershed1of2.html

38. GIS Uses: Resources • Agriculture , Forestry, Coast, Water use GIS to: • Analyze crop yield • Site reforestation location • Ocean current mapping • Coastal erosion management • Water quality management • Point source pollution location Water Resource Managers use GIS to tract aquatic species, water quality, and stream flow characteristics. http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0206/watershed1of2.html

41. Seven Keys to GIS SuccessGeographic Technologies Group • 1. GIS Master Plan • Defines a guide staff, data, training, hardware, and software purchases. • 2. Coordination • Who manages and maintains GIS • 3. Quick Success • Demonstrate ROI fast (high impact projects) • 4. Education • Do your users and staff understand GIS and what it can do? • 5. Ease of Use • Develop easy solutions (web-based GIS) • 6. Enterprise-Wide Implementation • GIS should be used as widely as the word processor • 7. Quantify Benefits vs. Cost

42. Cost – Benefit Analysis Cost Benefits Improve Efficiency Save Time Save Lives Comply with State and Federal Mandates Protect Your Community Respond More Quickly to Citizen/Customer Request Improve Citizen Access to Government • Building a GIS • Jasper County would be an estimated $300,000 for a county wide parcel map • Staffing? • Training? • Both LLC and EIU have GIS training and coursework that could be accessed to address this issue. • Change!

43. Summary • Summary • 1. GeoTech Center • http://www.geotechcenter.org/ • June 16-17 GIS Professional Development Workshop for regional high school teachers • Register