Apps for Local Government - Esri Dev Summit

From Planning to Gaming: Apps for Local Government Robert Cheetham [email_address] @rcheetham

10% Research Program Pro Bono Program Time-to-Give-Back Program Employee-focused Culture Projects with Social Value

Who is Azavea?
25 people
- software engineers
- spatial analysts
- project managers
Spatial Analysis
High Performance Geoprocessing
User Experience
R&D

Why am I here?

PhillyHistory.org

Our story starts in the City Archives, where the collections present challenges…

The first of which was ORGANIZATION . With images stored in boxes based on the city unit they represented (Streets, Schools, etc.), finding any particular image was a significant challenge.

The second was PRESERVATION . The oldest negatives are combustible, and newer ones are prone to warping.

The third was ACCESS . To access an image, a visitor would have to go to the archives and have a valid research reason for entrance. Approximately 100 people per year did this.

Certain images and/or photos on this page are the copyrighted property of 123RF Limited, its Contributors or Licensed Partners and are being used with permission under license. These images and/or photos may not be copied or downloaded without permission from 123RF Limited The last was FUNDING . Addressing these challenges was unlikely to be an inexpensive endeavor.

Images that tell the story of a city

Digitization Public Website E-Commerce Location

PhillyTreeMap

Stormwater Billing

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. "Protecting Water Quality from Urban Runoff."

Schuylkill River Regular Flow Schuylkill River Flood of June 2006

Usage  Runoff

Stormwater Modeling Game

Small Business Siting Tools

Tax Incentives
Commercial Corridor Health
Public Transit
Car Share
Open Space
Farmers’ Markets
Street Network Density
Recycling Participation
Walkability
Siting Decision Factors

Not a new idea… Ian McHarg

Not a new idea … Map Algebra

Desktop GIS

x 5 x 2 x 3 x 1 + + + = Generate Output Heat Map

The Web is different from the Desktop
Lots of simultaneous users
Stateless environment
HTML+JS+CSS
Users are less skilled
Users are less patient

ArcGIS Server
Flex, Silverlight and JS API’s
Publish tasks and models
Caching
Optimized MSD files

But wait … there’s a problem
10 – 60 second calculation time
Multiple simultaneous users …
… that are impatient

Sustainable Business Network

Distributed Geoprocessing

Success!!
Reduced from 10-60 seconds to
<500 milliseconds

Walkshed.org

OMB Watch: Federal Spending Equity

GPU Processing Research

GPU geoprocessing research

Crime Data Mining

Animation

Crime Analysis, Early Warning and Forecasting

Risk Forecasting

Communities

Berlin

Amsterdam

Madrid

Baghdad

Pretoria

Kinshasa

Build Communities
Learn about OSM & hold a map party
Share data and apps on ArcGIS Online
Host a Hack-a-thon, DataCamp, etc.
Apply for Code for America
Lobby your local government for open data policies

From Planning to Gaming: Apps for Local Government Robert Cheetham [email_address] @rcheetham

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