The document discusses mapping Arkansas' state budget by geographic location using GIS, including obtaining funding data from various state agencies, displaying the data thematically by county, city, and school district on maps, and presenting the results in binders divided by legislative district for the House and Senate to easily view budget allocations for their areas. Issues addressed include acquiring and processing the data, mapping and display methods, delivering the results on time, and ensuring clear and consistent presentation.

1. Putting a State Budget on the MapLearon DalbyArkansas Geographic Information Office2/28/2011

2. Tuesday- November 2, 2010Senate- 35 membersHouse- 100 membersFreshman Senate- 15Freshman House- 47

3. Issue is the Issue

4. Issue is the Issue

5. November 5, 2011

6. Mapping State BudgetHow?Where is the data?How do we get the data?How should we map it?Can we deliver on time?You asked to Dance so Dance!

7. DataFocus on State FundingGovernmentEducationPublic SafetyHealth & Human Services Executive General Improvement Funding- DFA

8. Legislative General Improvement Funding- DFA

9. County Funding- State Treasurer

10. Municipal Funding- State TreasurerDisplayHeat MapBy Block GroupBy PopulationThematic MapCountyCity

11. Arrival of DataSet a cut off dateThe data spoke for itselfCountyCitySchool DistrictMake a decision and move on

12. How to ProvideWeb applicationWhich one How Failure is not an option

13. ResultTwo 3 ring bindersHouse of RepresentativesSenateDivided every 10 districts for easy search

14. Cover

15. Introduction Page

16. Page 1Example for presentation purposes this does not represent real data

17. Page 2Example for presentation purposes this does not represent real data

18. Page 2Example for presentation purposes this does not represent real data

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20. Page 4Example for presentation purposes this does not represent real data

21. Technically HowFunding data joined (table) to the appropriate geography (check for nulls)County, city or school district Resultant file is then unioned with legislative district (House or Senate) (County_Funding_Union)Nulls were reviewed and deleted where appropriate. These were generally the result of the lack of integrated topology. (County_Funding_Union)SqMi (Double) was added and calculated to ensure a significant portion of the legislative district was within the County. Any area less than 10 sq/mi (County), less than .023 sq/mi (city(check all up to .1 sqmi)) was deleted (County_Funding_Union)

22. Technically HowCounty_Funding_Unionconverted to a point file (Feature to Point) for display purposes ((County_Funding_Union_Feature)Add type Column to each fileMerge with previously merged files/CleanRun update query to consolidate all calculations for each district to a single rowCreate Pie charts by district. Doing so at a state level skews the visualReports run manually on each district to complete the template below.

23. Parts and Pieces

24. Keep it simple stupidPresent the same way they are accustom to seeing reportsUse all the space available (2 pages front/back)Failure is not an option

25. Fonts matter be consistencyLeader lines are messyWhole numbers play niceAll numbers should better matchRemember geography rules ($ is in or out)People know their areaCheck, recheck, and check again. Then be ready to fix

26. Example for Presentation Purposes This does not represent real data

27. You have 3-5 seconds toCreate impact!

28. DO NOT create confusion!

29. Colors really do matter http://bit.ly/Color4Maps

30. Learon.Dalby@arkansas.govArkansas Geographic Information Office@learondalby