Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Philadelphia Region Community Statistical Systems Robert Cheetham Avencia Incorporated

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Avencia Clients: Local/State/Federal Government Non-Profits Academic Institutions Topic Domains: GIS Software Development in: Real Estate Urban/Neighborhood Redevelopment Natural Resources Crime Analysis

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Business Metrics BAM BAP BIF SCA BPM CRM ERP OLAP, HOLAP, ROLAP, MOLAP DM RTM

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Public and Non-Profit Metrics CompStat CityStat SUMS SmartConservation NatureServe DSS Neighborhood Information Systems Federal/Foundation Grant ROI

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Presentation 1. Philadelphia Region Indicator Systems 2. Common Points 3. Challenges and Lessons

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Philadelphia Region Neighborhoods/Real Estate Social Services Crime Conservation/Ecology

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators ParcelBase

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators ParcelBase

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators ParcelBase

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Community Surveys

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators NeighborhoodBase

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators NeighborhoodBase

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators NeighborhoodBase

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Phila PD Crime Analysis Unit Customized Map Products Weekly CompStat Meetings Real Time Intranet Web Site Updated Daily Automated Routines for Geocoding Date Range, Time of Day, Day of Week Crime or Incident Type, Nature Code District, Sector or Street Address

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators PhiCAMS

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators PhiCAMS

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators PhiCAMS

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators PhiCAMS

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators PhiCAMS

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators CEWS

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators CrimeBase

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Partnership - Manages the Project - Aggregates Data - Hosts Application CML - Develop Software Components - Develop Database Design - Install and maintain software AvenciaPhila PD - Strip out personal ids - Send Data

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Tables

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Stats

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Scatter Charts

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Trend Charts

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Maps

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Custom Neighborhoods

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Custom Neighborhoods

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators MuralBase

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators MuralBase

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators MuralBase

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Administration

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Reviviendo

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Others Philly Site Finder: Industrial Sites for Redevelopment (Brownfields) Social Services (SUMS): Same software framework for: Public Health Education Social Services Demographics Rolled out in: Philadelphia Palm Beach County Franklin County (Columbus, OH)

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators SmartConservation A method of identifying, evaluating and prioritizing landscape resources for their potential habitat health and viability. A weighted hierarchical model for evaluating arbitrary areas of land in Southeast Pennsylvania for their conservation value. TM

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators What is SmartConservation? A Decision Support System for assessing the ecological/conservation value of a given site: - Model - Web-based assessment tool - Data Sets – existing + derived maps - Green Infrastructure Plan

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators What is SmartConservation? DataMethods+Metrics Site Assessment + Standard Weights

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Objectives Score any arbitrary polygon in Piedmont region Use publicly available data (mostly) Generate Comparable Scores Make all assessments available to all users Integrate data with processes and make available to organizations that dont have access to analysis tools.

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Partnerships - Manage the Project - Convene Science Forum committees - Develop methodologies - Acquire data sets NLT - Develop Software Components - Develop Algorithms - Collaborate w/ NLT on methodologies - Install and maintain software Avencia - Assess data sets - Develop assessment methodologies - Approve methodologies and weights Science Forum PASDA - Host web site and data - Primary Data Provider

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Process Modeling

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Interior Forest Habitat Forested areas – edge = Interior Forest Rank based on size

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Watershed Land Cover 1. Buffer site by 2 miles 2. Using site as pour point, calculate upstream watershed 3. Clip to 2 mile buffer. 4. Calculate Zonal mean of aquatic land cover

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Riparian Corridor Fragmentation 1.Clip Land Cover to Site Boundary 2.Clip Site Land Cover to the Stream Corridor 3.Reclass using Aquatic Land Cover and site survey adjustments 4.Average the Land Cover Values 5.Calculate NeighborhoodVariety 6.Convert to a 0-10 scale and Average for corridors 7.Lather, Rinse, Repeat….

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Landscape Ecology Protected Lands PNDI Cons. Resource Locations Merged Hubs merge Before merge After merge

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Automated Calculations Perform several automated calculations, each of which produces a score and/or map for one or more taxa groups.

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Site Score

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Model Weights

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Compare Results Possible to compare the results to other sites in the same watershed, county, etc.

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Each element has: A name A weight A conservation unit A quantitative goal Compatibility to land use types A spatial distribution map NatureServe DSS

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators NatureServe DSS UI for general information about element and its conservation unit UI for categorizing the element

Marginal Value Analysis This map will identify areas where the scenario is in greatest conflict with conservation goals. Consequently it identifies places where conservation will have the greatest benefit based on: Their ability to contribute toward goals. The threat to them based on expected change in condition from current. Their net cost (acquisition, incentives, lost economic activity, etc.) Confidence values can be applied to determine the confidence that altering the land use in a planning unit will have the desired effect. NatureServe DSS

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Presentation 1. Philadelphia Region Indicator Systems 2. Common Points 3. Challenges and Lessons

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Typologies Public vs. Semi-Private vs. Private (Internal) Individual vs. Aggregated Business Process Automation vs. Generic Tools Single Issue vs. Long-term Infrastructure

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Presentation 1. Philadelphia Region Indicator Systems 2. Common Points 3. Challenges and Lessons

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Lessons Partnerships: Public-Private-Academic partnerships work Funding: Funding is not scarce, but funders want measurable results. Web: Web-based systems cost more initially and have user interaction limitations, but they cost less to care and feed. (though this is changing…) GIS: Its essential but shouldnt be the center. Requirements change: Design modular, hierarchical systems. Testing: Involve prospective audience before systems are complete. Security and Privacy: Logins, differential access, PNDI, land deals. Integration: Its is harder than it looks. System Metrics: Design them into the system. Multi-Lingual: Consider if its important for your project. Intellectual Property

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Challenges User Interface: Providing sophisticated functionality in an easy-to-use interface is difficult. Privacy/Security: Legal/Cultural challenges around privacy and security. Integration: Common interface vs. Universal Information Store Computer Power: Complex Geoprocessing and Statistical routines are hard on the web with multiple simultaneous users. Metric Documentation and Calculation Infrastructure Technology Licensing Costs Changing Technology Modeling Uncertainty Versioning Interpretation vs. Raw Data Outcomes / Evaluation

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators URLs Philadelphia NIS CrimeBase SmartConservation Reviviendo NIS (Lawrence) U-Penn CML Avencia Philadelphia GIS Services Group Philadelphia Police Dept

Avencia12 March 2004: Intl Conf. on Community Indicators Philadelphia Region Community Statistical Systems Robert Cheetham Avencia Incorporated