1. GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development Beau Bradley, Neighborhood Transformation Initiative Jim Querry, Mayors Office of Information Services Megan Heckert, Avencia Incorporated S205 April 15, 2007www.avencia.com APA 2007 National Planning Conference

2. Neighborhood Transformation Initiative A strategy to preserve and rebuild Philadelphias neighborhoods GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007 Eliminate blighting conditions Attract investment to neighborhoods Improve delivery of services and resources Slide 2

3. Decision Support Objectives Need identified for business siting tool to: GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007 Describe social, economic, and geographic factors Categorize areas based on attractiveness and suitability Useable by various city departments Leverage GIS technologies without requiring GIS expertise to use Slide 3

4. Building on GIS Infrastructure - MOIS Enterprise Geospatial Data Repository ULRS Address Integrator Departmental Databases CityMaps GeoServices Geospatial processing ULRS Web Services Property data integration Master Address Dictionary Enterprise GeoWeb Services

5. DecisionMaps Objectives GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007 Contribute to Job Growth in Philadelphia Adaptable to many types of clients Customizable Able to generate multiple versions of model results Able to use results to filter available properties Desktop functionality in a browser Simple user interface Leverage powerful functionality from ArcGIS Server Slide 5

6. Why Locate There? Slide 6GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007

7. Why Locate There? Slide 7 Proximity to Transit Lines GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007

8. Why Locate There? Slide 8 Proximity to Transit Lines High Density of College Grads GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007

9. Why Locate There? Slide 9 Proximity to Transit Lines High Density of College Grads High Density of Home Sales GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007

10. Why Locate There? Slide 10 Proximity to Transit Lines High Density of College Grads High Density of Home Sales High Per Capita Income GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007

11. Why Locate There? Slide 11 Proximity to Transit Lines High Density of College Grads High Density of Home Sales High Per Capita Income In An Economic Incentive Zone GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007

12. How do you choose a site? Slide 12 Proximity to Transit Lines High Per Capita Income High Density of College Grads High Density of Home Sales In An Economic Incentive Zone Business siting is about making a choice based on the composite of several location based decision variables GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007

13. How do you do this? Slide 13 City of Philadelphia GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007

14. How do you do this? Slide 14 Broken into a grid of cells City of Philadelphia GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007

15. How do you do this? Slide 15 City of Philadelphia Broken into a grid of cells Each cell has a value for any given layer of information GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007

16. How do you do this? Slide 16 City of Philadelphia Broken into a grid of cells Each cell has a value for any given layer of information GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007

17. How do you do this? Slide 17 City of Philadelphia Broken into a grid of cells Each cell has a value for any given layer of information GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007

18. How do you do this? Slide 18 City of Philadelphia Broken into a grid of cells Each cell has a value for any given layer of information 1 This cell based approach enables us to combine layers using a process called map algebra GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007

19. Map Algebra Slide 19GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007

20. Using previous example Slide 20 Proximity to Transit Lines High Per Capita Income High Density of College Grads High Density of Home Sales In An Economic Incentive Zone Business siting is about making a choice based on the composite of several location based decision variables GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007

21. Create series of raster layers Slide 21 Proximity to Transit Lines High Per Capita Income High Density of College Grads High Density of Home Sales In An Economic Incentive Zone GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007

22. Create series of raster layers Slide 22 Proximity to Transit Lines High Per Capita Income High Density of College Grads High Density of Home Sales In An Economic Incentive Zone GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007

23. Create series of raster layers Slide 23 Proximity to Transit Lines High Per Capita Income High Density of College Grads High Density of Home Sales In An Economic Incentive Zone GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007

24. Create series of raster layers Slide 24 Proximity to Transit Lines High Per Capita Income High Density of College Grads High Density of Home Sales In An Economic Incentive Zone GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007

25. Create series of raster layers Slide 25 Proximity to Transit Lines High Per Capita Income High Density of College Grads High Density of Home Sales In An Economic Incentive Zone GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007

26. Assign weights to raster layers Slide 26 Proximity to Transit Lines High Per Capita Income High Density of College Grads High Density of Home Sales In An Economic Incentive Zone GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007 x 2 x 4 x 5 x 2 x -2

27. Derive output raster Slide 27GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007 Proximity to Transit Lines x 2 High Per Capita Income x 2 Density of College Grads x 4 Density of Home Sales x 5 Economic Incentive Zone -2

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33. Slide 2GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007

34. Contribution to Neighborhood Transformation Current and future applications GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007 Commercial corridors Vacant land Dangerous buildings and code violations Tied to commercial database Slide 34

35. Future enhancements and applications Slide 35GIS for Decision Support and Economic Development April 15, 2007 Enhancements New raster format Distributed calculations User upload of data Data export Applications Open space conservation Public health Urban forestry

36. Questions? Visit us online! www.avencia.com APA National Planning Conference April 15, 2007www.avencia.com