1. Community GIS in NYC or “How to Present a Case Study from the Book (or elsewhere)”

2. Pedagogical Purpose YOU get close-up familiarity with an application of GIS YOU get practice preparing and giving a short presentation YOUR CLASSMATES learn about an application of GIS WE ALL have an opportunity to see connections, think of new questions, etc.

3. What the Case Study is About General: How GIS is used by big city NPOs as tool for outreach, community involvement and planning. Specific. The Municipal Art Society (MAS) is a NYC NPO “whose mission is to promote a more livable city.” MAS uses GIS to support various community/neighborhood projects

4. Four Projects Post 9/11 “Imagine New York” Lower Manhattan Preservation Fund Community-based Planning Olympic Planning

5. “Imagine New York” Challenges/Goals  Rebuilding after 9/11  Impulse to get lots of folks involved  Democratize tools – give participants maps  Recruitment (diversity and target areas)  Document breadth of participation

6. Targeting Recruitment

7. Documenting Participation

8. Community-based Planning At local level, provide GIS support for local discussions Where is it already happening, where might it be encouraged At macro level, allow plan information to be combined on one map See city-wide distribution of plans and implications Allow neighborhoods to identify others with similar concerns

9. An Aside: What’s a Charrette?

12. Provide GIS Tools to Community Groups

13. Combine Local Plans in City-wide Context

14. Overlaying Plans Shows Implicit Collective Vision

15. Maps Show Latent Conflicts and Opportunities for Collaboration

16. http://www.mas.org/planningcenter/atlas/ FYI: What They Produced…