sustainable business development, gis, and the web
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Dr. Eric Compas GIS Center UW-WhitewaterTRANSCRIPT
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SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, GIS, AND THE WEB
Dr. Eric CompasDirector, GIS CenterUW-Whitewater
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• 10 minutes – My thoughts• 10 minutes – Discussion in groups• 10 minutes – Sharing ideas
Plan for session
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• $500,000 grant from Economic Development Administration to build tools and services to support business development in southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois
New GIS Center
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• What’s the long view? What type of development do we want in our communities?
• Can land information help?
Current economicclimate
Promote growth at any
cost?
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• Promote business development within Wisconsin that’s sustainable “green” businesses community-building businesses low carbon businesses and so on…
Goal
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• Parcels• Infrastructure
Roads Trails Sewer, fire
• Planning Zoning Environmental priorities
• Imagery
Repurpose our data?
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• Open access to information Increase opportunity for data use
by NGOs and community groups Mash-ups, simple overlays
• Promote and encourage broad use, provide guidance
Access
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• Farm fresh atlas• Green maps
Community-building maps
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• Nanaimo, Canada• Fredericton, Canada
• Google’s “Cities in 3D”program http://sketchup.google.com/3dwh/citiesin3d benefits: increased interest in planning, economic
development, reputation as cutting edge
Virtual towns& communities
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• Site analysis that considersmore than just economic factors such as transportation costs, potential client base Availability of ecosystem services Carbon implications Natural Capital’s InVest model
• Crowd sourcing hubs for region?• Mobile application opportunities?
Other
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• Land information organizations and… …economic development corporations? …business incubators? …Wisconsin Economic Development Association? …Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce?
Institutional connections
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• Data sharing policies, cost recovery efforts• Misuse of data, unintended consequences
promote wrong type of development Decrease in appeal of region
• Funding Justify as marketing region, revenue through increased
taxes
Potential issues
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• Questions/issues Potential mashups with other public data? Institutional or legal hurdles? Missing data?
• Discuss at table for 10 minutes• Brief presentation of each group
Discussion
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Feel free to continue the discussionDr. Eric Compas, [email protected]
Thanks!