Local Decision Maker: An Interactive Decision Support System for Planning

1. Our Mission ... to assist Indiana communities in making informed and integrated land use and economic development decisions. Local Decision Maker: An Interactive Decision Support System for Planning

2. Outline • Overview of LDM • Examples – Phase I • ArcIMS/GeoCortex • ArcGIS Server • Future Directions • Questions & Answers

3. LDM Foundation Others Ag. Econ. Ext. AgIT FNR ABE

4. Comprehensive Plan Definition: “… multiyear process in which planners work closely with residents and other professionals to identify and describe community characteristics, articulate goals, and explore alternative plans for the future.”(The Practice of Local Government, C.J. Hoch and L.C. Dalton (eds.), 2000, pg. 24)

5. Planning Process

6. Objectives • Improve the development and implementation of comprehensive planning. • Incorporate GIS into this planning process. • Use the university’s research and outreach to assist a user in making a decision. • Implement a 3-5 click framework.

7. LDM – Two Parts

8. Live Demonstration http://purdue.edu/ldm

9. Stakeholder feedback (value-added) Farm Bureau and Land Use Team

10. Help Videos

11. Inventory & Analysis Inventory in one location (value-added)

12. Education

13. Twenty question format

15. Standard elements of a map service

16. Kernan Report: Consolidation < 2000

20. Natural Resources • Environmentally Sensitive Areas • Open Space • Impervious Surfaces

23. Open Space

25. Impervious Surfaces

28. Land Use/Land Cover • Land Use • Definition: “Human-oriented use of land” • LDM website • Importance • Development tied to community’s land resources • Land use maps typically used as base map for planning*

29. Land Use/Land Cover • Land Cover • Definition: “Discernible vegetation, geologic, hydrologic or anthropogenic features on the planet’s land surface” • Global Land Cover

30. Land Use/Land Cover • Data Availability • Land Use Mapping • Limited or non-existent • Land Cover • National Land Cove Data (NLCD) – USGS • 1992 (30m) • 2001 (30m) • Cropland Data – NASS • 2000-2003 (30m) • 2006-2007 (56m) • Global Land Cover

31. Land Use/Land Cover • Data Availability, con’t • Aerial Photography • 2005 Indiana Statewide Digital Orthophotography Program • 6 and 12 inch Natural Color • 1-meter Color • National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP • 2003-2007

32. Land Use/Land Cover Value Added Data • Land Cover Change (1992-2003) • Conversion of farmland, forestland, grassland, and wetland to urban use • 1992 NLCD Data & 2003 NASS Data used to generate results • NOTE: Appropriate for applications at the regional scale

33. Land Use/Land Cover Value Added Data (cont’d) • Open Space/Working Lands Layer • Based on 2003 NASS Data • Urbanized Areas • Census 2000 Data • Impervious Surface (USDA) • Working Lands • Used in a productive way • Contribute harvestable resources • farmland • forests • grazing lands

34. Economic Development • Many comprehensive plans include economic development • LDM provides tools for benchmarking • Snapshot of GIS-based local & regional economic data • An opportunity to study economies at a regional scale

35. Economic Development • Value added: • Research on various sources of public economic data • Research on useful indicators • Feedback from pilot counties: Porter, Jasper, etc. • Indicators on: Assessed value; employment levels; prominent industry sectors; labor force; social dimensions; diversification index

36. Economic Development • Value added: • Research on various sources of public economic data • Research on useful indicators • Feedback from pilot counties: Porter, Jasper, etc. • Indicators on: Assessed value; employment levels; prominent industry sectors; labor force; social dimensions; diversification index

37. Using spatial filter Zip codes with employment >=10,000 Zip codes with wages >= $40,000

38. Economic Diversification Index

39. Upcoming Elements • Demographics • Health & Human Services

40. Demographics

42. Health & Human Services

44. LDM Value-added Outputs • Clearinghouse • Stakeholder input/suggestions • Research – new data/analysis • Simulation models • Decision models • Plans – Written/Implemented • Feedback loops

45. Geocortex – Strengths and Weaknesses • Strengths • Improved web interface • “Out of the box” functionality • Printing PDFs • Quick View – drop down menus for location • Tools • Advanced • External Map Visualization - Google, Yahoo

46. Geocortex – Strengths and Weaknesses • Strengths, con’t • Tools • Advanced • External Map Visualization - Google, Yahoo • Extract/Upload Data • Markup • Add points, text, symbols, grid, XY locations • Selection • Query, filter • Select by…rectangle, line radius

47. Geocortex – Strengths and Weaknesses • Weaknesses • Relatively new product • Some documentation and an internet-based support forum • Reliant on ArcIMS axl file • A broken connection from axl to database(s) causes a failure in Geocortex – no site! • Miss-coding in axl file also results in loss of map service.

48. Wrap-up • Map service built into LDM is extremely powerful. • All you need is a computer and an internet connection. • Our integration of Phase 1 (Inventory/Analysis) and the map service is well underway. • Other parts of the decision system planned over the next 2 to 3 years. • We need feedback!!!

49. Questions & Answers Plan your future