Session notes - Jon Garfunkel taking notes
Session Title: Mapping
Discussion Leaders:
- Matthew Davis ESRI - world leader in GIS (geographic information systems) spatial modeling tools
- Christian Jacqz, http://mass.gov/mgis
Issues
- Why are people interested in mapping?
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- Making mapping interesting to broad general public
- What kind of datasets should be shared?
- How does that improve things in government?
- Location-based mobility
- Situational Awareness, Data storage
- Risks / Dangers
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- Privacy
- Trust/Safety
- Misuse of map information
- Crimes maps as "red-lining", lead to downward spiral
- Ethics
- Different Technologies
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- GIS vs. Google Maps: the perception among some is that GIS formats are not sufficiently open
- Consumerization of technology
- Making it happen: Vision to Funding to Execution
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- Source of Data
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- Government collection
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- Satellite images - (Federal level, captured by satellites) - for fee?
- Orthophoto (state level, captured by planes) - available for free
- "Crowdsourcing"
- Standardized land use code
- Mapping Steps
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- Collect
- Validate (Geotagging, tweaking)
- Visualize (Prepare the map)
- Share (Provide the map)
- Analyze
Mapping Topics
- Transportation
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- Potholes
- Parking
- Speed Trap identifying
- Traffi
- Public Safety
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- 911
- National
- "Please Rob Me"
- Public Health
- Planning, "what if scenarios"
Follow-Up Items
- Wiki resource - Map Topic vs. steps
Definitions
- Situational Awareness - Knowing information now
- Maps, Data, Visualization, Time
- Geotagging
- GIS
Links