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ArcPad GIS and Pocket PCs give new opportunities and
power in community-based mapping. The Planning, Public Policy, and
Management Department (PPPM) at the University of Oregon is engaging in
some very interesting projects in this area. Click on a project
below to learn more.
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Citizen Participation
with Mobile GIS: These are University-Community partnerships that combine the student and faculty resources of an applied GIS course with the local expertise of neighborhood citizens in mapping local community conditions. In addition to teaching students new GIS skills, these service learning and action research projects are intended to help develop social networks, organize the community, and provide a spatial overview of a local community to its members. Test.
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Conducting a Safe Routes to School Walkability Audit with ArcPad GIS:
This site gives an overview of a new walkability audit
instrument designed for ArcPad GIS, presenting a field-based, spatially
referenced approach to pedestrian measurement.
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Residential Housing Condition Sidewalk
Survey with ArcPad GIS: In the summer of 2004, the City of
Eugene asked PPPM to conduct a residential housing condition survey.
We modified an instrument used previously in Flint, MI and converted it
to ArcPad GIS.
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PPPM536: Applied GIS and Social Planning: This is an
intermediate applied GIS class at the University of Oregon that
incorporates ArcPad in its focus on social issues. In addition to
hands-on skill building, this course focuses on social planning,
bottom-up community development, public participation, empowerment,
and equity..
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(For technical information about the gadgets
we've used, click here.) |
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All of
these projects were made possible through an academic
seed grant by the
Northwest Academic Computing Consortium (NWACC).
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