Where 2.0 - Junk Mail and the Geoweb Shine Light on New Orleans Recovery

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1. Junk Mail and the Geoweb
   Shine Light on New Orleans
   Recovery
   Presented by:
   Denice Ross
   Greater New Orleans Community Data Center
   James Fee
   RSP Architects
   

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4. Visits to gnocdc.org
   For the two years preceding Katrina
   Approx 5,000 visits/month, 60,000 visits/year
   

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5. Friday
   

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6. Saturday
   

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9. Sunday
   

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12. Monday
    

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13. Tuesday-Friday
    

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19. 2005 visits to gnocdc.org
    Baseline 5,000 visits/month
    80,000
    visits
    40,000
    visits
    

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21. And lots of media…
    

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22. “How many people are
    back, and where are
    they living?”
    

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23. 71.5%
    49.5%
    Census Bureau population estimates
    

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24. 71.5%
    49.5%
    Census Bureau population estimates
    Not useful because:
    •  9-Month Lag
    •  Whole city, not neighborhoods
    •  Methods fell apart post-disaster
    

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25. Alternative sources of population data
    Utility
    accounts
    Public school
    enrollment
    Voter
    Registration
    Drivers Licenses
    Traffic
    Volume
    Postal data
    Surveys
    Vehicle
    Registration
    

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26. Alternative sources of population data
    Utility
    accounts
    Public school
    enrollment
    Voter
    Registration
    Drivers Licenses
    Traffic
    Volume
    Postal data
    Surveys
    Vehicle
    Registration
    

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32. Local
    credibility is
    hard to gain…
    

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33. and easy
    to lose.
    Local
    credibility is
    hard to gain…
    

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34. Tips for Credibility
    1. Put metadata in plain sight
    and in plain English
    2. Fix errors that matter to
    locals
    3. Improve usability through
    testing under real-world
    conditions
    

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41. 11 July 2008 by Infrogmation of New Orleans
    July 2008
    

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42. StreetView Aug 2007
    

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43. Today – May 2009
    

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44. Tips for Credibility
    1. Put metadata in plain sight
    and in plain English
    2. Fix errors that matter to
    locals
    3. Improve usability through
    testing under real-world
    conditions
    

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45. Geocoding database problem: Addresses placed in “neutral grounds”
    

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46. Tips for Credibility
    1. Put metadata in plain sight
    and in plain English
    2. Fix errors that matter to
    locals
    3. Improve usability through
    testing under real-world
    conditions
    

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47. Notetaker
    User
    Interviewer
    Methodology: www.gnocdc.org/usability
    

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48. Methodology: www.gnocdc.org/usability
    

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49. The result: Happy
    users and a smoother
    recovery for New
    Orleans
    

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50. Holy  Cross  neighborhood  associa2on  deployed  spring  
    break  volunteers  to  rebuilding,  rather  than  door-­‐to-­‐
    door  data  collec2on  
    

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51. “Friends  of  Palmer  Park”  demonstrated  cri2cal  mass  of  neighbors  
    in  grant  proposal  for  new  playground  
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52. Community  &  Developers:  Using  same  data  to  describe  the  impact  
    of  a  new  Hospital  on  residents  in  the  proposed  footprint  
    

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53. Why we
    James Fee
    

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54. GNOCDC Web
    August, 2005
    

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55. Photo credit: the ‘bee log
    

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57. GNOCDC Web
    May, 2009
    

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58. Leverage ArcGIS & Google Maps
    

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60. Migrate from static HTML to
    Django Framework
    

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61. Uploading data to cloud and
    Google Docs
    

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62. I wish I
    had cached
    my data
    

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63. Onward!
    

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64. Technology
    

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65. Results
    •  No lock in, supporting
    standards allows them the
    flexibility to change with
    technology.
    •  No longer fighting change,
    but embracing it
    

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66. Joy
    Bonaguro
    Project Lead
    & Design
    Content
    Expert
    Data
    Developer
    Project
    Sponsor
    Allison
    Plyer
    Elaine
    Ortiz
    Denice W.
    Ross
    James
    Fee
    RSP
    Architects
    Mapping
    Sherpa Programmer
    Matt
    Priour
    Kestrel
    Computer
    Consulting
    www.gnocdc.org
    For more info, e-mail
    denicew@gnocdc.org or
    james.fee@rsparch.com
    

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