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

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

James Fee

May 19, 2009
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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
    [email protected] or
    [email protected]

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