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Philadelphia Region Community Statistical

Systems

Robert CheethamAvencia Incorporated

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Avencia

Clients: Local/State/Federal Government

Non-Profits

Academic Institutions

Topic Domains: GIS Software Development in:

— Real Estate

— Urban/Neighborhood Redevelopment

— Natural Resources

— Crime Analysis

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Business Metrics BAM

BAP

BIF SCA

BPM

CRM

ERP

OLAP, HOLAP, ROLAP, MOLAP

DM

RTM

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Public and Non-Profit Metrics

CompStat

CityStat

SUMS

SmartConservation

NatureServe DSS

Neighborhood Information Systems

Federal/Foundation Grant ROI

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Presentation

1. Philadelphia Region Indicator Systems

2. Common Points

3. Challenges and Lessons

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Philadelphia Region

Neighborhoods/Real Estate

Social Services

Crime

Conservation/Ecology

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ParcelBase

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ParcelBase

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ParcelBase

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Community Surveys

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NeighborhoodBase

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NeighborhoodBase

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NeighborhoodBase

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Phila PD Crime Analysis Unit

Customized Map Products

Weekly CompStat Meetings

“Real Time” Intranet Web Site

Updated DailyAutomated Routines for GeocodingDate Range, Time of Day, Day of WeekCrime or Incident Type, Nature CodeDistrict, Sector or Street Address

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PhiCAMS

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PhiCAMS

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PhiCAMS

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PhiCAMS

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PhiCAMS

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CEWS

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CrimeBase

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Partnership

- Manages the Project - Aggregates Data - Hosts Application

CML

- Develop Software Components - Develop Database Design - Install and maintain softwareAvencia Phila

PD

- Strip out personal id’s - Send Data

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Tables

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Stats

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Scatter Charts

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Trend Charts

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Maps

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Custom Neighborhoods

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Custom Neighborhoods

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MuralBase

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MuralBase

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MuralBase

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Administration

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Reviviendo

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Others

Philly Site Finder: Industrial Sites for Redevelopment

(Brownfields)

Social Services (SUMS): Same software framework for:

— Public Health

— Education

— Social Services

— Demographics

Rolled out in:

— Philadelphia

— Palm Beach County

— Franklin County (Columbus, OH)

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SmartConservation

• A method of identifying, evaluating and prioritizing landscape resources for their potential habitat health and viability.

• A weighted hierarchical model for evaluating arbitrary areas of land in Southeast Pennsylvania for their conservation value.

TM

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What is SmartConservation?A Decision Support System for assessing the ecological/conservation value of a given site:

- Model- Web-based assessment tool- Data Sets – existing + derived maps- Green Infrastructure Plan

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What is SmartConservation?

Data Methods+ Metrics

Metrics Site Assessme

nt

+Standar

d Weights

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Objectives

Score any arbitrary polygon in Piedmont region Use publicly available data (mostly) Generate Comparable Scores Make all assessments available to all users Integrate data with processes and make available

to organizations that don’t have access to analysis tools.

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Partnerships

- Manage the Project - Convene Science Forum committees - Develop methodologies - Acquire data sets

NLT

- Develop Software Components - Develop Algorithms - Collaborate w/ NLT on methodologies - Install and maintain softwareAvencia

- Assess data sets - Develop assessment methodologies - Approve methodologies and weights

Science Forum

PASDA

- Host web site and data - Primary Data Provider

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Process Modeling

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Interior Forest HabitatForested areas – edge = Interior Forest

Rank based on size

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Watershed Land Cover1. Buffer site by 2 miles

2. Using site as pour point, calculate upstream watershed

3. Clip to 2 mile buffer.

4. Calculate Zonal mean of aquatic land cover

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Riparian Corridor Fragmentation

1. Clip Land Cover to Site Boundary

2. Clip Site Land Cover to the Stream Corridor

3. Reclass using Aquatic Land Cover and site survey adjustments

4. Average the Land Cover Values

5. Calculate NeighborhoodVariety

6. Convert to a 0-10 scale and Average for corridors

7. Lather, Rinse, Repeat….

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Landscape Ecology

Protected Lands

PNDI

Cons. Resource Locations

Merged Hubs

merge

Before merge

After merge

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Automated Calculations• Perform several

automated calculations, each of which produces a score and/or map for one or more taxa groups.

RequestCalculations

Calculate Scoresbased on GRIDsand other data

Review Scores

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Site Score

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Model Weights

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Compare Results• Possible to compare

the results to other sites in the same watershed, county, etc.

Review Scores Compare Scores

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Each element has:•A name•A weight•A conservation

unit•A quantitative

goal•Compatibility to

land use types•A spatial

distribution map

NatureServe DSS

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NatureServe DSSUI for general information about element and its conservation unit

UI for categorizing the element

Marginal Value Analysis

This map will identify areas where the scenario is in greatest conflict with conservation goals.

Consequently it identifies places where conservation will have the greatest benefit based on:

•Their ability to contribute toward goals.•The threat to them based on expected change in condition from current.•Their net cost (acquisition, incentives, lost economic activity, etc.)• Confidence values can be applied to determine the confidence that altering the land use in a planning unit will have the desired effect.

NatureServe DSS

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Presentation

1. Philadelphia Region Indicator Systems

2. Common Points

3. Challenges and Lessons

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Typologies

Public vs. Semi-Private vs. Private (Internal) Individual vs. Aggregated Business Process Automation vs. Generic

Tools Single Issue vs. Long-term Infrastructure

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2. Common Points

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Lessons

Partnerships: Public-Private-Academic partnerships work Funding: Funding is not scarce, but funders want measurable

results. Web: Web-based systems cost more initially and have user

interaction limitations, but they cost less to care and feed. (though this is changing…)

GIS: It’s essential but shouldn’t be the center. Requirements change: Design modular, hierarchical systems. Testing: Involve prospective audience before systems are

‘complete’. Security and Privacy: Logins, differential access, PNDI, land

deals. Integration: It’s is harder than it looks. System Metrics: Design them into the system. Multi-Lingual: Consider if it’s important for your project. Intellectual Property

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Challenges

User Interface: Providing sophisticated functionality in an easy-to-use interface is difficult.

Privacy/Security: Legal/Cultural challenges around privacy and security.

Integration: Common interface vs. Universal Information Store Computer Power: Complex Geoprocessing and Statistical

routines are hard on the web with multiple simultaneous users. Metric Documentation and Calculation Infrastructure Technology Licensing Costs Changing Technology Modeling Uncertainty Versioning Interpretation vs. ‘Raw’ Data Outcomes / Evaluation

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URLs

Philadelphia NISCrimeBaseSmartConservationReviviendo NIS (Lawrence)

U-Penn CMLAvenciaPhiladelphia GIS Services GroupPhiladelphia Police Dept.

http://cml.upenn.edu/nis/http://cml.upenn.edu/crimebasehttp://cegis4.cas.psu.edu/scm/http://www.avencia.com/lcw/

http://cml.upenn.edu/http://www.avencia.com/

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Philadelphia Region Community Statistical

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Robert Cheethamcheetham@avencia.comAvencia Incorporated