All You Need is… GIS Martin Kim, AICP, GISP Director of Regional Planning

Tom Harner, GISP GIS Coordinator

Kathryn Youra Polk, GISP Senior Planner

Ohio GIS Conference

Hyatt Regency Columbus September 25 – 27, 2017

Columbus, Ohio

MVRPC GIS

• Provide a vital operating function in conducting regional planning activities

• Play a leadership role offering data and expertise to local jurisdictions and the general public

Today’s Topics:

• 2015 GIS Needs Assessment • Recreational Asset Inventory and Map • Regional GIS Layers • Online Mapping Applications for Members • GIS Trainings • What’s Next

GIS Needs Assessment: Background

• PURPOSE

– Identify how GIS is used in the Miami Valley Region and better understand various needs that exist at the local and regional level

• SURVEY

– First survey was conducted between May 6, 2015 – May 22, 2015 and the follow-up survey was conducted between July 7, 2015 – July 21, 2015

– Each survey was sent out directly to 126 recipients (GIS professionals and/or administrators in the local jurisdictions and other regional organizations) with additional promotion to Southwest Ohio GIS Users Group members

– A total of 64 participants during the first survey and 45 participants during the follow-up survey

Current GIS Users

In the future, we anticipate…

•Using Mobile Technology •Using Web Technology •More Data Inventory •More Data Analysis •Getting More Training

Map Apps on the Web

ArcGIS Online Users

Project Ideas: Priority Ranking

POPULAR IDEAS

HIGH PRIORITY IDEAS

Recreational Amenities

Why a Recreational Asset Map?

Our Goal:

• Provide a simple, intuitive and easy to use interface for the casual user to retrieve information quickly about the whereabouts of different amenities in the Region.

Recreational Asset Inventory and Map

• Art or Historical

• Small Park • Large Park

Types of Assets Found

• School or Library • Small Park

• Large Park

BEFORE:

AFTER

Fishing

Activities in the Filter Query (an Incomplete List)

Theater

Picnic Shelter Bike Attraction

Playground

Canoeing

Trails

Historic Site

Museum

Zoning/Land Use

Jurisdictional zoning was compiled from across the Region and generalized into several useful categories, updating a layer from 2008

Updated Regional Layers: Zoning

Adopted land use plans for jurisdictions across the Region were consulted and compiled into an updated version of a layer previously created in 2009

Updated Regional Layers: Adopted Land Use

New Online Mapping Applications

• Miami County Zoning • City of Riverside Zoning • Montgomery County Land Bank Neighborhood Initiative Program (NIP)

• City of Trotwood Zoning

City of Trotwood - Needed better access to their zoning information

City of Trotwood - Pulled in additional layers from county sources

City of Trotwood

Census/Training

GIS Training: GIS & the Census

Hands-on learning on how to use Census data in GIS. It used ArcGIS Online as a platform instead of ArcGIS desktop.

GIS Training: Introduction to ArcGIS Desktop

Overview of ArcGIS Desktop basics and hands-on learning on how to use ArcGIS Desktop with Census data.

MVRPC GIS – What’s Next

Continue to provide GIS Services to share data and expertise with member local jurisdictions and the general public

Major Areas of Concentration •Customized web mapping applications to address member’s needs •Subject-based professional training sessions •Regional mapping application(s) through collaborative partnerships

MVRPC Shaping Our Region’s Future Together

Martin Kim, AICP, GISP mkim@mvrpc.org Tom Harner, GISP tharner@mvrpc.org Kathryn Youra Polk, GISP kyoura.polk@mvrpc.org www.mvrpc.org