Rural GIS Applications

Geospatial Technology

Awareness

Mike Rudibaugh, Ph.D.

Co-PI NSF GeoTech Center

Geography/GIS Instructor

Lake Land College

mrudibau@lakeland.cc.il.us

217-234-5244

What is the GeoTech Center?

• http://geotechcenter.org/

▫ Resource center for community colleges in developing geospatial technology

▫ NSF-ATE Program

1. Curriculum

2. Faulty Professional Development

3. Student Recruitment

4. Workforce Studies

5. Hardware/Software

Topics?

• Introduction

• Overview geospatial technologies

• GIS Demonstrations

• Future Directions for Training

• Q/A

Growth of GST Technology

• GIS – Geographic Information Systems

• GPS – Global Positioning Systems

• Remote Sensing

• Geomatics (also known as geospatial

technology or geomatic engineering) is the

discipline of gathering, storing, processing, and

delivering geographic information, or spatially

referenced information. • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geospatial_Technology

Growth of GST Technology

• Globalization

• Internet

• Faster computers

• Sept 11, 2001

• August 28, 2005

• Geospatial Revolution Project

• Penn State University

• http://geospatialrevolution.psu.edu/

• Video series on GST history, awareness, applications, and ROI

• 10 Minute Demonstration

ROI for GST – The Business

Case • The Business Benefits

of GIS: An ROI Approach [Paperback]

• David Maguire (Author), Victoria Kouyoumijan (Author), Ross Smith (Author)

• Measuring Up: The Business Case for GIS [Paperback]

• Christopher Thomas Jou (Author), Milton Ospina (Author)

ROI for GST – The Business Case

Reading Examples

• Measuring Up

• Presents 75 articles from 22 business sectors. They tell us not only what people around the globe are doing with GIS, but how these new business processes have improved communities and organizations.

• Saving money and time

• Improving communication and collaboration

• Supporting decision making

• Aiding budget development

• Building information bases

• Managing resources

• Generate revenue

• Improving Access to govt.

▫ Geospatial Revolution Project Examples

Parcel Map – Foundation of

Local GIS Mapping

Parcel Level View

Parcel Level View

• Applications

▫ Tax Assessment

▫ Local Economic Development

Grants

Site Selection Studies

Emergency response modeling

Floods

Severe Weather

▫ Making government more available to citizens

▫ Healthcare

Parcel Map Technical

Demonstration • 5-10 Minute Overview Using Parcel Maps

Downstream Speed Relevance Approximate Time to Download

A 3 Megabyte Pop Song

56 Kilobits/Second

(kbps)

Top speed of dial-up modem 7 Minutes

200 kbps Minimum speed to qualify as “high-speed”

(broadband) under historical FCC definition

2 Minutes

768 kbps Minimum speed for an area not to be

“unserved” according to ARRA

30 Seconds

1.5 megabits/second

(mbps)

Lower speed tier advertised for many

broadband (DSL or cable) services

15 Seconds

3 mbps Minimum speed for an area not to be

“underserved” according to ARRA, and

minimum speed CASF considers necessary for

telecommuting

8 Seconds

6 mbps Upper speed tier advertised for many

broadband (DSL or cable) services

4 Seconds

10 mbps Speed of advanced services available in some

areas, including much of metropolitan

southern California

2 Seconds

100 mbps Speed of advanced services available in very

limited areas, including parts of metropolitan

Sacramento

¼ Second

The Power of Speed – Connecting

Communities to the Global Economy

Community Colleges:

The Role of Distance

Broadband Access

Ranking Counties County Views

How we get rural communities to better leverage

geospatial technologies? Barriers Solutions

• Technical literacy and training

• Hardware and software

• Appropriate training

• Training models (GTCM)

• Rural GIS Employer Video Series – YouTube

• New software deployments “Thin Clients”

• Other partnerships?

The DACUM Process

• A DACUM (Developing A Curriculum) is an occupational

analysis performed by expert workers (12) in the

occupation (in this case, GIS Technician).

• Results in a DACUM Research Chart, an occupational

skill profile that identifies Tasks and Duties of the

occupation.

• The research chart is then validated by a survey of the

regional user community.

• The validated research chart can used for instructional

program planning, curriculum development, training

materials development, etc.

• DACUM Workshop Event

▫ November 19-20 (2008)

▫ 2-days

• Employers Represented ▫ IDOT

▫ ADM

▫ USDA

▫ Illinois Water Survey

▫ Coles County Regional Planning

▫ Champaign County

▫ Effingham Tax Assessors Office

▫ Clinton County GIS Office

▫ ManPlan.Net (AG. Consulting)

▫ EJ Water Cooperative

▫ Meisenhimer and Gende Engineers

Grant funding from the National Science

Foundation

(DUE 0801896)

Recent curriculum development in GSTs

at Lake Land College

• New Geospatial Technology

Program

▫ Recent trends

▫ Little to no articulation in Illinois for GST

▫ More university programs are embedding GST into programs/curriculum

▫ GST technology is beginning to meet general education requirements in some states

▫ Some occupational programs are adding GST as part of licensing exam

▫ Price of hardware/software is coming down

Future Directions for Training

• Esri Online Courses

• Software included

• 20-30 hours training targeting basic GIS skills needed to leverage both local, state, and federal datasets.

• Learning to think global, but act local relative to information systems

• Training event in local rural communities

▫ Technical barriers

▫ Trainers

Questions and Comments