GIS for Economic Development

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GIS for Economic Development
IndianaMap - Its statewide, its regional,
its local Its yours!
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Background

• The IndianaMap is critical map-data layers the
  DATA FRAMEWORK
• It is packaged with free software and a wealth of
  additional data (or you can use your own GIS
  software)
• Here are examples of how GIS and the IndianaMap
  are used for economic development

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GIS and Economic Development

• GIS is used by communities to
• Market their assets
• Provide site and building inventories
• Attract and retain businesses
• Manage infrastructure for growth
• GIS is used by businesses to
• Find sites that match their needs
• Plan and communicate development
• Manage assets and infrastructure

And more
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Find It Online
Indianapolis needed an effective way to maintain
and disseminate information about commercial and
industrial properties that are available for sale
or lease.
The Indianapolis Economic Development Portal is a
state-of-the-art tool to attract business, bring
buyers and sellers together, and inform everyone
about the many amenities of Indianapolis.
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Evolving Economies
The Town of Chesterton is located in Northwest
Indiana, and is the third largest community in
Porter County. For years, the steel industry was
Chesterton's primary economic base. With the
recent collapse and resurgence of the industry,
however, the Town was forced to take a closer
look at the structure of the local
economy. Using GIS as a tool in the development
packages helps Chesterton successfully compete
for economic growth on a global level.
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Conservation Quality of Life
Attracting new business and growing Indiana's
economy rely on improving our quality of life,
natural habitat and recreation opportunities.
Indiana Biodiversity Initiative developed a
single common source of information is available
to everyone Improved quality of life attracts
business, grows the economy and staunches "brain
drain"
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Big Man on Campus
As a Fortune 500 company, Eli Lilly is faced with
the daily task of managing millions of assets, as
well as planning for the future. To manage and
maintain these assets, Lilly uses GIS to
incorporate digital construction documents and
surveys, and support 3D modeling and other map
data. It has come to play an essential role in
coordinating hundreds of design projects and
successful tracking of 1.5 billion in city and
private infrastructure improvements
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Attracting the Big Retailers
The City of Hammond wanted to persuade Wal-Mart
to locate a new store in the community. Using
GIS, Hammond Economic Development staff created
vicinity maps that analyzed driving distances to
existing Wal-Mart stores and community
demographics. Hammond successfully made a case
for an additional store by demonstrating the need
for a closer, more convenient location.
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Managing the Boom
All local governments struggle with managing
information about their communities. Finding ways
to analyze, update and maintain data can be vital
to fast-growing communities like Avon, Indiana.
Town officials can see how proposed new
developments will impact the existing drainage
system - they now know exactly what
infrastructure they have and how much growth it
can tolerate
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GIS for Economic Development
Questions You Can Answer

• What is the spatial pattern of businesses and
  households within a community?
• Where are the best sites for a proposed
  industrial park?
• Which retail sectors are underrepresented within
  a community?

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Analyzing the Costs Benefits

• New housing needs
• Existing housing stock
• Impact on roads, schools, parks, and unities
• Changing demographics
• Commuting patterns

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Market Your Resources

• Industrial sites
• Residential land
• Tourism and recreation
• Mineral resources
• Environment
• Agriculture
• Energy
• Commercial
• Arts and Culture

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New Analyses New Opportunities
Wind Speed Data
Digital Elevation Model 
Roads and Transmission Lines
Parcels LandOwnership
Cascade Co, MT Wind Power50 Meters
Wind Energy Developmenthttp//www.eere.energy.gov
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Distance to Market Mapping
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Owner Occupied Housing
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Recreational Amenities
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Visualization
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Infrastructure Capacity
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Site Map

• Building site 1 NW of Lapel, IN
• /- 66.71ac
• Small wetlandon lot
• Outside of floodway
• 1270 Roadfrontage
• Close proximityto markets

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Site Map
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Thank you!

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