Community Atlas

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The Community Atlas A New Concept for
Providing Vital Community Information on the Web
Kyle N. Campbell
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Center Mission
Our mission is to assist the citizens of Florida
in the creation of more livable and sustainable
communities
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Center Structure

• Statewide Resource
• Collaborative Partnerships
• Multidisciplinary Staff
• Funded by Contracts and Grants

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Recent Work
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Recent Work
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Recent Work
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The Problem

• Socioeconomic Information is Widely Disparate
  Locations
• Data are often in incompatible formats
• No Institutional Memory

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The Result

• Costly Duplication of Effort by Agencies
• Costly Translation of Data
• Gaps in Data and Services
• Access for Citizens next to impossible

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The Solution

• A regional portal
• One Stop Shop
• Promote Data Sharing

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Community Atlas Vision
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How the Atlas Works
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Community Atlas Overview
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Model Water Atlas
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GIS Behind the Atlas Mapping Application
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Data Pages
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Advanced Data Access
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Benefits to Citizens

• Opportunity to access data
• Tool to help understand community conditions
• Easily accessible institutional memory
• Ability to set and track community indicators

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Benefits to Agencies / Researchers

• Improve access to quality assured data
• Reduce Costs Associated with Data Management
• Ability to visualize data through maps and graphs

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Benefits to Funders

• Measure and track impact of investments
• Compare conditions between counties or regions
  within the state
• Easily determine the agencies that are working in
  a particular geographic area

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Why USF?

• Existing Software and Model Process
• Available IT infrastructure that can be shared
• Access to experts in multiple disciplines

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Contact for Further Information

• Kyle Campbell or Christi Schumann
• Florida Center for Community Design Research
• 813-974-4042
• campbell_at_arch.usf.edu
• schumann_at_arch.usf.edu
• Site References
• www.communityatlas.org
• www.wateratlas.org

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Process to Develop

• Phase 1 Advisory Committee
• Phase 2 Metadata Collection
• Phase 3 Conceptual Design
• Phase 4 Implementation
• Phase 5 Beta Testing with Community
• Phase 6 Launch and Maintenance