Conducting an early learning program and data inventory and providing recommendations for potential multi-system data integration; research what programs exist, what data is available for tracking development, how is that data being shared and how can this be improved, and what other data integration models are being successfully used elsewhere. Read the final student report […]
Sustainable Development Goal: 17 Partnerships for the Goals
Development of a Computer-based Citizen Input Data Acquisition System
Allows for a static but systematic collection of data with citizen input across a range of city services and facilities; has a dynamic element with one or more modules for specific purposes to collect data from various populations; allows data collection on particular topics such as citizen choices when allocating finite funds. Read the final […]
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Positively Apache Junction (4/4)
The City of Apache Junction is located in south central Arizona, in the shadow of the Superstition Mountains. With its rich history on the silver screen and a plethora of natural and cultural attractions, Apache Junction has significant potential for tourism. Already, the city’s population of roughly 40,000 doubles to nearly 80,000 each winter […]
Transitioning Mobile Home Parks
Mobile housing represents 63% of the City of Apache Junction’s housing stock. At a time when available housing assistance and subsidies do not meet demand, these units represent a valuable source of unsubsidized housing stock for Apache Junction (the City) and the United States as a whole. While their affordability is an asset, the City […]
Concepts and Tools for Data Analysis and Visualization
University of Wisconsin-Madison students in Journalism 677: Concepts and Tools for Data Analysis and Visualization (fall 2017), created visualizations to help Dane County analyze massive amounts of data. The visualizations help the county better understand which residents have the greatest need, where they are located, and whether they have sufficient access to services. Read the […]
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Public Art map web overlay
This semester, the City has worked extensively on building an online platform capable of being used by the students to collect high accuracy GPS data from their own mobile devices. This approach uses new GPS receiver technology that is being lent out by the City of Bozeman GIS department directly to the students participating in […]
Geocoding business licenses in Salinas
This project was conducted for the city of Salinas to assign geographic coordinates to a large set of public data, so that the city is able to obtain the locations of business licenses visibly by using ArcGIS. Our team was assigned approximately 8,252 total businesses and we had to verify the address location to ensure […]
Datacom 2018: Analyzing Metro Transit Data
The Department of Economics sponsors an annual data analysis competition (DataCom). The challenge to student researchers: Think you know data? Prove it. This year’s data are provided by Metro Transit, which operates the primary public transit system of bus and rail lines in the Twin Cities. Teams of economics students propose research questions, manage and […]
Tacoma 2025 Baseline Data Collection
Tacoma 2025, the City’s strategic plan, is the visioning document to inform elected and staff decision-making. Out of the strategic planning process, a set of indicators were developed around our seven core values. In order to create specific goals, an implementation strategy, and viable targets, the City needs to collect, analyze, and report baseline data. […]
Transportation Revenue in the Age of New Mobility
Significant changes in transportation technology will change the way cities collect revenue and fund infrastructure projects. Forward thinking cities like Eugene, Oregon and Gresham, Oregon are already considering what may happen when residents rely on electric cars, autonomous vehicles (AVs), fleets of shared cars, bikes, and e-scooters. Given cities’ current reliance on revenue from gasoline […]
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