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Chapter 2
Surveying the extent of PPGIS practice in the United States
David S. Sawicki and David Randall Peterman
2.1 INTRODUCTION
Many of the key themes in PPGIS research revolve around knowing who produces and who consumes small area GIS products. Examples include the multiple ways in which PPGIS are being designed and implemented, and identifying community information needs and how PPGIS might contribute to those needs. However, many of the questions posed are difficult to answer because of a lack of comprehensive inventories of either PPGIS providers or consumers. Two exceptions are Craig’s inventory of consumers (community groups) in the Twin Cities (Sawicki and Craig 1996) and the Urban Institute’s list of 30 citywide neighbourhood data providers (Urban Institute 1996). Neither is comprehensive, nor were they meant to be. They do provide a start, however.
In this chapter, we provide a definition of PPGIS and report on results of a search for PPGIS providers (see Table 2.1). Research interest on the use of GIS as a tool for enhancing public policy activities by community groups has been in evidence for a number of years. As part of the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis’s Project Varenius, a suggestion was made to undertake an inventory of PPGIS activities. The group decided that its primary concern was to learn from those using GIS and Information Technology (IT) to support community initiatives. Our original intent was to produce a comprehensive inventory of PPGIS groups throughout the United States. We quickly realized that it was not a reasonable goal, in part because advancing technology is making PPGIS activity ever more widespread, and in part because delineating PPGIS activity within the universe of GIS was not a simple task. The concepts we used to generate an inventory of PPGIS organizations are reflected in the following introductory statement to the survey instrument:
The Public Participation GIS effort of the National Center for Geo-graphic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) requests your assistance in identifying significant information technology projects providing
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Table 2.1 PPGIS suppliers contacted in fall 1998 survey
Organization Host organization City State Phone URL e-mail
Office of Community City of Birmingham Birmingham AL Development
Morrison Institute Arizona State Phoenix AZ University
Urban Data Centre Arizona State Phoenix AZ University
Los Angeles Neighbourhood Los Angeles CA Neighbourhood Knowledge
Early warning Los Angeles System (LANEWS)
Bay Area Shared San CA Information Franscisco Consortium (BASIC)
San Diego Association San Diego CA of Governments
(SANDAG)
Urban Strategies Oakland CA Council
GreenInfo Network San CA Francisco
ESRI Conservation Pro- Environmental Redlands CA gramme-Conserva- Systems Research
tion GIS Consortium Institute (ESRI)
Piton Foundation Denver CO
City Room (aka New Institution for New Haven CT Haven On-Line) Social and Policy
Studies, Yale University
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205-254-2309 480-965-4525 602-965-3046
619-595-5300
510-893-2404 415-979-0343 909-793-2853
303-825-6246
www.asu.edu/copp/morrison
www.asu.edu/xed/urbandata
nkla.sppsr.ucla.edu
www.basic.org
www.sandag.cog.ca.us
www.greeninfo.org
www.esri.com
www.piton.org
webmaster@sandag.cog.ca.us
info@greeninfo.org
ecp@lists.desktop.org
eberman@piton.org
Public Access The Council on Washington DC Network Directory Library and
Information Resources (CLIR)
The Right-to-Know Washington DC Network (RTK NET)
Food Research and Washington DC Action Center
DC Agenda Project Federal City Washington DC Council
Poverty and Race Washington DC Research Action
Council
GIS and Software Federal Emergency Washington DC Development Team, Management
Development and Agency Implementation
Branch, Engineering Division, Informa-tion Technology Services Directorate
Environmental Washington DC Projection Agency
Community Office of Minority Washington DC Networks Health; Federal
Dept. of Health and Human Services
The Center for Civic Washington DC Networking
Community Planning Department of Washington DC and Development Housing and Urban
Development
202-939-4750
202-234-8494 202-986-2200 202-223-2598 202-387-9887
202-646-3071
202-362-3831
www.clir.org/pand/ info@clir.org pandhome.htm
rtk.net webmaster@rtk.net
www.dcagenda.org/index.htm
www.prrac.org info@prrac.org www.povertyandrace.org
www.epa.gov/enviro
www.hhs.gov/progorg/ophs/ omh/community/htm
www.civicnet.org/index.html webmaster@civicnet.org
www.HUD.gov/cpd/ 2020soft.html
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Table 2.1 (Continued)
Organization Host organization City State Phone URL e-mail
Jacksonville Jacksonville FL Community Council
Incorporated
Overtown Miami-Dade Miami FL Neighbourhood Community
Partnerships College
Center for Economic University of South Tampa FL Development Florida
Research
Office of Research Florida Department Miami FL and Planning of Children and
Families, District 11
Office of Data and The Atlanta Project Atlanta GA Policy Analysis (TAP)
(DAPA)
Hawaii Community Honolulu HI Services Council
Center for Chicago IL Neighbourhood
Technology
Chicago Area University of Chicago IL Geographic Illinois at Chicago
Information Study (CAGIS)
East St. Louis Action Champaign IL Research Project
(ESLARP)
904-396-3052
813-905-5854
404-206-5015
808-521-3861 773-278-4800
312-996-5274
217-265-0202
www.jcci.org
www.coba.usf.edu/ centers/cedr
www.state.fl.us/cf_web/ district11
www2.hawaii.edu/~cssdata
www.cnt.org
www.cagis.uic.edu
www.imlab.uiuc.edu/eslarp
info@cnt.org
httpadm@cagis.uic.edu
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Polis Centre Indiana University- Indianapolis IN Purdue University
Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Boston Persistent Boston Foundation Boston MA Poverty Project
Coalition for Low- Baltimore MD Income Community
Development
Michigan Metropolitan Center for Urban Detroit MI Information Center Studies, Wayne
(MIMIC) State University
Automated John R. Borchert Minneapolis MN Cartographic Map Library,
Information Center University of Minnesota
The Urban Coalition St. Paul MN
Neighbourhood Center for Urban Minneapolis MN Planning for and Regional
Community Affairs, University Revitalization of Minnesota
Neighbourhood Kansas City Kansas City MO Network Neighbourhood
Alliance
Greater Kansas City Kansas City MO Community
Foundation
Community St Louis Enterprise St Louis MO Information Community
Network Programme, City of St Louis
317-274-I2455
617-723-7415 410-752-7222
313-577-8996
612-625-9024
612-348-8550 612-625-1551
816-753-8600
816-842-0944
314-622-3400
www.savi.org polis@iupui.edu
www.clicd.org
www.cus.wayne.edu/mimic/ mimhome.htm
www.map.lib.umn.edu/ acic.html
http://www.urbancoalition gen@urbancoalition.org .org
http://www.npcr.org nelso193@tc.umn.edu
www.kcneighbornet.org
www.gkccf.org
stlouis.missouri.org cin@stlouis.missouri.org
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