16. 1. CURRENT PSS APPLICATIONS
2. RATIONALE FOR PSS
3. CHALLENGES
4. BENEFITS
5. FUTURE PLANS
Outline
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17. PSS Use In Kettering
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1. Current Systems
a. Accela Permits Plus
b. Geographic Information System
c. Web QA
d. Custom MS Access Databases
2. Accela Automation
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24. 10
Accela Automation
“Accela makes governments easier, faster and more
accessible for agency staff and their citizens. Innovative, web-
based office and mobile software automates permit, asset and
land management, and licensing processes for city, county,
state, and federal government agencies worldwide.”
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34. Conclusion
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1. CURRENT PSS APPLICATIONS?
2. RATIONALE FOR PSS
3. CHALLENGES
4. BENEFITS
5. FUTURE PLANS
35. Great PSS Web Sites
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1. OSIP OHIO STATEWIDE IMAGERY PROGRAM
• http://gis3.oit.ohio.gov/geodata/
2. ARCGIS RESOURCE CENTER
• http://resources.arcgis.com/content/local-government
3. POLICY MAP
• http://www.policymap.com/maps
4. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
(GIMS) ODNR
• http://
www.dnr.state.oh.us/gims/counties/tabid/15384/Default.aspx
5. BATCHGEO
• http://www.batchgeo.com/
CENSUS QUICKFACTS
• http://quickfacts.census.gov
ESRI – MAKE YOUR OWN MAP
1. http://mapapps.esri.com/create-map/index.html
1. FREEDOMWEB
• https://www.freedomwebdata.com
2. REPORTALL
• http://montgomery.oh.reportallusa.com/map
NATIONAL ATLAS
• http://www.nationalatlas.gov/
NATIONAL HISTORICAL GIS
• https://www.nhgis.org/
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36. MVRPC’s Planning Support
Systems
• MVRPC has been increasing the use and
enhancing Planning Support Systems over the
years in the planning process to:
– Facilitate better decision making
– Share planning related information
– Expand public participation at the
regional level
37. Evolution of MVRPC PSS Application
Static
Interactive
Dynamic &
Customized
Static
Maps
Static Maps
Downloadable
on the Web
Interactive
Maps
Interactive
Maps on
the Web
1990s 2000 2007
Interactive &
Customized
Maps on
the Web
38. GIS Online Planning Support System
• Service-oriented web-based mapping
application
– Interactive data visualization tool
– Provide user-friendly application providing
data access, data retrieval, and data display
functions
– 1st
generation: Arc IMS
39. GIS Online Planning Support System
Launched in March 2007
Boundary – Political jurisdiction boundary
Census – Census Block, Block Group, Tracts and Urban
Area Boundaries
Environment – Wastewater facility planning areas and
Watershed boundaries
Land Fabric – Open Space and Future Land Use Plans
Transportation – Bikeways, Traffic Analysis Zones, Roads,
and the FHWA Federal-Aid Urbanized Area boundary
40. OPSS Supports Regional Planning
Initiatives
• Making planning data layers available to
others (local, State and Federal) helps to keep
planning organizations using the same base
data
41. OPSS Supports Regional Planning
Initiatives
• OPSS data can help organizations collaborate on cross-
border projects by lowering the data collection needs
for those projects.
42. OPSS Supports Regional Planning
Initiatives
• The Online Planning Support System (OPSS)
includes many kinds of geographic data sets
that MVRPC uses for various planning
activities
44. Web Applications–
Traffic Count Viewer
• Collects traffic counts from a variety of agencies
• Accessible through ArcIMS application from
website
• http://maps.mvrpc.org/traffic/viewer.htm
46. Web Applications–
Project Evaluation System (PES)
• MVRPC uses the PES to evaluate and rank
transportation projects submitted for Regionally
controlled funding
• This interactive PES application allows project
sponsors to complete the PES ranking for their
project applications.
48. Web Applications –
Web TELUS
• Online application to allow you to search, query
and view maps of current Transportation
Improvement Program (TIP) projects
• Includes a database query application to find
information about projects in the current TIP,
and a mapping GIS application to let you find
projects near your neighborhood.
• http://maps.mvrpc.org/telus/WebTelus/Login:Lo
ginPublic
52. Modeling Software
INDEX planning support software
CommunityViz software
Housing Proximity to
Amenity (grocery)
Use Mix
Housing Proximity to
Transit Stops
Pedestrian Route
Directness
Walk distance
versus
straight line
distance
53. New Online Solutions
• MVRPC’s Web Map Gallery
• Census Mapping application
• Regional Resource group online
61. Other web resources:
• Data
– National Historical GIS (nhgis.org)
– Huduser.org
• The NHGIS provides, free of charge, aggregate census data and
GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States between
1790 and 2010.
• Teams with the US Postal Service to collect vacancy data (both
residential and commercial).
62. – Univ of Virginia Historical Census Browser
(mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/)
– Social Explorer (www.socialexplorer.com)
• Books
– Planning Support Systems: Integrating geographic
information systems, models, and visualization
tools by R. K. Brail and R. E. Klosterman, editors
• Software
– CommunityViz (placeways.com/communityviz)
– Index Planning Support Software (www.crit.com)
64. • Easier data sharing
– Traffic counts, Project
information, Data sets
• Better and more efficient
decision making
– PES, LRTP, Going Places
Benefits:
65. • Increase data sets
• Continue migration to Server
• Expand groups to include
more users and their data
Future Plans:
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A collection of computerized systems that allow planning practitioners to complete planning tasks.
analyzing data systematically to turn them into meaningful information
developing data-driven alternative options, policies, and plans
assessing and evaluating impacts
A system allowing planning practitioners to provide rationale for a better decision making process in an effective and efficient manner.
Price decrease in computer hardware and software
Increased data availability
Internet
greater emphasis on data sharing efforts to maximize readily available data
Customer-focused applications that emphasize interactive and visual features
Variety of planning support system applications using mobile technologies
Enterprise system