11 September 2013
Michelle M. Thompson, PhD
University of New Orleans
Department of Planning & Urban Studies
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PRESENTATION OVERVIEW
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Public Participation Geographic Information Systems
WhoData.org
Meet the Team
Scope of Work
Community Projects
Questions
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APPLIED PUBLIC PARTICIPATION GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
WhoData is a community-university-municipal partnership that since 2009
developed the integrated and shared data sets with virtual systems using
internet mapping system (IMS) technology.
WhoData.org empowers organizations by providing a platform to map and
analyze quality of life issues. This online mapping tool allows residents to
assess their own neighborhoods, highlight properties that show indicators
of blight, create their own maps and property lists, and share this
information with the public. The site was launched in 2010 and has
received over 1.9 million hits. It is a free, non-marketed, 24-7 website.
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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
WhoData Team
Program Partners
Lynn Dupont (v)
Rafael Ferraro (former – v)
Smitha Peethambaram (former- v)
Dr. Michelle Thompson (v)
Regional Planning Commission /
Program Partner
Program
Director
Brittany Arceneau x(s)
Brian Baldwin
Mapping Manager
Alena Anderson (v)
GIS Program Associate
GIS Corps/ Program Partner
Assistant Program Manager/ Training
Assistant
Brandon Haynes, PhD(v)
GIS Program Associate
Legend
(v) = volunteer
(s) = student receiving credit or work-study in 2012-2014
from Greater New Orleans Foundation grant funding.
Chandra Teddleton(v)
GIS Program Associate
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SCOPE OF WORK
Preparation
• Survey Plan
• Walking Maps
• Data sharing
Data
Collection
• Parcel
Identification
• Survey
Completion
• Photographs
Data
Processing
• Data entry
• Statistics
• Mapping
• Report
Agreement
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Good
Fair
Poor
DATA
COLLECTED
• No structural
damage
• No repairs
needed
• May need minor
cosmetic work
• No structural
damage
• Minor repairs
needed
• May need minor
cosmetic work
• Visible structural
damage
• Major repairs
needed
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Lower Ninth Ward & Holy Cross Neighborhoods
New Orleans, LA
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LOWER NINTH WARD: RAISE UP LOWER
NINTH WARD
Community Partners: Office of US Senator Mary Landrieu, Regional
Planning Commission, lowernine.org, Neighborhood
Empowerment Network Association, and Project
Homecoming.
Inspired by Senator Landrieu's initiative Raise Up the Lower Ninth
Ward WhoData, UNO-Department of Planning & Urban Studies,
Project Homecoming, lowernine.org, and the Regional
Planning Commission partnered to survey the entire Lower 9th
Ward neighborhood.
“The Raise Up the Lower 9th Ward initiative is grounded in how the
existing rebuilding and reinvestment plans for the Lower 9th
Ward, including the Unified New Orleans Plan, can be
advanced” – Senator Mary Landrieu
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LOWER NINTH WARD: WHODATA
PARTNERS SURVEY ANALYSIS
The WhoData team has trained
trainers and volunteers on how
to survey land uses, read a
parcel map, determine
characteristics of blight,
identify housing and
commercial occupancy and
recognize other built
environment information that
a community requires when
making decisions for future
needs and growth.
Over the course of three
months in 2012, WhoData
team members and volunteers
surveyed over seven thousand
properties in the Lower Ninth
Ward. A comprehensive report
concerning the data results
can be found on WhoData.net
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LOWER NINTH WARD: WHODATA AND
BACKYARD GARDENER’S NETWORK
“Backyard Gardeners Network
...launched Lower 9 Growing Strong on
Saturday August 24th, 2013. Lower
9 Growing Strong creates daily
afternoon programming for Lower
9th Ward children and families at
the Guerrilla Garden! Sessions
include hands-on gardening
workshops, food preparation demos,
African-centered history events,
children's activities, community food
celebrations, and more!”
https://www.facebook.com/backyardgardeners
During the summer of 2013, volunteers
conducted household level interviews
and collected 50 which describes the
spending habits, demographics and
quality of life needs beyond food. Maps
will summarize neighborhood
demographics with US Census. A UNOPLUS intern & volunteers intend to collect
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LAKEVIEW
Street Study? Model for Street Surveying…..
Lakeview Neighborhood
New Orleans, LA
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LAKEVIEW: STREET CONDITION ANALYSIS
Community Partners: Lakeview Civic Improvement Association
(LCIA), Regional Planning Commission
In September 2012 volunteers from the Lakeview Civic
Improvement Association (LCIA) began taking inventory of
street conditions in the Lakeview area of New Orleans, LA.
After establishing a protocol that was developed in
cooperation with the Regional Planning Commission,
WhoData.org and LCIA, volunteers evaluated streets
conditions block-by-block and collected primary data to be
analyzed and incorporated within a geographic information
system (GIS).
The LCIA presented their findings to the City departments of Water
& Sewer and Highway. They are now working together on a
strategy to prioritize street repairs.
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LAKEVIEW: STREET CONDITION ANALYSIS
Figure 10: Initial Lakeview Street Priority Map
With over one quarter, 25.8%,
of Lakeview streets containing
potholes this is the most
common identified street
condition in Lakeview. Raised
Manhole covers are an
identified concern on 22.2% of
Lakeview streets. At only 4.4%
Storm Drain covers present the
least amount of problems in
Lakeview.
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Hoffman Triangle Neighborhood
New Orleans, LA
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Source: Google Earth
Photo Not to Scale
HOFFMAN TRIANGLE NEIGHBORHOOD
ANALYSIS, COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, VA
PROPERTY ASSESSMENT
Community Partners: Associated Neighborhood Development, Crescent City
Community Land Trust, Dudley Learning Center (DSNI), Neighborhood
Development Foundation, University of New Orleans Department of
Planning & Urban Studies, Regional Planning Commission
In order to support the work that the Neighborhood Development Foundation,
Associated Neighborhood and its’ residents are doing to improve the
quality of life in Hoffman Triangle, WhoData.org and the University of New
Orleans – Department of Planning & Urban Studies has committed to
providing geographic information systems (GIS) services and support to aid
in this revitalization effort. This public participation GIS (PPGIS) project is an
example of how the Community, the Municipality and the University can
work together to evaluate neighborhood potential and change “from the
ground up”.
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WHODATA, UNO PLUS: HOFFMAN TRIANGLE
NEIGHBORHOOD ANALYSIS
Areas of Focus:
Street Light Functionality Analysis
2012 Crime Mapping
Open Blight Cases
Trash/ Dumping Site Analysis
High Priority Development Properties
Option 1-3 Research
Demographic Research
Housing Market Analysis
Community Land Trust Opportunities
Zoning
Community Assets
2011 and 2012 Neighborhood reports
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ASSOCIATED NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT,
NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT & WHODATA:
VETERAN AFFAIR PROPERTY ANALYSIS
Areas of Focus:
New project as of September 2013:
Between 2011-2012, the City of New
Orleans agreed to move historic
houses from the future medical
complex area in downtown. The
houses were raised to meet the new
elevation standards and left on
vacant lots managed by the City. The
buildings have not been renovated
and many are not secure.
WhoData has just completed a
property condition survey. We are
providing AND-NDF with site photos
and property records of the subject
and “360” adjacent properties.
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ASSOCIATED NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT, CRESCENT
CITY COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, UNO PLUS &
WHODATA: HOFFMAN TRIANGLE
COMMUNITY LAND TRUST
Areas of Focus:
Develop strategy for implementing a CLT
(2011); Presentation with Dudley Learning
Center at the Hoffman Triangle
Neighborhood Association (2012);
Complete mapping of potential HTCLT;
Evaluate use of former Road Home
properties distributed by the New Orleans
Redevelopment Authority (City of NOLA
Land Bank) with the City and State Offices
of Community Development in 2013;
Leadership transition of Kim Washington in
May, 2013; Raymond Breaux , new AND
Director, has brought the HTCLT concept
plan to new Associated Neighborhood
Development Board with support of NDF.
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Project Partners
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THANK YOU
Questions?
WhoData.org is the online community data information
system that hosts data collected through on-the-ground
surveys and publicly available data sets.
The webpage, www.WhoData.net, holds the results of
maps, analysis and reports.
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