Neil,
There are many, many uses for MapInfo in endeavors like park siting, growth
management and similar land use planning or development analyses. It's
pretty fun to take some of the criteria that are used for park planning and
develop models using demographic, parcel and environmental data to
determine where parks should go in general and then look around for
specific parcels you can aggregate. There's lots of different kinds of
parks and open space, too, that can go into the mix: athletic fields,
children's play areas, passive urban parks, natural areas, "working
landscapes" like farm land or agricultural areas, environmentally sensitive
areas, green belts (to alleviate the tedium of rampant development), etc.
In addition to recreation alone, there's all kinds of uses for GIS in land
use planning. Much of the specificity comes when using locally developed
parcel databases, with good information about uses for each parcel
(residential, commercial, etc.) and with zoning maps, arterials, etc.
I'm pretty sure that most of this money will go into actual acquisition,
that seems to be where the big bucks are needed, but certainly, if you
don't know what to acquire, you're not spending the public's dough very
wisely.
Tim Rood
Ravenna Planning Associates
Seattle, WA
Neil Havermale wrote:
> Sounds like an increased demand for MapInfo products to me. How about
> you?
>
> Anyone out there like latent natural resource types using MapInfo,
> willing to outline how GIS is used to help clear the debate between
> evironmentalists, the public interests, and develpers? Would a map
> help?
>
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> President Bill Clinton has called for $1 billion in spending to acquire
> new land for parks and wilderness areas. The money would come from the
> Land and Water Conservation Fund, which is bankrolled with gas and oil
> royalties paid to the federal government. Money from this fund in past
> years has been diverted to other uses. Conservation groups applaud the
> spending, but developers say local, not federal, government should take
> the lead in preserving natural areas.
>
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