A showcase of place-based tools used by Philadelphia City departments for data-driven decision making. Learn how your city government uses geodata to analyze and tackle problems like vacant buildings. Drop-in for a Q&A with city staff from Office of Innovation & Technology, Commerce, L+I, Philadelphia Water, Mayor's Office of Transportation, Mayor's Office of Arts, Culture & Creative Economy, etc.
Open house format. Food and refreshments.
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
5:10 and 6:10 pm – Welcome/Introductions by Office of Innovation and Technology
6:15 - highlighted demonstration (to be announced).
Demonstration stations:
Vacant property predictive analysis - A model developed by OIT, L+I and the Land Bank to identify vacant buildings and lots (by confidence levels) from existing city databases for verification and action.
CultureBlocks - a public tool for making or analyzing place-based investments in arts and culture across Philadelphia.
More than a bird’s eye view – City's new investments in custom street view imagery, aerial imagery, LIDAR + building footprints and the impacts for managing public and building safety, vacancy detection, and tracking development.
Story maps - the health of the City's commercial corridors, Capital spending on public facilities, impact of NTI, and Philadelphia2035 district plans.
The "new" Big Green Map - sneak peek at Philadelphia Water new apps for planning and tracking Green Stormwater Infrastructure investment.
Redesigning Address search for Phil.gov – resolving addresses to get the right info delivered about a property on alpha.gov/Property is not as simple as 1234 Market St.
Unsafe building analysis - L+I and OIT are testing how city administrative data can be analyzed to predict which buildings might be most at risk of being unsafe.
Pedestrian and Bicycle planning - mapping and measuring the impact of the Trails Master Plan.
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Coordinated and presented by the Office of Innovation and Technology’s GIS Services Group.