Mapping Your Community Using Geographic Information to Strengthen Community Initiatives

Powerful desktop computer systems are now affordable to local groups working to improve conditions in America¹s distressed urban neighborhoods. This creates the opportunity for them to use geographic information (data that can be displayed on maps) quickly and easily to help them achieve their neighborhood improvement objectives. This report introduces the new opportunities that exist for using computer based geographic information in their work. Sections: advances in the accessibility of geographic data; using geographic data; neighborhood-level applications; citywide initiatives and policy change; and catalog of data sources. Illustrated.Cuomo, Andrew is the author of 'Mapping Your Community Using Geographic Information to Strengthen Community Initiatives' with ISBN 9780788185892 and ISBN 0788185896.