GIS "Wows" Planners: Real-time Analysis of Land Use Allocations Using GIS
The author comments on her participation in a community visioning process as a graduate student and GIS specialist. She shows how integrating GIS technology into public workshops can increase support for database technologies, enhance the community’s planning process, and increase stakeholder involvement. Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/focus This Faculty and Student Work is brought to you for free and open access by the City and Regional Planning at DigitalCommons@CalPoly. It has been accepted for inclusion in Focus by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@CalPoly. For more information, please contact mwyngard@calpoly.edu. Recommended Citation Rosenblum, Corinne (2005) "GIS "Wows" Planners: Real-time Analysis of Land Use Allocations Using GIS," Focus: Vol. 2: Iss. 1, Article 17. DOI: 10.15368/focus.2005v2n1.12 Available at: http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/focus/vol2/iss1/17 Corinne Rosenblum GIS “Wows” Planners: MCRP Student Real-time Analysis of Land Use City and Regional Planning Department Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Allocations Using GIS The author comments on her participation in a community visioning process as a graduate student and GIS specialist. She shows how integrating GIS technology into public workshops can increase support for database technologies, enhance the community’s planning process, and increase stakeholder involvement. Embarking on a new path; I arrived in San Luis Obispo August 10, 2003 to begin the Masters of City and Regional Planning program at California Polytechnic State University. What did I know about the planning profession? Not much, but I did know GIS (Geographic Information Systems). I spent the previous four years working for a GIS Consulting firm in Boston. We developed GIS data and trained local municipalities on how to query for parcels, create abutter’s lists, view zoning maps, etc. Shortly after I arrived in San Luis Obispo, in search of a part-time job and extracurricular experience, I met professor Walt Bremer at the Landscape Architecture GIS Lab . The GIS Lab wanted my help on a contract with the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments (SLOCOG) to assist with the technical aspects of several future visioning workshops. It was the perfect opportunity to earn money and build connections within the community.