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Monday 17 October 2005: Session 2, 1:30:00 PM
Plan-IT Wyoming: Building Geospatial Technology Capacity for Rural Land Use Planning and Economic Development
Presentation Abstract
This presentation provides an overview of the Plan-IT Wyoming Partnership, a multi-participant organization created to promote and build capacity for the application of geospatial technology in rural land use planning and economic development in Wyoming. Plan-IT Wyoming is an outgrowth of the Wyoming CommunityViz Partnership, a consortium established in 2001 to advance the use of CommunityViz and other planning support system technologies in the state. Plan-IT Wyoming partners include the Wyoming Rural Development Council, the Wyoming Business Council, the University of Wyoming, Wyoming Planners Association, and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Topics to be discussed include the value of formalizing inter-organizational relationships to advance the adoption and use of geospatial technologies, as well as technical and institutional barriers to mainstream implementation. Results from four case studies will be briefly highlighted, with applications ranging from aquifer protection and highway intersection design, to downtown parking and business park development.
Speaker Biographical Information
Jeffrey Hamerlinck : University of Wyoming
Jeffrey D. Hamerlinck, AICP, is a Research Scientist in the Department of Geography and Director of the Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center (WyGISC; formerly the Spatial Data and Visualization Center), a research institute at the University of Wyoming focused on the application of geographic information science and technology to resource planning and management. Mr. Hamerlinck’s teaching activities currently focus on geographic visualization, spatial decision support systems, and GIS applications in planning and natural resource management. Mr. Hamerlinck’s research interests center on geographic information science applications in planning and natural resource management, including spatial data infrastructures and planning support systems. Mr. Hamerlinck has recently served as a member of three multi-disciplinary science teams involved in applying decision support system technologies to land and water planning and resource management in the Western United States. They include the NatureServe Biodiversity and Land Use Planning Decision Support System Design Team, the US Forest Service Wetland, Aquatic, and Riparian Assessment Team, and the Wyoming CommunityVizTM Partnership.
