Monday, December 1

GIS Project Proposal #2 MSGIS


Why do this project?
The City of Redlands is an average-sized city that is rapidly becoming a representative example of ESRI’s market base. For this reason, Redlands stands to be the model city for the adoption of GIS technology. GIS has been a part of the police department’s regular business process since the mid 90’s, and there are two crime analysts and a database technician that will be available to facilitate your success with this project.

The City of Redlands holds an enterprise GIS license and is also a user of the Omega Group’s CrimeView, one of ESRI’s most active business partners. There is an explicit need for this project, and there is a culture of acceptance and data sharing with the Redlands Police Department and the City of Redlands. Here is your chance to work with an emerging field of GIS.

There are two very attractive features to partnering with us:
1. We are close enough to meet with frequently.
2. Your client has been through the U of Redlands MSGIS program, and understands what
the MIP process entails. Scope creep will be minimized and we’ll tailor your project to suit
your needs and interests.

20 Years of Crime
Crime analysis units work with pieces of data at a time.
Windows of time. Some procedures group incidents by the
most recent set of a week; some procedures compare one
month to the previous month; some compare 3 recent
months to the previous 3 months. This is a different
approach.

The Redlands Police Department has 20 years of geocoded crime
data, and there have been some changes over the
years. There are 2 sets of Census data available to correlate
values to (1990 and 2000). There may also be a possible
preliminary 2010 Census data set available.
Population has changed. Landuse has changed.
The infinite set of human variables are constantly changing what
is the effect?

Product
There is flexibility for what the data-product will entail.
The MIP and presentation will be the final deliverable, and
ideally we would like to see animations that depict the
changes that have occured over time. We can assist in the
development of these animations.
Support for your MIP will include regular access to our
network and our staff. For this reason, a light background
check will be necessary.

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