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  • Empower Community to Use LA City’s Data Portal and GeoHub for Public Good: The Perfect Marriages of GIS and Big Data, Education and the Urban Community, Public University and Nonprofits
Title: Empower Community to Use LA City’s Data Portal and GeoHub for Public Good: The Perfect Marriages of GIS and Big Data, Education and the Urban Community, Public University and Nonprofits
In 2018, California State University Los Angeles (Cal State LA) received a $1 M, 3-year National Science Foundation grant designed to use Big Data and geographic information system (GIS) science to promote active learning and curricular enhancements for community engagement and civic learning. We developed strategic partnerships with the City of Los Angeles Chief Data Officer, and with Community Partners’ Senior Program Director and Programs and Operations Manager. Each of these organizations offered the integrity and vitality necessary for engaging Cal State LA students and faculty, serving local nonprofits and communities, and promoting the City of Los Angeles’ data initiatives through the LA GeoHub and Open Data Portal (ArcNews 2016). This project closely aligns with the universities’ mission (Gomez et al. 2019) to transform local communities by providing underserved residents access to data and technology (Willner 2019).  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1762010
PAR ID:
10174057
Author(s) / Creator(s):
Date Published:
Journal Name:
CSU geospatial review
Volume:
17
ISSN:
2373-5783
Page Range / eLocation ID:
3, 12-13
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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