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Statewide GIS Outreach
Please check back often, as content for this project will be updated regularly throughout its lifecycle. - - - last updated 12/11/08 (published preliminary findings).
Background
South Carolina was fortunate to be awarded a CAP Grant this year for the 50 States Initiative Program. The goal of the project is a strategic plan and business plan that we can use moving forward within the state. The plan will be developed based on feedback from the outreach sessions.
It is extremely important that as many GIS stakeholders as possible participate in the outreach sessions throughout the state. Who are the stakeholders? GIS practitioners of course, but also decision makers who use GIS products such as maps, those that would like to use GIS in their organizations, etc. The idea is to give a voice to everyone, learn what works and what doesn’t, where barriers and opportunities exist, and to identify ways in which to remove as many barriers as possible. The actual outreach sessions have been moderated by Applied Geographics. They will also be the ones writing the plans.
Outreach Sessions And Survey
The outreach sessions concluded November 20th. They were held in five locations throughout the state (Columbia, Florence, Greenville, Aiken and Walterboro). In addition, there was an online survey to solicit feedback from people regardless of their ability to attend one of the outreach sessions. At this point the survey is closed and the feedback provided from the survey and during the outreach sessions is being put together for use in the strategic planning document. If you still want to provide feedback, you can contact Rich Grady (grady@appgeo.com or (617) 447-2455) or you can contact Tim De Troye (803) 734-3894.
Where Do We Go From Here?
The information collected from the sessions, survey, etc. has been used in order to develop preliminary findings that you can download in the "Documents" section below. In addition, this information will be used for developing a strategic plan for South Carolina's GIS. Over the winter months, the ideas provided will be structured into a plan that will ultimately result in a written document.
Still Want to Get Involved?
If you would like to participate in the development of the strategic planning document, provide feedback, etc. - please contact Tim De Troye (803) 734-3894 to get involved.
Documents
Outreach Presentation - this contains a copy of the presentation used at each of the outreach sessions. It has been modified along the way to include some content provided by earlier outreach sessions.
Preliminary Findings - this file contains the very preliminary findings based on the outreach sessions. We have a lot of work to do on this document, and it will need additional information before we will be able to turn it into a strategic plan. This has not been modified since we recieved it.
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