One Click Away: GIS Tool Offers Window to Region

With one click, a strikingly clear data set and graphic fills the computer screen with information about communities in the region. Just as there are countless opportunities to explore the region, there are almost limitless possibilities for learning about the region online. To help communities collect data and present it in visual, map-based stories to identify trends and opportunities, the South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association (SSMMA) manages a low-cost Geographic Information Systems (GIS) web viewer tool available to any Millennium Reserve Partner. Though the organization has had GIS capabilities since 2005, its current GIS tool was introduced in 2011 and was initially funded through a U.S. Housing and Urban Development Sustainable Community Challenge Grant…Please click here to read Dan Baron’s posting on the Millennium Reserve web site. Click here to learn more about SSMMA’s GIS program and projects.