1. 5/3/2001CIMIC CIMIC Local Government and Outreach Activities Francisco Artigas E-Government

2. 5/3/2001CIMIC CIMIC Collaboration with Government Agencies Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission New Jersey Office of Information Technology NASA Goddard Space Flight Center City of Newark Watershed Management Area #5 Environmental Ministry of El Salvador Bolivia Ministry of the Interior

3. 5/3/2001CIMIC Current NASA RAC activities Benchmark changes in land use and vegetation composition by using historical and current AVHRR, Landsat and Hyperspectral images. Determine extent and functioning aspects of wetlands by means of hyperspectral sensors. Detect and map hidden structures and debris fields with radar images (C Band). Develop algorithms and procedures to classify satellite images based on content (e.g. cloud free over HMDC).

4. 5/3/2001CIMIC SIR Radar Research

5. 5/3/2001CIMIC Compressed Domain Search Graphical User Interface

6. 5/3/2001CIMIC City of Newark Online City Zoning Map Interactive so to find zoning designations for each address in Newark Show zoning regulation for each designation Allow for feedback from the public to city planners.

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9. 5/3/2001CIMIC Watershed Area Management #5 Provide data management support Create presence on the WWW Provide interactive mapping abilities Provide an online forum for stakeholders to exchange ideas

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13. 5/3/2001CIMIC The National Environmental Information System of El Salvador Help in the design and the implementation the national environmental information system. Enable exchange of information between government agencies and the newly created Ministry of the Environment Facilitate permitting transactions between the public and different government agencies Make information available to the public

14. 5/3/2001CIMIC Poverty Alleviation Program in Bolivia Transfer Geographical Information System technology to track poverty in Bolivia Build applications to identify municipalities with the greatest need for public assistance. Provide the office of the vice-presidency with a tool for directing international assistance to the poorest municipalities

15. 5/3/2001CIMIC Dollars in International Aid per Person The colors (from light to dark) indicate the amount of US dollars that each Bolivian on average received from the international community

16. 5/3/2001CIMIC Outreach Activities

17. 5/3/2001CIMIC CIMIC Collaboration with Local Schools and Societies UMDNJ Camden Middle Technology School (Newark) Kearny High School (Kearny) Science Park High School (Newark) Environment Center (Lyndhurst) New Jersey Historical Society

18. 5/3/2001CIMIC Asthma Distribution patterns and their relationship with the urban landscape and social conditions in Newark NJ Authors: Francisco Artigas, Leonard Beilory, Richard Holowczak, Kumar Patel Primary author affiliation: CIMIC - Rutgers University, NJ artigas@cimic.rutgers.edu IHGC 2000 Sunday March 19, 2000

19. 5/3/2001CIMIC Problem Statement Recent estimates suggest that roughly 50% of school children in the City of Newark suffer from some form of asthma. Similar urban areas across the country exhibit much lower rates. Hospital admissions: –110 per 100,000 in Newark –46 per 100,000 in surrounding Suburban/rural

20. 5/3/2001CIMIC Intersection of census tract information and asthma cases

21. 5/3/2001CIMIC Less than half on PAV Half on PA More than half on PA Cluster Centers 1997 Cases in terms of Public Assistance

22. 5/3/2001CIMIC Cluster Migration ‘97 to ‘98 Blue: 1997 Cluster centers Red: 1998 Cluster centers Central ward clusters tend to migrate less H UMDNJ Hospital H Rt. 280

23. 5/3/2001CIMIC Sick Streets 1997 Yellow 1998 Green H UMDNJ Hospital S. Orange Ave. H Fairmount Cemetery S. 11 th St.

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28. 5/3/2001CIMIC Go to summer camp video

29. 5/3/2001CIMIC Future Work

30. 5/3/2001CIMIC check zoning regulation property info. site plan bc bf Issue zoning cert Property info block/lot # Allowed development db commercial service office obtain variance Office of the Chief Engineer at HMDC bf bs Deny zoning certificate bc Workflow for a local development permit Hyperspectral image

31. 5/3/2001CIMIC The End