2004 UC Proceedings Abstract

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Using Interactive Maps to Analyze USDA Food Assistance Programs
Track: Federal Government Systems
Author(s): Chris Dicken

USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) provides research in five emphasis areas--a competitive agricultural system, a safe food supply, a healthy well-nourished population, harmony between agriculture and the environment, and an enhanced quality of life for rural Americans. The ERS GIS team had been tasked to provide a method for interactive mapping to leverage analysis of two USDA food and nutrition assistance programs to Web users by ERS' Food Assistance and Nutrition Program Analysis staff. In response, the GIS team has created two interactive mapping applications, the Summer Food Service Program and the Food Stamp Program Map Machines, both of which use ArcIMS to give users interactive tools to explore data from both programs as well as related data.

Chris Dicken
USDA/Economic Research Service
1800 M Street NW, Room N4054
Washington , DC 20036
US
Phone: 202-694-5012
Fax: 202-694-5756
E-mail: cdicken@ers.usda.gov