Abstract
DecisionMaps: City of Philadelphia's Web-Based Economic Development Tool Track: State and Local Government Author(s): James Querry, Bradley Breuer Decisions about where to locate are critical to the success of a business, often determining its success or failure in a new location. Recognizing the importance of this choice and the lack of tools to assist business owners in making location decisions, the city of Philadelphia has developed a Web-based siting application to assist business owners seeking to locate or relocate in Philadelphia. Part of the Mayor's Neighborhood Transformation Initiative, the tool enables business owners to make smart location choices by presenting them with a menu of location preferences, like proximity to rail or density of college education citizens, enabling the user to weigh these preferences, and presenting the user with an interactive map showing hot spots for optimal locations. The city is using Esri's ArcGIS Server and ArcIMS technologies to enable sophisticated spatial analysis on the Web, providing dense analytical information for key decision makers. James Querry City of Philadelphia Mayor's Office of Information Services 1234 Market Street Philadelphia , PA 19107 US Phone: 215-686-8243 E-mail: James.Querry@phila.gov Bradley Breuer Avencia Incorporated 340 N 12th St, Suite 402B Philadelphia , PA 19107 US Phone: 215-701-7712 E-mail: bradley@avencia.com |
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