Abstract

Supporting a culture of planning with web GIS technology&solutions
Track: Facilities
Authors: Alexander Stepanov, Niels La Cour

The University of Massachusetts Campus Planning division is striving to integrate spatial thinking and technology into its efforts in developing the Campus Master Plan and establishing a culture of planning at UMass Amherst. The Master Plan, being a long-term strategic vision of Campus physical development is designed via a planning process which ensures public participation and data intensive. To make the process effective, transparent and inclusive, the Campus Planning group developed several GIS web applications to visualize proposed ideas and to solicit feedback and comments from the public and university community. The solutions rely on the ArcGIS suite functionality and utilise ready-to-use customizable templates for web-applications. The presentation will cover our approach in establishing the back-end and front-end of the applications using ArcGIS Server, Web APIs and customizable templates.