The National Infrastructure for Community Statistics: Liberating Public GIS and Statistical Data

Abstract: A collaboration between the Brookings Institution, 3 Rivers Connect, and MAYA Design, this paper describes some of the ways in which the Information Commons is being used as a public information space, combining geographic and socioeconomic data and building interfaces that practioners in a range of fields can use to access and understand information in ways the were previously impossible.

Published in the Proceedings of the 4th Annual Public Participation GIS (PPGIS) Conference, Cleveland, Ohio. August, 2005.

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Publish Date Aug 2005