KAS Symposium
Geospatial Analysis in the Great Plains
Oral Presentation Title/Author
DATA MINING IN THE GREAT PLAINS. Ed CRANE, M.J. Harden Associates,
1019 Admiral Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64106.
Abstract
GIS databases in the Great Plains are being constructed for an increasingly
wide variety of applications by local governments and utilities. Efforts
to standardize data are gaining ground to the extent that eventually, many
themes of large scale data will be available across the entire region.
Dissemination of process and content guidelines for data and encouraging
use of common interchange formats will yield an enormous wealth of raw data
about the region. The presentation will focus on a typical range of
databases and features that are being automated by local governments,
utilities and private enterprise. Road/street centerlines and addresses,
property parcels and land monuments, electric/gas/water/telephone
utilities, and digital photography databases are all being constructed for
communities to operate effectively in the information age. Monitoring the
current status of automation of these large-scale features and their
availability for use in GIS projects also raise complex institutional
issues that will be introduced. The technology of GIS is seductive and
continuously improving, however, a comprehensive understanding of the data
"fuel" behind GIS analysis is the most essential component of success.
Typical guidelines for developing such an understanding of locally produced
databases will be presented.
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