Indianapolis city county council introduce two proposals to elevate the...
July 13 Fox59 segment discusses usage of SAVI data provided to drive decisions about where to allocate resources The post Indianapolis city county council introduce two proposals to elevate the...
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Polis Center project informs DMD Lift Indy program
The Polis Center is using SAVI to help the City of Indianapolis’ Lift Indy program. Lift Indy is a comprehensive community development program that promotes equitable neighborhood revitalization...
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Data & Drafts: Impacts of COVID-19 on population needs and housing equity
Which areas of Central Indiana have experienced an increase in calls for help? Which populations have experienced a higher increase in needs? What needs have increased the most? Which neighborhoods are...
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Diabetes Impact Project Community Profiles launched
Polis has launched The Diabetes Impact Project (DIP-IN) Community Profiles about the three focus neighborhoods involved in this project: Northeast, Northwest, and Near West. These community dashboards...
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County Data Harvesting Project
Polis received a four-year contract with the State of Indiana to manage the integration and improvement of geographic information from all 92 counties. Polis will oversee coordination with local data...
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Police Use of Force Doubled Since 2015
Incidents where IMPD used force have nearly doubled in recent years. The department used force 1,688 times in 2019 and 873 times in 2015. Police have used force on 13 out of every 1,000 black residents...
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New data published on savi.org
New data published on savi.org includes indicators about housing, calls for human service support, juvenile charges, and education performance. Specifically, the publication includes building permits...
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Data and Drafts
Polis hosted the third SAVI Data & Drafts event on Aug. 20. Unai Miguel Andres, GIS and Data Analyst; Matt Nowlin, Information Designer; and Jeramy Townsley,Visiting Research Analyst presented...
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COVID-19 Registry
Have you or someone you know been affected by COVID-19? Help researchers and state and local health departments understand the social, economic and health impacts by taking a survey. Visit...
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ArcGIS Capabilities for Mitigation Planning: State of Indiana 2019 Mitigation...
Marianne Cardwell, Polis GIS Project Coordinator, is presenting with Shelby Hines and Ryan Lanclos of Esri, “ArcGIS Capabilities for Mitigation Planning: State of Indiana 2019 Mitigation Plan Story Map...
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Book of Data and Organizations
Karen Comer, Polis Director, Collaborative Research and Community Health Informatics, completed a Polis Center entry for the Book of Data and Organizations, a book that BioCrossroads is producing. It...
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City of Indianapolis effort to address racial equity in city government and...
Jay Colbert, Polis Data Manager, and Sharon Kandris, Polis Associate Director, Polis Center and Director, Community Informatics, supported the City of Indianapolis’ effort to address racial equity...
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Living the Legacy: Making it Local
On Sept. 29, Unai Miguel Andres, Polis GIS & Data Analyst, is a panelist for the “Living the Legacy: Making it Local” event hosted by the Indiana Historical Society. The program is part of” Living...
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Unai Miguel Andres named officer for American Planning Association
Unai Miguel Andres, Polis GIS & Data Analyst, was recently elected as secretary/treasurer of the Environment, Natural Resources, and Energy Division of the American Planning Association. The post...
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Polis Center seeking Geospatial Research Coordinator
Because of the continued success of the Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) projects, Geoinformatics is expanding its project team to include a Geospatial Research Coordinator. This position is posted...
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Polis Center moving to IUPUI School of Informatics and Computing
The Polis Center is physically moving from its longtime home on Waterway Boulevard to the School of Informatics and Computing (SoIC) Sept. 8-10. Polis officially moved from the School of Liberal Arts...
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Health and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Neighborhoods
A team including Sharon Kandris, Matt Nowlin, Jeramy Townsley, Jay Colbert, and Karen Comer published SAVI’s latest Community Trends Report, Health and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Neighborhoods....
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Using GIS to Describe and Measure Risks and Vulnerabilities from Flood and...
Kevin Mickey, Director, Professional Development and Geospatial Technology Education, is teaching a one-day custom-designed virtual course for FEMA Region X (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska),...
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Chemical Surveillance System (CSS) for the Synthetic Drug Crisis
On Dec. 11, Polis colleagues Karen Comer, Director of Collaborative Research and Community Health Informatics, and Neil Devadasan, Lead Systems Engineer and School of Informatics and Computing (SoIC)...
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Socioeconomic Structural Predictors of 1st Wave COVID-19 in New York City...
Jeramy Townsley, Visiting Research Analyst, will present “Socioeconomic Structural Predictors of 1st Wave COVID-19 in New York City (Spatial Regression Model)” at the Jan. 22 IU School of Informatics...
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