Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Department of Urban Studies and Planning

11.521	Spatial Database Management and Advanced Geographic Information Systems
11.524	Advanced Geographic Information System Project

Class Project Documents - Spring 2008

Project Overview

The 11.524 portion of the semester will begin after Spring Break and will involve a group project working with the Boston Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) and the State GIS Agency (MassGIS). The project focuses on ways of assisting regional/local planning dialog through improvements in the MAPC's MetroFuture regional planning model that help keep the model up to date and improve the links between regional impacts and local development choices. The 11.524 portion of the class will be organized as a workshop and the lab exercises and lecture/lab schedule for that part will be adjusted weekly to match the project work schedule.

Project Partners

Holly St. Clair, Director, MAPC Data Center, Metropolitan Area Planning Council, hstclair@mapc.org
Tim Reardon, MAPC Data Center, Metropolitan Area Planning Council, treardon@mapc.org
Christian Jacqz, Director, MassGIS, christian.jacqz@state.ma.us
Dan Marrier, MassGIS, daniel.marrier@state.ma.us

Project Links

Project Wiki: (needs MIT Web certificate)
- MIT's Wiki dashboard: https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/dashboard.action
- Class Wiki: https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/11DOT521/Spring+2008+GIS+Project
Project Data:
- MetroFuture model: Data Locker: ./proj08/CVFiles_metro
- MassGIS 250x250m grid data: Data Locker ./proj08/vmt_data
Project Readings: http://mit.edu/11.521/proj08/readings

Project Presentation

Thursday, May 15, 2008