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===Statement of Goals=== | ===Statement of Goals=== | ||
Want to address questions of environmental impact of traditional farming, stability. | Want to address questions of environmental impact of traditional farming, stability. | ||
where is it ok to develop? Where should we work on preservation? Where are these fundamentally tied to economy and social situation? What kind of development is ok for the system? | * where is it ok to develop? Where should we work on preservation? | ||
"if you develop this in way X rather than way Y, what will the difference be?" | * Where are these fundamentally tied to economy and social situation? | ||
* What kind of development is ok for the system? | |||
* "if you develop this in way X rather than way Y, what will the difference be?" | |||
Suggest that we promote maintenance of acequias, prevent division of land, present pressures on the acequia system by suburbanization | Suggest that we promote maintenance of acequias, prevent division of land, present pressures on the acequia system by suburbanization | ||
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===Data=== | ===Data=== | ||
We have: | We have: | ||
* point data (KML file) | |||
* demographic data (census tracts) | |||
* USGS map data for the area | |||
We want: | We want: | ||
shapefiles | * shapefiles | ||
* more census data | |||
* Census: American Community Surveys? | |||
===People present=== | ===People present=== | ||
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==Photos== | ==Photos== | ||
(taken, coming to this space soon!) | |||
Revision as of 23:40, 15 June 2010
meeting lunch on 16th!!!
Notes from meeting on 15th
Statement of Goals
Want to address questions of environmental impact of traditional farming, stability.
- where is it ok to develop? Where should we work on preservation?
- Where are these fundamentally tied to economy and social situation?
- What kind of development is ok for the system?
- "if you develop this in way X rather than way Y, what will the difference be?"
Suggest that we promote maintenance of acequias, prevent division of land, present pressures on the acequia system by suburbanization Want more data to do this well.
Data
We have:
- point data (KML file)
- demographic data (census tracts)
- USGS map data for the area
We want:
- shapefiles
- more census data
- Census: American Community Surveys?
People present
JP, Kim, Ingrid, Anne, Zoe, Rajani, Andreas, Sarah
Photos
(taken, coming to this space soon!)