Project Background

The Tucson Community Technology Education Network project grew out of the City of Tucson's GIS collaboration project (see http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/gis/html/cooperative.html). This collaboration has as one of its goals to foster GIS education to the Tucson community, particularly the non-technical.Parties interested in building educational applications that are spatially based, and teach users how to use the technology, as well as its uses, meet regularly and correspond with each other via email.

 

Community Technology Partners

This table lists already committed and potential partners.

Community

TPAC

Library

Rio Nuevo renewal project

Santa Rosa Barrio Hope VI Project

Boys and Girls Club of Tucson

Pasqua Yaqui Indian Tribe

4H

Arizona Communities Foundation

Santa Rosa Neighborhood Association

Island Vista Neighborhood Association

Midtown Neighborhood Association

Rincon Heights Neighborhood Association

Westside Coalition of Neighborhoods

El Rio Neighborhood Association

Jefferson Park Neighborhood Association

Tucson Urban Gardens

Tucson Clean and Beautiful

 

Government

City of Tucson

Pima County

Arizona Geographic Information Council (AGIC)

State Cartographer

Pima County Cooperative Extension

Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan

Arizona Game and Fish

Tucson Police Department

Arizona Land Information System (ALRIS - State Lands Dept.)

 

Education

University of Arizona

City Charter High School

Pima Community College

Tucson Unified School District

 

Corporate

Oracle

ESRI

Eastman Kodak

Community Viz

ERDAS

Sun Microsystems

 

Targeted Audiences

• After school programs for youth
• Neighborhood organizations
• Small business

Aerial photography is used by youths to map neighborhoods.

 

If you are interested in participating in this project 
please notify Robert MacArthur or Steve Whitney.

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