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Indiana University – A Walkable Campus

Explore how mapping pedestrian routes can increase walking on Indiana University's Bloomington campus. By lighting walkways and improving campus navigation, this project aims to make walking a more visible and viable option for students, faculty, and staff.

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Indiana University – A Walkable Campus

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  1. Indiana University – A Walkable Campus Mapping the Pedestrian Realm of IU Justin P. Peters and Paul Rohwer

  2. Review of Position Paper • Bloomington Campus Master Plan • IU Campus Sustainability Report • 90% of undergraduates and 75% of graduate students live within three miles of campus • Only 44% of students choose to walk • Of faculty, staff, and students, 48% drive alone and only 14% walk IUSA Case Competition Justin P. Peters and Paul Rohwer

  3. Making the walking option more visible • Mapping the pedestrian realm of IU to support possible applications such as: • Lighted walkways and paths • Recreational walking - Plan a walk • Student schedules - Building to Building • Meeting and schedule/time planning • Campus walking tours • IU Employee Health Engagement • Integration with bus scheduling/location application IUSA Case Competition Justin P. Peters and Paul Rohwer

  4. Interviews and planning discussions with • Bloomington GIS Coordinator • Monroe County GIS Coordinator • School of Health Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) staff • University Architect's office and IUB Department of Facilities Staff • IU Mobile Team IUSA Case Competition Justin P. Peters and Paul Rohwer

  5. Possible Sponsors/Stakeholders • IUSA • IU Office of Sustainability • UITS • IU Office of Health Engagement IUSA Case Competition Justin P. Peters and Paul Rohwer

  6. Other University Walking Route maps • University of Michigan • http://hr.umich.edu/mhealthy/programs/activity/walking.html • University of Maryland • http://terpnav.cs.umd.edu/map/# • Oregon State University • http://oregonstate.edu/campusmap/ IUSA Case Competition Justin P. Peters and Paul Rohwer

  7. Started with Open Street Map and City of Bloomington Data • http://www.openstreetmap.org/ • Built initial dataset and hosted on maps.iu.edu • Demonstration and Prototype sites at: • http://maps.iu.edu/IUSA.html • http://maps.iu.edu/IUSA2.html IUSA Case Competition Justin P. Peters and Paul Rohwer

  8. Cleanupand AdditionalDigitizingNeeded Pathways missing IUSA Case Competition Justin P. Peters and Paul Rohwer

  9. Possible student opportunities: • GIS classes at HPER, SLIS, SPEA, GEOG, etc. • Student internship / hourly work • IUSA event similar to Google MapMaker event • IT Training workshop with GIS IUSA Case Competition Justin P. Peters and Paul Rohwer

  10. Hosting and Maintenance • University Architect’s Office has committed to maintenance of the GIS layer(s) • IU Mobile committed to using service for routing and directions/campus tours • UITS GIS staff will host on the IU Intelligent Infrastructure and include on http://maps.iu.edu • Open access for developers • Several different ways to use in mobile applications and web sites IUSA Case Competition Justin P. Peters and Paul Rohwer

  11. Questions? • jppeters@iu.edu • Justin P. Peters • 812-855-7191 • prohwer@indiana.edu • Paul Rohwer • 812-855-5812 IUSA Case Competition Justin P. Peters and Paul Rohwer

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