ArcGIS Tool

For our project this year we decided to implement a prototype of a solar-powered connectivity 
pavilion in the Southeast Neighborhood Park. However, our overall goal for the project was to
eventually implement these pavilions across the city of South Bend, and so we decided we
needed a better method to locate marginalized areas then by using the initial matrix discussed in
a previous post.

Therefore, we decided to create an ArcGIS program with the help of Matthew Sisk, an Assistant
Librarian based in Hesburgh Library's Center for Digital Scholarship. With the ArcGIS tool, we were
able to visualize the South Bend area with multiple factors. With GIS we could consider and
apprehend even more factors when determining the areas in most need of a connectivity pavilion.
We hope this tool will be used as a visual aid to locate areas in South Bend that are in most need.

The tool that we created can be found at the following link: https://arcg.is/PDSvb. In order to use
the map you can click on the layers tab on the left and then check the boxes of the layers of data
you wish to visualize. Additionally, the legend tab, also on the left, can be used to see more
information about each layer. The layers that we chose to incorporate in our model are outlined
below.

Layers

• Age
• Population Density Per Square Mile
• Household Income
• Poverty Status in Families by Family Type
• Indiana Schools 2017-2018
• South Bend MetroNet
• South Bend City Facilities on MetroNet
• South Bend Parks
• South Bend Free Public Wireless Zones
• Indiana Libraries