Information Resources Exchange Group

11:00 am, September 9, 2020

Commission Office
The ACP Building - 8th Floor
190 N. Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA

For directions Call (215) 592-1800
Please Use Sixth Street Entrance

1. Call to Order and Introductions 

2. Presentations 

Improving Curb Management with CurbLR: An Open Standard for Mapping Curb Regulations (Ross Bernet, Azavea) - Ross will discuss Azavea's role in supporting the Center City District of Philadelphia with generating a CurbLR-compliant dataset for mapping curb regulations. The talk will provide an overview of CurbLR and why cities could benefit from implementing it. And conclude with an overview of the interactive map that Azavea generated that shows curb regulations by time of day and helps better track parking opportunities. Background info here: https://www.azavea.com/blog/2020/07/07/maintaining-data-on-the-curb-with-curblr-a-new-open-standard/
 
Mapping the US Health System Capacity to Care for COVID-19 Patients with CovidCareMap (Tyler Gilcrest, Azavea) - Tyler will present CovidCareMap, an open-source, geospatial effort to map beds, ventilators, supplies, staff, and other resources powered entirely by volunteers. The talk will provide an overview of CovidCareMap, how it aggregates and visualizes health system capacity data, and examples of how it is used to inform surge capacity planning and resourcing decisions. More info on CovidCareMap here: https://www.covidcaremap.org/.
 
NearMAP  (Chuck Dostal, Nearmap) - An overview of the services and products that NearMAP offers.
 
We hope that you can join us virtually. If you have any questions or future ideas for IREG presentations or want to join our email list please reach out. Also, if you require any accommodations, such as interpretation or closed captioning let us know?
 
Air Quality Partnership
Annual Report
Connections 2050
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)
Economic Development District