- Data Collection
Week 1 – 5 (September 24 – October 28)
The primary focus of the first five weeks will be data collection which will be divided by county. Each team member has been assigned three or four counties each. All members of the team will be required to collect the data for their respective counties. After a sufficient amount of data is collected for each county, the GIS developers in the team will begin pre-processing data manipulations.
- Pre-Processing Data and Manipulation
Weeks 4 – 8 (October 15 – November 18)
This process requires that every team member uses the gathered data for each of their respective counties and incorporates them into the geo-database. This process will overlap the last two weeks of data collection. Focus will be placed on converting existing and created data into compatible formats in preparation to incorporate county data into one uniform database. Metadata input will be created in tandem with the pre-processing phase. This project does not require significant data analysis, therefore manipulation and organization of the data is important during this phase of the process.
- Data Integration
Weeks 8 – 10 (November 12 – December 2)
This phase will require three weeks to complete. All data will be combined from each county into a single database and prepared and synchronized into a seamless format. All final deliverables for the project will also be prepared during this phase of the project.
- Website Development
Weeks 5 - 10 (October 22 - December 2)
This portion of the project will begin on the fifth week and continue to the end of the tenth week. Initial website development will begin. Research data will be added to the website database during the course of this phase. The webmaster of the group will spend a few hours a week updating all information gathered toward the final completion of the website.
