broadband mapping and crowdsourced data

Broadband Mapping and

Crowdsourced Data

Ashley Littell

Manager, GIS Services

Connected Nation

alittell@connectednation.org

Agenda

• Connected Texas Project

• Data Collection

• Data Submissions to NTIA

• National Broadband Map

• Map Production

• Broadband Inquiries

• Revisions to Broadband Data

• Questions

• Selected by Texas Department

of Agriculture

• State Broadband Initiative:

comprehensive broadband data

collection and mapping initiative

• National Telecommunications

and Information Administration

• Collaboration with Texas’

Councils of Government to

establish Regional Planning

Teams

Data Collection

Provider Outreach

• Intro to program

• ETS Team

• Proper contact?

• NDAs

• Discussion of broadband

services offered

• Further outreach needed?

Collecting Data

• GIS data

• CAD data

• Spreadsheets

• PDFs

• Highway maps

• Back of a napkin…

Data Collection

NTIA Submissions

• Semi-annual submissions

• October 1, 2011

• Data Transfer Model

• Verification, Analysis

• National Broadband Map

• Policy Discussions

National Broadband Map

Find Broadband

Explore the Maps

Technology Type

# of Providers

Income and Speed

Map Production

Broadband Inquiries

• Consumers can provide feedback on maps

• Provide their location, comments, contact info

– They don’t have broadband, but want it

– Map shows coverage, but it’s incorrect

– They have broadband, but their provider is missing

• Crowdsourced data helps make data and maps

more accurate with local knowledge

• Field validation also aids in getting consumers

broadband service

Revisions to Data

I don’t have cable

I don’t have DSL

More to Come…

• We will continue collecting broadband inquiries

• We encourage feedback on maps and data

• Next data update April 2012

• Additional analyses are in the works

• New interactive application is in development

www.connectedtx.org

Questions?

Ashley Littell

alittell@connectednation.org

www.connectedtx.org