GIS Program

New Mexico Watch Demonstration Project – Statewide Webmap

Friday, September 16th, 2011

The "New Mexico Watch Demonstration Project" (nmwatch.org) that focuses on Statewide Wildfire Reporting is an example of building onto the existing structure created by the Broadband Program. The interactive website distributes maps, data, and related information of natural disasters within New Mexico. Functionality includes, but is not limited to allowing ...

New Mexico Broadband Mapping Program

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

The New Mexico Broadband Program (NMBB) is part of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) State Broadband Initiative (SBI), which implements the joint purposes of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Broadband Data Improvement Act. The SBI program facilitates the integration of broadband and information ...

New Mexico Public School Facilities Authority – Statewide Webmap

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

The New Mexico Public Schools Facilities Authority (PSFA) Statewide Web Map http://psfa.unm.edu was developed to communicate information about public schools in the State of New Mexico. The Web Map displays the public school information including school enrollment numbers, school capacity calculations, the New Mexico Facilities Database ranking information, and community ...

Legislative District Mapping

Friday, July 15th, 2011

At the beginning of almost every legislative session, EDAC provides representatives of New Mexico's Senate and House Districts with maps depicting the locations of University of New Mexico (UNM) Students, Employees, and Alumni within the individual districts. According to Marc H. Saavedra, UNM's Director of the Office of Government and ...

UNM Natural Hazards Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan

Monday, June 6th, 2011

The Pre-Disaster Hazard Mitigation Act of 2010 (PDM), administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), provides funding and technical assistance to state and local governments for disaster preparedness and management. Over the last two years, UNM has developed the first university approved Natural Hazard Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan in New ...

New Mexico LUCA Undercount Analysis

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

EDAC, using digital aerial imagery, produced housing unit counts in ten of the most historically undercounted counties in New Mexico.  EDAC, in collaboration with UNM’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) and under contract to the NM Department of Finance and Administration, addressed the population undercount in the Local ...

Floodplain Map Modernization Program

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

EDAC, in cooperation with the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHSEM), continues the partnership among state and Federal agencies, local communities, tribal entities, and professional associations to assess, inventory, acquire, and distribute data supporting coordination, planning, and development of floodplain mapping, as stated in New Mexico’s ...

New Mexico Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) Program

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

In 2008 the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) completed the second year of a five-year Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cooperative agreement to develop an Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) program. The CDC program's purpose is to provide state health departments with resources to implement statewide ...

Mapping a Shared Vision of Hope for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN)

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

The Earth Data Analysis Center (EDAC), University of New Mexico continues to work closely with the National Diabetes Prevention Center (NDPC), Program Development Branch, National Diabetes Wellness Program, and Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to assist in serving Native communities in largely untapped areas of healthcare related ...

NICOA Interactive Atlas of Indian Elder Health

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

The Earth Data Analysis Center (EDAC) at the University of New Mexico, in cooperation with the National Indian Council on Aging, and sponsored by the Indian Health Services (IHS) through the Indian Elder Care initiative developed an interactive Atlas of Indian Elder Health using Geographic Information System (GIS) technologies.  The ...