{"id":238,"date":"2011-07-25T19:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/2011\/07\/25\/usdas-gis-applications-in-the-cloud\/"},"modified":"2011-07-25T19:45:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T19:45:00","slug":"usdas-gis-applications-in-the-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/2011\/07\/25\/usdas-gis-applications-in-the-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"USDA&#8217;s GIS Applications &#8211; in The Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-EbLS2nSTxTs\/Ti3DDrrOFQI\/AAAAAAAAADA\/SpgQgs39WUM\/s1600\/snaplocator.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"223\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-EbLS2nSTxTs\/Ti3DDrrOFQI\/AAAAAAAAADA\/SpgQgs39WUM\/s400\/snaplocator.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.snapretailerlocator.com\/\">The SNAP Retailer Locator is one of the GIS applications the USDA has developed<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">ESRI&#8217;s July 2011 edition of ArcWatch features <a href=\"http:\/\/video.esri.com\/watch\/161\/cloud-computing-meets-usdas-business-needs-\">this video about the USDA&#8217;s implementation of GIS and cloud computing<\/a>. In the video, Jonathan Albuom &#8211; the Chief Information Officer of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fns.usda.gov\/fns\/\">USDA Food and Nutrition Service<\/a> &#8211; explains the services and data delivered through the USDA&#8217;s GIS applications and the advantages of hosting them in the cloud.\u00a0The first applications is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snapretailerlocator.com\/\">a retailer locator for SNAP<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0the\u00a0Supplemental Nutrion Assistance Program formerly known as the Federal Food Stamp Program. Albuom describes the challenge of creating such a large retailer locator (displaying\u00a0the 216,000 retailers nationwide and for use by the 43 million Americans enrolled in the program) while having \u00a0very limited resources. By hosting the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snapretailerlocator.com\/\">SNAP Retailer Locator<\/a> in the cloud, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usda.gov\/\">USDA <\/a>found an economical solution because of the scalability that cloud computing provides.\u00a0In addition, Albuom discusses <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.ers.usda.gov\/FoodAtlas\/\">Your Food Environment Atlas<\/a>, which maps food, nutrition and socioeconomic related data throughout the country.\u00a0Although more GIS-related resources were available for this project, cloud computing is used to ensure the application can handle spikes in traffic.\u00a0Lastly, the USDA has also developed the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ers.usda.gov\/data\/fooddesert\/\">Food Desert Locator<\/a> as part of First Lady Michelle Obama&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.letsmove.gov\/\"><i>Let&#8217;s Move!<\/i> initiative<\/a>.This application maps <i>Food Deserts, <\/i>which\u00a0are\u00a0defined as low-income areas that also have a substantial population with poor access to a supermarket or large grocery store.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SNAP Retailer Locator is one of the GIS applications the USDA has developed ESRI&#8217;s July 2011 edition of ArcWatch features this video about the USDA&#8217;s implementation of GIS and cloud computing. 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