The Community Asset Mapping Program (CAMP) provides students with training in geographic information system (GIS) technology applications. The goal of the program is to provide students with employable GIS skills. Students use GIS skills to then work with local leaders to create digital infrastructure asset maps to improve the delivery of community services. Students map fire, water and sewer, roads, bridges and broadband infrastructure assets in single and multiple parish regions in Louisiana.
The CAMP is available at the LSU AgCenter’s Delta Rural Development Center (DRDC) located in the Thomas Jason Lingo Community Center in Oak Grove, Louisiana. The CAMP is a signature project of the Louisiana Delta Initiative, a twelve parish regional economic development network located in northeast Louisiana.
The LSU Agricultural Center team members working on this project include: Drs. James Barnes, R.L. Frazier and Myrl Sistrunk. The Oak Grove students involved in this project include Seth Strong, Dustin Waits and Charles Dupree.
Funding for the CAMP has been provided by Dr. Paul Coreil, Director of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service and Entergy Louisiana LLC. For more information, please contact Dr. James Barnes at Jbarnes@agcenter.lsu.edu or visit http://louisianadeltainitaitive.blogspot.com.
CAMP results have been generated for the following parishes:
- West Carroll Parish – October, 2009
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