Data Access for Rural Transformation

DART – Data Access for Rural Transformation is a user-friendly data integration and visualization cloud-based tool capable of importing data from a variety of sources in various formats into one interface for search and display in support of socio-economic planning.

The Challenge:

In the face of evolving open data and e-government initiatives, rural municipalities and community organizations have access to an increasing amount of data but have limited capacity to amalgamate, interpret, analyze and visualize it. For data to be useful in support of evidence-based decision-making, municipalities and organizations require the ability to derive insights quickly, efficiently and with limited resources.
 

The Solution:

Municipal and community-based organizations have expressed the need for:

  • A user-friendly data integration and visualization tool with web interface
  • Reports that are available by custom geography
  • Flexibility for land-use planning, economic development, social services, etc.
  • Regularly updated with latest available data
  • Map-based visualization

Through one interface display, the DART application can import community profiles and other data from a variety of sources in various formats, enable demographic, economic and property queries, calculate proximity to community resources, and visualize the information in charts, graphs, or maps.
 

The Benefits:

The DART tool will:

  • Increase productivity and improve efficiencies by dramatically reducing the time needed to access, amalgamate, interpret, analyze and visualize data
  • Improve the quality of life and viability of businesses by facilitating and accelerating support for evidence-based decision-making and
  • Provide results that will be valuable in assessing community needs and opportunities, planning services, tracking results of initiatives, and enhancing evidence-based decision-making

To learn more about how DART can help your community to understand and take action on improving community well-being and prosperity, complete the Contact Us form and we will get back to you as soon as possible. We look forward to hearing from you!