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Upcoming SAVI Events

The Value of Place: How to Enhance Your Teaching and Research with Free Mapping & Spatial Analysis Tools
This webinar introduces powerful desktop and online mapping and spatial analysis tools, data, and ot...
July 31 at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Module 2A: Find Existing Data
Answering the questions necessary to achieve goals requires locating and using the right data and to...
August 12 at 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Module 2B: Avoid Data Pitfalls
Data is most powerful when you understand its limits. This module will give you the knowledge to thi...
August 19 at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Module 3A: Analyze and Visualize with Charts
Charts are a powerful tool for analyzing and communicating information through tables, graphs or dia...
August 26 at 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Module 3B: Using SAVI Data in Other GIS Tools
SAVI provides a powerful collection of tools and resources that help you use data to make decisions....
September 16 at 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Feb 27, 2023 |

IndyStar February 25 article cites Polis research on evictions in Indianapolis. Read more!

Feb 7, 2023 |

SAVI is helping Indianapolis address inequities by measuring the change people want to see. The team created a draft report card to ...

Feb 5, 2023 |

SAVI Training is a hands-on curriculum focused on data literacy from end to end. We have four groups of modules that teach you to ask ...

Feb 4, 2023 |

If you have not done so recently, check out our SAVI Equity Data & Information Hub. Users will find links to information from ...

Feb 2, 2023 |

Polis is participating in the Connect with Tech In-House Career Fair on February 9. This student networking event gives them an ...

Jan 14, 2023 |

The SoAR team published 2022 updates to the following SoAR chapters: Financial Stability, Housing, Safety and Abuse, Food Insecurity, ...

Jan 11, 2023 |

The IU School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI has been renamed the IU Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering, ...

Jan 7, 2023 |

Within Central Indiana, public transit access is critical for many older adults to participate in essential activities such as ...

Jan 4, 2023 |

Polis continues to work on the technical development of the digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis project in partnership with the ...

Nov 9, 2022 |

On November 17, we will hold the Data & Drafts forum in partnership with WFYI Public Media, the Indianapolis Public Library, and ...