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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

Apr 6, 2022 |

On April 14, in collaboration with WFYI Public Media and the Indianapolis Public Library, we will present Data & Drafts: Home ...

Apr 4, 2022 |

The Urban Institute awarded Polis an $80,000 grant as part of an 18-month cross-site study funded by the Tableau Foundation to analyze ...

Apr 1, 2022 |

The TechPoint Mira Awards Gala is April 23, at which winners will be announced. The Polis Center is nominated for the Community Impact ...

Mar 28, 2022 |

“The Riverside neighborhood on the west side used to feel like family to Alisha Madden, who moved there several years ago after a ...

Mar 8, 2022 |

“In a community SAVI considers one of the city’s most car-dependent, Pathway Resource Center has launched a mini bus service with the ...

Mar 3, 2022 |

“Despite only making up 28% of the Indianapolis population, 54% of homeless people in Indianapolis are African American. Though there ...

Feb 1, 2022 |

Marianne Cardwell and Sharon Kandris, along with Jinha Jung, Associate Professor at Purdue’s Lyle School of Engineering, presented ...

Jan 30, 2022 |

On Feb. 10, Polis will conduct the webinar, “Living in the Community with Dementia ,” as part of the SoAR project. Speakers include ...

Jan 18, 2022 |

The Polis Center is partnering with the Indianapolis City-County Council to build its capacity to use community-level data in its ...

Jan 10, 2022 |

The Polis Center and its SAVI community information system received a U.S. Census Bureau Open Data for Good Grand ...