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What Can You Do With CIM?
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CIM is built on a public good foundation
to provide open access to public data
for all communities
across the United States.
Public Access
Users can make maps,
reports and search issue-specific content in the CIM library and explore how
communities across the U.S. are using CIM to address pressing concerns.
Organizations may join the CIM Collaborative as
CIM Partner Organizations. Partner
Organizations build on the public good foundation by using CIM’s robust
Collaborative Management System capabilities to address complex issue in their
regions.
CIM Functionality
and Services
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CIM
Functionality and Services
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Public User
(Basic)
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CIM Partner
(Advanced)
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Issue Notebooks
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Create, edit, delete Issue Notebooks
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NO
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YES
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Upload or hyperlink to issue-specific content 4
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NO
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YES
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Set security level for access to Issue Notebooks and all related
content
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NO
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YES
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View and add comments for individual issue notebook content
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NO
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YES
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Search Library, view and download content
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YES
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YES
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Email Issue Notebooks and individual content within the notebook
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NO
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YES
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CIM Partner Working Groups
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Create and administer secure Working Group Web Portals
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NO
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YES
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Data Integration 5
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Automatically upload GIS data (Shapefile format)
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NO
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YES
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Upload tabular data and automatically convert to GIS layers
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NO
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YES
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Add points, lines or polygons manually on top of base maps in CIM
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NO
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YES
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Download GIS data (Shapefile format)
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NO
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YES
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Maps
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Access to over 500 National Source GIS data layers6
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YES
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YES
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Access to hundreds of Local Source GIS data layers for CIM Partner
regions 6
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YES
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YES
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Basic Mapping Tools 7
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YES
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YES
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Advanced Mapping Tools 8
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NO
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YES
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Print Maps in HTML or PDF format
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YES
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YES
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Save Interactive or Static Maps to Issue Notebook and assign
security level
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NO
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YES
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Provide description or interpretation of Map
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NO
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YES
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Video Demonstrations on
Mapping Tools
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YES
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YES
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Reports
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Basic Dynamic Reporting Tools
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YES
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YES
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Advanced Dynamic Reporting Tools (generate comparison reports for
multiple geographies including user-defined areas)
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NO
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YES
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Print Reports in HTML, Word or PDF format
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YES
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YES
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Save static or interactive Reports to Issue Notebook and assign
security level (make public or keep
private)
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NO
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YES
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Dynamically convert report to interactive map
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NO
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YES
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Other Services and Training
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CIM Partner Website (Homepage Portal Template)
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NO
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YES
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Ability for CIM Partner to Customize CIM Homepage
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NO
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YES
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Access to Online Tutorials
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YES
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YES
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Webinar Training
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NO
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YES
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One-Day On-site Training for New Partners
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NO
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YES
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Custom services, data preparation and analysis (e.g., geo-coding)
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NO
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OPTIONAL
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Invitation to Monthly CIM Collaborative Conference Calls
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NO
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YES
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Facilitation support
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NO
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OPTIONAL
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Personalized training
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NO
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YES
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Report customization
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NO
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OPTIONAL
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Consulting
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NO
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OPTIONAL
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“YES” = Functionality and Services included; “NO” = Functionality and Services
not included; “OPTIONAL” = Functionality and Services are offered at additional
cost
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CIM Public Access: CIM is built on a
public good foundation to make public data publically accessible for making
wiser public choices. Therefore, basic CIM functionality is made available at no
cost to the public.
3 CIM Partner: A regional organization or collaboration that builds on the public good
foundation by integrating local and regional data into CIM; framing community
concerns using Issue Notebooks and engaging other organizations in the region by
creating CIM Working Groups.
4 CIM Working
Groups are created by CIM Partner organizations to foster collaboration with
other organizations in their region.
The secure Intranet Web Portal allows Working Group Members to create Issue
Notebooks to share data, ideas and perspectives around issues in a region. In
addition, Members may choose to make their Notebooks viewable to the public.
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five-gigabyte data storage
limit for all uploaded content such as
reports, documents, multimedia, and GIS data (additional gigabytes of storage may
be acquired if needed).
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Access to hundreds
of national GIS data layers updated and maintained by CARES, as well as local
GIS data layers for those areas in the U.S. where there are CIM Partners and
where data has been made publically available.
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Basic Mapping Tools
- Available to the public (items in
list may be subject to
change by CARES)
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Zoom in
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Enlarge map area either
by clicking a single spot, or by dragging a box around the desired area
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Zoom out
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Reduce map area either by clicking a single spot, or by dragging a box around
the desired area
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Pan
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Re-center the map area by dragging the window
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Info
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Click a feature on the map to show information about that feature
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Full Extent
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Re-size the map to the largest possible map area
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Back
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Return to the last map areas
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Stop
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Stop retrieving map or data
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Coordinates
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Retrieve XY coordinate information at the click location
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Distance
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Calculate length information for the entered line
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Area
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Calculate square unit information for the entered area
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Modify Map
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Add or remove layers (only works with Internet Explorer)
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Print Map
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Prepare a document for printing
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8 Advanced Mapping Tools - Available to CIM Partners (items
in list may be subject to
change by CARES)
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Query
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Select features using conditional statements
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Select by Area
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Select features by dragging a box around the desired features
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Find
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Select features by entering a word or phrase
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Buffer
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List features within a specified distance of selected feature(s)
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Area Summary
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List and summarize features for the entered area
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Radius Summary
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List and summarize features within a specified distance from the click
location
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Spatial Summary
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Use selected feature(s) from one layer to list/summarize features within
another layer
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Modify Legend
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Change map symbols for layers
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Transparent
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Make the layer 'see-through' to view information in lower layers
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Label Setting
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Choose the field to use as the label on your map
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Clear Selection
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Remove feature selections and refresh the map
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Hide Areas
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'White out' surrounding areas around the desired map features
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Save Map
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Save current session to the Library
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Custom Map
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Save maps in custom sizes for presentations
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Download Data
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Retrieve data for download and use in a GIS
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