1. Broadband Mapping and
Crowdsourced Data
Ashley Littell
Manager, GIS Services
Connected Nation
alittell@connectednation.org

2. Agenda
• Connected Texas Project
• Data Collection
• Data Submissions to NTIA
• National Broadband Map
• Map Production
• Broadband Inquiries
• Revisions to Broadband Data
• Questions

3. • Selected by Texas Department
of Agriculture
• State Broadband Initiative:
comprehensive broadband data
collection and mapping initiative
• National Telecommunications
and Information Administration
• Collaboration with Texas’
Councils of Government to
establish Regional Planning
Teams

4. Data Collection
Provider Outreach Collecting Data
• Intro to program • GIS data
• ETS Team • CAD data
• Proper contact? • Spreadsheets
• NDAs • PDFs
• Discussion of broadband • Highway maps
services offered • Back of a napkin…
• Further outreach needed?

5. Data Collection

6. NTIA Submissions
• Semi-annual submissions
• October 1, 2011
• Data Transfer Model
• Verification, Analysis
• National Broadband Map
• Policy Discussions

7. National Broadband Map

8. Find Broadband

9. Explore the Maps
Technology Type
# of Providers
Income and Speed

10. Map Production

15. Broadband Inquiries
• Consumers can provide feedback on maps
• Provide their location, comments, contact info
– They don’t have broadband, but want it
– Map shows coverage, but it’s incorrect
– They have broadband, but their provider is missing
• Crowdsourced data helps make data and maps
more accurate with local knowledge
• Field validation also aids in getting consumers
broadband service

17. Revisions to Data
I don’t have cable
I don’t have DSL

18. More to Come…
• We will continue collecting broadband inquiries
• We encourage feedback on maps and data
• Next data update April 2012
• Additional analyses are in the works
• New interactive application is in development
www.connectedtx.org

19. Questions?
Ashley Littell
alittell@connectednation.org
www.connectedtx.org