Dave Connett

128 Mumford Hall
University Of Missouri–Columbia
Columbia, MO 65211
Tel: (573) 882-0542
Fax: (573) 884-2199
E-mail: ConnettF@missouri.edu

Education

• MA, Geography, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1995
• BA, Geography, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1983

Areas of Expertise

• Data Visualization
• Photographic Archival and Database Development
• Spatial Database Development
• Census Data and Demographic Modeling
• Geocoding/Address Matching
• Digital Cartography
• Spatio-Temporal Map Animation
• ArcGIS Desktop Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Project History

• Community Issues Management (CIM)
• Lincoln Home National Historic Site - Photo Archive Project
• Community Information Resources Center (CIRC)
• Housing Profile Protocols: Partnering to Develop Tools to Foster Community Revitalization and Citizen Empowerment (Outreach Development Fund, ODF)
• Integrated Resource Management System (IRMS)
• Data Development for Biophysical and Socioeconomic Analysis of Long Branch Watershed (Missouri Watershed Initiative)
• Nutrient Management Decision Support System Project
• One Stop Project
• Evaluation and Refinement of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Reach Files Phase II
• Soil Map Digitization Project

Presentations

• Connett, Dave and Chris Barnett. Information for Community Decisions. Oral Presentation. The Academy for Leadership in Local Governance Module 3 - Meeting the Challenges and Opportunities of the Future, Organizational Leadership Programs, Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri. Columbia, MO, March 16, 2007.
• Connett, Dave, Yan Barnett and Dan Zerr. Data Visualization to Illustrate Patterns of Change in Missouri. Poster Presentation. 8th Annual Missouri GIS Conference, Columbia, MO, March 24-26, 2003.
• Connett, Dave and Yan Barnett. National Level Internet-based Geographic Data Access and Analysis. Poster Presentation. MidAmerica GIS Consortium, Kansas City, MO, April 16, 2002.
• Connett, Dave. Animated Temporal Mapping Developed for the World Wide Web. Moderated paper presentation: Publishing Data with ArcIMS and the Internet. Twenty-first Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA, July 9-13, 2001.
• Connett, Dave and Yan Barnett. The Missouri Map Room. Poster Presentation. Sixth Annual State of Missouri GIS Conference, Columbia, MO, March 26-28, 2001.
• Connett, Dave and Yan Barnett. CARES Watershed Information Clearinghouse. Poster Presentation. 2000 MidAmerica GIS Symposium, Tan-Tar-A Resort, Lake of the Ozarks, MO, May 14-18, 2000.
• Connett, Dave. Data Development for Biophysical and Socioeconomic Analysis of Long Branch Watershed. Oral Presentation. Nineteenth Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA, July 26-30, 1999.
• Connett, Dave. A Decision Support System for Information Management and Water Quality Assessment in Dardenne Creek. Oral Presentation. Third Annual Conference on Natural Resources of the Missouri River Basin, Pierre, S.D., March 21-24, 1999.
• Connett, Dave. Data Development for Biophysical and Socioeconomic Analysis of Long Branch Watershed. Poster Presentation. Fourth Annual State of Missouri GIS Conference, Columbia, MO, March 15-17, 1999.
• Connett, Dave. Data Development for Biophysical and Socioeconomic Analysis of Long Branch Watershed. Oral Presentation. 1999 Missouri Natural Resources Conference, Tan-Tar-A Resort, Lake of the Ozarks, MO, Feb. 1-3, 1999.
• Connett, Dave. Providing Missouri Watershed Based Information on the Web using ArcView Internet Map Server. Oral Presentation. Eighteenth Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA, July 27-31, 1998.
• Connett, Dave. In Search of the Perfect Match: An Introduction to Geocoding Street Address Databases. Oral Presentation. Third Annual State of Missouri GIS Conference, Jefferson City, MO, March 16-17, 1998.
• Connett, Dave. Special Area Land Treatment Project Digitization. Poster Presentation. 1998 Missouri Natural Resources Conference, Tan-Tar-A Resort, Lake of the Ozarks, MO, Feb. 18-20, 1998.
• Connett, Dave and Bryan Mayhan. Digital Soil Development and Application. Oral Presentation. Seventeenth Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA, July 8-11, 1997.
• Connett, Dave and Chris Barnett. Digital Soil Development and Application. Oral Presentation. Second Annual State of Missouri GIS Conference, Jefferson City, MO, March 10-11, 1997.
• Connett, Dave and Stan Wood. Vulnerability Assessment of Missouri's Public Drinking Water to Chemical Contamination. Poster Presentation. Sixteenth Annual ESRI User Conference, Palm Springs, CA, May 20-24, 1996.

Publications

• Connett, Dave. Animated Temporal Mapping Developed for the World Wide Web. Proceedings: Twenty-first Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA, July 9-13, 2001.
• Connett, Dave. Data Development for Biophysical and Socioeconomic Analysis of Long Branch Watershed. Proceedings: Nineteenth Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA, July 26-30, 1999.
• Connett, Dave. Providing Missouri Watershed Based Information on the Web using ArcView Internet Map Server. Proceedings: Eighteenth Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA, July 27-31, 1998.
• Connett, Dave and Bryan Mayhan. Digital Soil Development and Application. Proceedings: Seventeenth Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA, July 8-11, 1997.
• Connett, Dave and Stan Wood. Vulnerability Assessment of Missouri's Public Drinking Water to Chemical Contamination. Poster. ESRI Map Book, Volume 12, June 1997.

Cartographic Products

• Travel Time to Health Facilities. Part of a series of County Profile Reports compiled by the Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) and the Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems (CARES). Maps of selected counties in Missouri showing access by road network to nearest selected health care facility type. April, 2009.
• Connett, Dave, D. Todd Farrand, and Verel W. Benson. Targeting BMP's in Critical Areas of Priority Watersheds. Selected watershed map series identifying pasture land by slope and hydrologic soil groups that would benefit most from the proposed BMP's. April, 2009.
• Mississippi State University and Early Childhood Institute. Mapping Louisana School Districts, LA 4 Sites, and Licensed Child Care Facilities, showing selected socio-economic and demographic data at the Census block group level. September, 2008.
• The East Texas Rural Development Project. A series of 12 maps portraying the socio-economic characteristics of 14 East Texas counties. Maps produced for the Texas Rural Innovators Forum. March, 2008.
• The Delta Rural Hospital Performance Improvement (RHPI) Project. A series of eight state maps and a regional index map showing the locations and names of RHPI eligible facilities and counties. Feb./Mar., 2008.
• Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. Fifteen state maps showing child care resource and referral agency service regions. Produced for Early Childhood Atlas - Mississippi State University's Early Childhood Institute, the Rural Policy Research Institute's Community Information Resource Center and the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. Oct./Nov., 2007.
• USDA Cooperative Agreement. Request Analysis - Part I. Three maps showing percent of county employment in farming in 1969; percent of county employment in farming in 2005; and percent change from 1969 to 2005 for the United States. Rural Policy Research Institute/Community Information Resource Center. August, 2007.
• Connett, Dave and Chris Barnett. Four map displays showing Missouri Agricultural Summaries - Total agricultural related data for: Business Sales; Value Added; Labor Income; and Employment. Posters presented at the Missouri State Fair, August 10-20, 2006. Maps produced in cooperation with University of Missouri Extension, the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI), The Community Policy Analysis Center (CPAC), and the Center for Agricultural, Resource and Environmental Systems (CARES).
• Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI), watershed modeling project. Map series displaying soils, slope, elevation and land cover in the Mayberry Branch and Low Hollow Watersheds in Reynolds County, Missouri. July, 2006.
• Rural Governance Initiative, CFED/RUPRI. Map series showing individual poverty rates and per capita income in four counties of interest by 2000 Census Block Groups. July, 2006.
• Connett, Dave, Mike Barbaro and Erin Wilson. Special Population Estimates for Impacted Counties in the Gulf Coast Area - Percent Population Change, July 1, 2005 to January 1, 2006. Map presented at the Brookings Institution's, Brookings Briefings on the Census, Better Data for Better Decisions: The Value of the American Community Survey to the Nation. June 23, 2006.
• Connett, Dave, Kris Dolle and Chad Landgraf. Orleans Parish, Louisiana: Child Care Damages Survey Areas. A 79 sheet map series for the Early Childhood Institute, Mississippi State University. June, 2006.
• Connett, Dave and Erin Wilson. County-based, nation-wide map showing maximum allowable investment rates based on United States Department of Commerce - Economic Development Administration's investment rate guidelines. Map produced in cooperation with the Rural Policy Research Institute's Community Information Resource Center (RUPRI/CIRC) and the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO). September, 2005.
• Rural Assistance Center Mapping Initiative. Map series for RAC includes topics on health care, human services, and social and economic characteristics of the population. April, 2005.
• Pleasant Valley, Missouri - Census 2000 Total Population at the Census Block Level. Map displaying Census Tract, Block Group and Block boundaries for Pleasant Valley, MO. Total Population by Census Block. Produced for the Clay County Extension Center, July 2001.
• "Where In The World Have Peace Corps Volunteers Served?". Map showing countries served by Peace Corps volunteers. Produced for the Columbia/Jefferson City Area Peace Corps Association, April 2000.
• 2000 Vulnerability Assessment. County Map Series. Supervised production of 130 sheet map series showing relationship of public water supplies to organic chemical contamination sites. Provided to the Public Drinking Water Program, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, March 2000.
• Saline County Relief Map. Shaded relief map of Saline County, Missouri. Prepared for the Saline County Study Steering Committee, November 1999.
• Table Rock Lake Water Clarity. Map showing clarity of lake water from data collected between 1995 and 1999. Prepared for the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri-Columbia, October 1999. Presented, October 27, 1999 at the Governor's Water Quality Meeting in Branson, Mo.
• Grandview Triangle Impact Analysis. Map showing zones of economic impact in the Grandview, MO area. Prepared for the Department of Rural Sociology, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri-Columbia and the Missouri Department of Transportation, May 1999.
• Watershed Research Assessment and Stewardship Project. Land use identification maps for Crooked Creek, Otter Creek and Long Branch in the Salt River Basin. College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources-University Extension, University of Missouri-Columbia, December 1998-January 1999.
• Missouri Watershed Initiative. Map for the Long Branch Reservoir Watershed Steering Committee. Compiled in cooperation with the School of Natural Resources and the Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia, December 1997.
• BMP Demonstration and Watershed Research Project -- Smithville Reservoir Watershed and Selected Sub-basins. Landcover/General Reference map. Compiled in cooperation with the Missouri Corn Growers Association, November 1997.
• Missouri MSEA Research, Demonstration, and Sampling Site maps. Six regional site maps. One smaller scale general site map. Compiled in cooperation with the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources-University Extension, University of Missouri-Columbia, July 1997.
• Preliminary Digital Special Area Land Treatment (SALT) project watershed boundary maps. Twelve preliminary SALT project watershed maps. Compiled in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Lincoln University GIS/RS Laboratory, April 1997.
• Connett, Dave and Yan Zhou. River Flood Extend Manual: A Tool to Manage Future Flood Events, 1996. 206-page map series, May 1996.