Utilizing GIS to Solve the Digital Divide in Beaver County, PA

Beaver County is taking a proactive approach to map, validate, verify, and locate households and businesses that lack access to broadband internet. Utilizing the latest open GIS datasets, custom developed automated GIS processing tools an algorithms, crowd-sourced connectivity information, and a boots on the ground approach that utilizes field GIS applications to validate mobile connectivity, the resulting work will allow the County to comprehensively understand locations and areas that are struggling with access to fixed and mobile broadband connectivity. The County is poised to solve the Digital Divide by connecting these unserved areas to ensure that both urban and rural locations within the County have access to broadband for the purposes of remote learning, telemedicine, telecommuting, and overall quality of modern life.