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GIS-TGIS-TGGeographiceographic IInformationnformation

SSystemsystems forfor TTransportationransportation

Presented to

University of WashingtonNovember 6, 2009

• Jaime Crawford, Cri+igen– Created as a divested company of CH2M HILL in 2009

– A full service IT consulting focused on critical infrastructure

– Privately held by Golden Gate Capital

– 700+ employees worldwide

• Todd Slind, Spatial Development International– A small startup headquartered in Ballard, USA

– Focused on appying spatial technology to achieve sustainable social and econonomic develoment

– Founded by Jubal Harpster and Todd Slind - both Huskies!

– Getting bigger every day

Who We Are

Topics

• Trends and Conditions• How GIS is applied to Transportation

• Case Example

Some Trends in . . . Public Administration

• Accountability– Performance measures

• Transparency– Sunshine Laws

• Adaptability– New Missions, Delivery Mechanisms

• eGovernment– Customer Expectations

Some Trends in . . . Transportation

• Asset Management– Performance-based Management

• Transportation Surety– Safety– Security– Reliability

• Accelerated Project Development• Environmental Streamlining

21ST CENTURY• Mobility (outcomes)

• Customer-oriented

• System-focused

• 24X7

• Proactive

• Performance-driven

• Partnerships

20TH CENTURY

• Public works

• Project-focused

• Our jurisdiction

• 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

• Reactive

• Business as usual

• Do it our way

When the Transformation is Complete

Ekern, 2005

INFORMATION is an asset !

• Transportation Agencies invest enormous amounts into collecting, maintaining, and disseminating information

• Information should be treated as any critical asset that requires protection of investment

• Transportation Agencies can realize large gains in operational efficiencies by improving their information resource management

Infrastructure Lifecycle ModelDemands

Planning

ImprovingOperating

and Monitoring

ImprovementProjectsConditions

SystemComponents

Resources

Experience

Enterprise Resources

The “Spatial” ConstellationThe “Spatial” Constellation

IT

GISCAD/CAE

GPS

Photogrammetry

Remote Sensing

Survey/HDS

Planning/Engineering Models

FIMS/Asset Management

What it means to the Transportation professional

• Transportation professionals are information workers

• Information resource management is a REQUIRED core competency

• The more information management savvy you gain before entering the workforce, the better

• Emerging is an “integrating platform” for information across the project lifecycle

Transportation is a “Spatially Intense” Industry

•Transport people and goods•Engineer infrastructure•Construct facilities •Assess and mitigate impacts•Manage operations and conflict•Plan urban forms

Geospatial technologies can help… but we aren’t realizing the benefits

How is GIS driven by Transportation?

• New Topological Objects– Points, lines, polygons, routes, networks

• New Locational Reference Methods– Geodetic, geographic, cadastral (plss), – LRM: cum. distance, MP+ offset, control section

• New Analysis Functions– Network analysis, Route overlay (DynSeg)

How is GIS applied to Transportation?

• Facilities Management– Pavement Management– ITS Interface– Fleet Tracking– Asset Inventory

• Transportation Planning• Environmental Assessment

How is GIS applied to Transportation?

• Facilities Management• Transportation Planning

– Travel Demand Modeling– Alternatives Analysis– Operations Analysis– Re-Location Analysis– Safety Analysis

• Environmental Assessment

How is GIS applied to Transportation?

• Facilities Management• Transportation Planning• Environmental Assessment

– Impact Analysis– Risk Analysis– Monitoring

Some Trends in GIS-TTechnology Directions

• “Free” and “Open” Map Services– GoogleMaps, BingMaps, Yahoo!

• “Community” Sourcing– Passive and active data collection by you and I

• “Things that Think” (Hyper-GIS)– Remote Sensing, Monitoring & Control– Smart Structures, Smart Dust

• “Bundled GIS” (Google Earth)– Application, Data, Interface

• Interoperability Standards– Open GIS Consortium (GML, KML)– W3C Standards (WMS, WFS)

Data - Collection and Organize Information about the physical world

Application - Relate, analyze and interpret data to answer questions

Presentation - Display data and analytical results so they are easily understood

Data Collection Data Conversion/Processing

Database Design/Implementation

Desktop GIS Custom GIS Tools Custom GIS Apps/Data Servers

Paper Maps Custom Map Viewers WebGISWebsites

People

Layered Disaggregation of GIS Technology

Tacoma HOV: Data Dissemination and Sharing

Tacoma HOV: Data Management & Integration

Tacoma HOV: GIS/CAD Integration

Design File Integration

Integration of CAD design files with GIS data - Here a build alternative is overlaid with the GIS data layers. We can now visualize and calculate impacts to wetlands, parks, buildings, and existing infrastructure.

Mapbooks

Rapid development of mapbooks help project team members visualize the large project area on a small scale and how it effects the surrounding environment.

Mobile GIS

Mobile GIS for field verification of wetlands, culvert locations, and endangered species. We can update GIS layers from the cities, county, and state to portray a more accurate description of the area and improve impact calculations.

Project Website

Creation of a project website helps the multiple consulting and design firms, key stake holders, the client and the public see the project and its relationship to the surrounding area.

Standard Geodatabase Design

EISGeoDB

Workstation

GIS Analysts Enviro Planners Design Engineers Public

Plotter

HandheldGPS Device

Internet

S DP R O LI AN T1 8 5 0 R

SQL Server / SDE / SPSS DP R O LI AN T

1 8 5 0 R

IIS / ArcIMS

SPS ProjectWebs ite

SPSProject DB

ArcIMSWebsite

Ethernet

Worksta tion

Printer

EISDocument

The standardization of the spatial data into a geodatabase design helps the multiple project teams share data efficiently. It also gives the client a framework that can be used to integrate the GIS data from multiple projects into one geodatabase. Extend data utility beyond planning and design phases of project development.

Project 1 Project 2 Project 3 Project 4 Project 5

Corridor A

SR X

Robust Data, Rich Cartography

How to follow GIS-T

• TRB Committee A5015: Spatial Data and Information Science http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/trb-sdis/

• Bureau of Transportation Statisticshttp://www.bts.gov/gis/

• URISA http://www.urisa.org/ • AASHTO GIS-T Annual Symposiumhttp://www.gis-t.org/