GIS-T G eographic I nformation S ystems for T ransportation

1. Presented toUniversity of Washington November 6, 2009 GIS-T GeographicInformationSystemsforTransportation

2. Who We Are • 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

3. Topics • Trends and Conditions • How GIS is applied to Transportation • Case Example

4. Some Trends in . . . Public Administration • Accountability • Performance measures • Transparency • Sunshine Laws • Adaptability • New Missions, Delivery Mechanisms • eGovernment • Customer Expectations

5. Some Trends in . . . Transportation • Asset Management • Performance-based Management • Transportation Surety • Safety • Security • Reliability • Accelerated Project Development • Environmental Streamlining

6. 21ST CENTURY • Mobility (outcomes) • Customer-oriented • System-focused • 24X7 • Proactive • Performance-driven • Partnerships When the Transformation is Complete 20TH CENTURY • Public works • Project-focused • Our jurisdiction • 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. • Reactive • Business as usual • Do it our way Ekern, 2005

7. 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

8. Infrastructure Lifecycle Model

9. The “Spatial” Constellation GPS CAD/CAE GIS Survey/HDS IT FIMS/Asset Management Planning/Engineering Models Photogrammetry Remote Sensing

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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)

13. How is GIS applied to Transportation? • Facilities Management • Pavement Management • ITS Interface • Fleet Tracking • Asset Inventory • Transportation Planning • Environmental Assessment

14. How is GIS applied to Transportation? • Facilities Management • Transportation Planning • Travel Demand Modeling • Alternatives Analysis • Operations Analysis • Re-Location Analysis • Safety Analysis • Environmental Assessment

15. How is GIS applied to Transportation? • Facilities Management • Transportation Planning • Environmental Assessment • Impact Analysis • Risk Analysis • Monitoring

16. 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)

17. Layered Disaggregation of GIS Technology People Presentation - Display data and analytical results so they are easily understood Paper Maps WebGIS Websites Custom Map Viewers Application - Relate, analyze and interpret data to answer questions Desktop GIS Custom GIS Apps /Data Servers Custom GIS Tools Data - Collection and Organize Information about the physical world Database Design/Implementation Data Conversion/Processing Data Collection

18. Tacoma HOV: Data Dissemination and Sharing

19. Tacoma HOV: Data Management & Integration

20. Tacoma HOV: GIS/CAD Integration

21. 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.

22. 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.

23. 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.

24. 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.

25. Standard Geodatabase Design 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.

26. Robust Data, Rich Cartography

27. 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/