Webcast on Online Environmental Resource Mapping – February 27, 2013
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is hosting a webcast on the topic Eco-Logical Application: Online Environmental Resource Mapping. This webcast will highlight applications of geospatial technologies in transportation. Bill Bass and Meredith Dang of the Houston-Galveston …
Training on applying GIS and Spatial Data Technologies to Transportation
National Highway Institute (NHI) is conducting a training program in the field of transportation planning. This traning is developed by Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in colloboration with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on the topic how to implement …
CUTR Webcast:OneBusAway:Open Source Software for Large Scale AVL and Real-Time Customer Information
Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at University of South Florida is hosting a free Webcast on OneBusAway: Open Source Software for Large Scale AVL and Real Time Customer Information is scheduled on February 7 …
2013 GIS in Transit Conference – Oct. 16-18
Mark your calendar for the GIS in Transit Conference, October 16-18, 2013, at the Keck Center of the National Academies in Washington, D.C. Don’t miss this unique conference which offers GIS transit professionals an excellent …
Dot Map of U.S. Population
Using U.S. and Canadian Census data, Brandon Martin-Anderson has developed a Census Dotmap of population patterns that is not restricted by boundaries such as roads, state lines, or other borders. A Python script was used …
Webinar: ACS Workshop, National Academy Report- March, 20, 2013 – 1 PM
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March 4, 2013
by Lakshmi Arumugam
Assosication of Public Data Users (APDU) is hosting a webinar on ACS Workshop, National Academy Report. This webinar will summarize and provide pointers to the materials generated from the June 2012 Workshop on the Benefits (and Burdens) of the American Community Survey (ACS), particularly the formal workshop summary that was released on February 28, 2013.
The workshop was designed to canvass a broad array of the nonfederal ACS user base—among those users, the media, policy research and evaluation groups, state/local/tribal agencies, businesses and economic development organizations, and local and regional planning authorities. In particular, it sought to gather information on users’ experiences with the first few sets of full ACS data product releases (1-, 3-, and 5-year estimates). The workshop also devoted attention to the multiple burdens associated with the ACS, ranging from privacy and confidentiality concerns to the challenges of communicating and interpreting high-variability estimates.
Webinar Date : March, 20, 2013
Webinar Time: 1 PM Eastern Time
For further information and to register please click here
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Proposals Invited for 2013 GIS in Transit Conference Oct.16-18
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February 27, 2013
by Lakshmi Arumugam
The National Center for Transit Research (NCTR), Transportation Research Board (TRB) and Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) are organizing the 2013 GIS in Transit Conference taking place October 16-17 at the Keck Center of the National Academies in Washington, D.C. The jointly-organized conference is co-sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).
This conference is for transit planners, managers, researchers and GIS industry experts who are interested in sharing ways to use geographic and spatial analysis in transit planning, operations, and marketing to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
Presentation proposals are being accepted through April 1, 2013.
For further information and proposal topics please click here.
For proposal submission please click here.
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Webcast on Online Environmental Resource Mapping – February 27, 2013
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February 20, 2013
by Lakshmi Arumugam
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is hosting a webcast on the topic Eco-Logical Application: Online Environmental Resource Mapping. This webcast will highlight applications of geospatial technologies in transportation.
Bill Bass and Meredith Dang of the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) will discuss their Eco-Logical Application, which provides planners with online mapping capabilities to identify valuable environmental resources within the region. The application is a decision support system for regional planning, an inventory of high value environmental resources, and functions as a data clearinghouse for organizations and the public.
Webcast Date: February 27, 2013.
Time: 2.00-3.00 PM ET
To access the webcast, please see the information listed below:
Audio: 1-877-336-1274 (call-in); 7838594# (passcode)
Webroom link: fhwa.adobeconnect.com/gistransportation
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Training on applying GIS and Spatial Data Technologies to Transportation
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February 14, 2013
by Lakshmi Arumugam
National Highway Institute (NHI) is conducting a training program in the field of transportation planning. This traning is developed by Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in colloboration with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on the topic how to implement transportation planning applications with the use of Geographical Information System (GIS) and spatial data technologies.The overall training goal is to prepare participants to evaluate and plan for the implementation of a variety of transportation planning applications that rely on spatial data technologies.
This training will describe examples of applications using today’s major spatial data technologies and discusses various aspects of the applications such as the level of effort for development, technological challenges, training needs, and evaluation measures.
Training Duration: 2 days
Calander Year : 2013
Traning Fee: $400
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The Best Maps: Sandy’s Transit Outage in NewYork
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February 8, 2013
by Lakshmi Arumugam
Hurricane Sandy’s impact on transit system in Newyork is well known.OpenTripPlanners have developed two set of maps which depict transit system in Newyork when the storm Sandy hit the city. The above map on the left shows how accessible transit system before the storm and the map on the right shows the same landscape after the storm hits the city.
The yellow areas are the parts of the city that 7.5 million New Yorkers can reach from home in less than an hour by public transit and walking. The red areas are within an hour’s commute of 6 million people in the metropolitan area. The blue areas are accessible by 4 million people, and the gray areas by 2 million.These two maps were built using Census data and the OpenTripPlanner route-planning tool, a multi-modal, open-source platform that models travel itineraries for users . Also with the help of GTFS data feeds from transit agencies and other sources.
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