ABJ60

Greetings all,

One of the great currencies of our group are our thoughts, insights and experiences.  One of our roles at TRB is to produce relevant research topics.  I hope to use this website as a first step stage of engaging you all to help ABJ60 produce new research topics.

I am inviting you all to play a role by sharing news, insights, opinions and research topics in the areas that you are most interested.  To do that you can create posts on the ABJ60.net website.  If you want something less formal then simply send an email to the address trb-abj60@googlegroups.com (provided you are a member of the listserv) .

if anyone would like to be able to create posts on the site please contact me directly and we will arrange to give you your permissions.

I believe these forums can serve as a healthy mechanism for us to communicate with each other and possibly serve as a foundation for the development of research needs statements, an important role for the group.  So please consider participating and contributing your thoughts.

Thank you again for your time, thoughts and efforts.

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will be hosting its free, quarterly webcast on Thursday, November 1 from 2:30 – 3:30 PM ET. This will be the 16th installment in a series of presentations that discusses geospatial technologies and their application throughout transportation. Registration is not necessary.

Background - Cecilio Martinez, Clayton Elkins, and Raymond Maldonado of the San Antonio-Bexar County MPO will discuss their iMap application, which was developed to consolidate the MPO’s transportation-related data into a single mapping application to help address data silos. The application, which began as a simple mechanism to include information on funded transportation projects, has since grown into a large repository of visually displayed data that can be tailored to users’ needs. Data layers available online through iMap include short- and long-range funded projects, several types of jurisdictional boundaries, traffic count data, crash data, transit information, bicycle facilities, and much more. Citizens and agency staff can now use iMap to answer complex transportation questions, and the application is available at www.sametroplan.org/imap/.

Connection Information - 

• Join link: http://fhwa.adobeconnect.com/gistransportation/
• Audio Number: 877-336-1274
• Participant Passcode: 7838594#

Contact - Paige Colton, paige.colton@dot.gov, or 617-494-2361 Previous GIS in Transportation webcasts can be found here.

The Power of Place GIS Conference is scheduled on February 7-8, 2013 at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. The program committee of the conference is currently soliciting suggestions for presentations.

Topic Areas :

• Data: Census, Orthophotography, LiDAR, Best Practices, Sharing and Collaboration, etc.
• Applications: Transportation, Public Safety, Planning, Environment, Property Mapping, and others.
• Technology: Development Platforms, Cloud Computing, Mobile Applications, Spatial Business Intelligence, and more.
• GIS in Enterprise: Management Best Practices, Technology Trends, System Integration, Professional Development, Legal and Policy Issues, and more. etc.

If anyone knows a K-12 teacher who is using GIS in the classroom, kindly contact the program committee. To submit suggestions for program presentations and speakers, please contact the following persons:

Program Committee Co-Chairs:

• Anne Payne, Wake County GIS (apayne@wakegov.com)
• Jeff Essic, NCSU Libraries (jeff_essic@ncsu.edu)
• Tom Tribble, NC CGIA (tom.tribble@nc.gov)

For registration and additional information please click here.

Source: Mobilitylab.org

BikePlanner.org is a new bike routing website from OpenPlans that uses the impressive, crowdsourced OpenStreetMap. BikePlanner is free and easy to use on a computer, tablet or smartphone. Moreover, preferences for the “fastest”, “safest”, or “flatest” route can be calibrated by the user, either for personal biking or bikesharing.

The most attractive feature is that the base map is editable by anyone, thus local cyclists have the power to make BikePlanner more accurate and useful. This is the first fucntional trip routing tool for bikesharing systems, including routing based on bike and dock availability.

For maps on bike routing, please visit BikePlanner. Additionally, if there is a route that is less than optimal, log-in to OpenStreetMap and correct the base map for improved routing.