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GIS: A Comprehensive HistoryFrom the Victorian Era to Present
Matthew WestDVRPC
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GIS in the Victorian Age
• Little known fact: GIS actually began in the early stages of the Victorian Era
• Through the Industrial Revolution
APRIL FOOLS!
Interactive Detour Route MappingLinking GIS, Cartographic Design & Web Development
ESRI Transportation Special Interest Group (SIG)Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Philadelphia, PAApril 1, 2009
Presenter:
Matthew WestSr. Transportation Planner
DVRPC
Personal Introduction
¸ Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commissioná Philadelphia Region’s Metropolitan Planning Organization
¸ Office Transportation Operations Managementá Focus: Operational improvements & regional coordination
¸ Current Efforts in Transportation Operationsá Regional Integrated Multi-modal Information Sharing (RIMIS)á Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Architectureá Incident Management Task Forces
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www.dvrpc.org/transportation/operations
Project Introduction
¸ Originationá DVRPC’s involvement in regional ITS effortsá Coordination with PennDOT 6-0 TMC
¸ Goalá Transform hardcopy detour route maps into an interactive
internet browser-based format¸ Process
á Identify & digitize pertinent dataá Transfer data into re-designed map formatá Transfer maps into web application
¸ Resultá Simplified method for traffic operations staff & first
responders to obtain and utilize detour information
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Philosophical Considerations
¸ Practice Good GISá Foundation of the projectá Setting up the data to “talk”
¸ Practice Good Cartographyá Time is qualityá The three “C”s
CommunicationCommunicationCommunication
¸ Practice Good Web Developmentá Know the strengths & limitations of softwareá Know your audience
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Simplicity
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Philosophical Considerations
Design Overview
¸ Phase I: GISá Software used: ESRI ArcGISá Determine which data are useful
Incident LocationPrimary & Secondary Detour RoutesTraffic Control Points
á Create the datasetDevelop unique ID system that links dataPoints & Linear Features
á Export dataDetour data & base layersScale bar
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Design Overview
¸ Phase II: Cartographic Design & Productioná Software used: Adobe Illustratorá Two Products
Detour maps• Static .pdf documents• Ultimate end product• New map template• Geography, Turn-by-turn directions, Contact information
Animation maps• “Interactive” base maps• Intermediate steps to reach .pdfs• Website template• Regions, Routes, Incident locations
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Single Page .pdfMulti-page Map &Directions
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Design Overview
Animation Maps
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Design Overview
Design Overview
¸ Phase III: Web Developmentá Software used: Adobe Flashá Import vector data from Illustrator
Organization of data is key
á Animate the intermediate dataMultiple layers“to” & “from” animation
á Link the detour mapEach incident location tied to a .pdf
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Design OverviewAdobe Flash
Design Overview
¸ Summary á Maximize the strengths of each software platform
GIS for GISIllustrator for Graphic DesignFlash for Web Animation
á Vector data is vector dataTranslates well at each stageKeeps getting better
á SimplicityKeep “bells & whistles” syndrome in check
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Step 1: Select Region Step 2: Select County Step 5: View/Download/Print/Email Map
Step 3: Select Highway Step 4: Select Incident Location
Application Overview
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Design Issues
¸ Expansion into Multi-State Effortá Two unique map formats
PennDOT: Re-designed one-page mapsNJDOT: Multi-page maps
¸ Data Sensitivityá Two online versions
General publicPassword protected
• Online registration form
¸ Online vs. Offlineá Maximize application useá Downloadable stand-alone version
For use on mobile data terminals where internet access is limited or non-existent
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Application Use
¸ Registered Usersá 89 Registered Usersá Mostly PA & NJ
¸ Promotioná Regional & local presentations / demonstrationsá Word of mouthá Information card
Detachable business card
¸ Expanded useá Beyond the DVRPC region
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Interactive Detour Route MappingLinking GIS, Cartographic Design & Web Development
Questions?
Matthew West215.238.2818