Implementation of GIS at the Iowa Department of Transportation

Project status

Completed

Start date: 06/01/93
End date: 12/31/99

Researcher(s)

Principal investigators:

• Reginald Souleyrette

Other authors: Zachary N. Hans, Michael D. Anderson, Ted A. Smith, Tim Strauss

About the research

Strategic and Implementation Planning and Assessment for GIS at the Iowa DOT, including the following:

Phase 1: GIS Strategic Plan and Institutional Structural Assessment

Phase 2: GIS Implementation Plan, Applications Development, Training, Database Development and Software Evaluation

Phase 3: GIS Implementation Plan (continued), Applications Development, Training, Selection and Orientation of GIS Coordinator

Phase 4: Support GIS Coordinating Committee, Mapping and Conversion, GPS Applications, Orthophotography Assessment, Support Iowa Geographic Information Council, and GIS Pilot Projects, including Sufficiency Data Access, Crash Node Mapping, Utility Inventory, Accidents and Roadside Features, Access Locations, Project Level Data, Detour Locations, Mitigation Areas, Routing, Parcel Inventory, Pavement Management, Travel Demand Modeling, Socioeconomics and Demographics, and Statewide Freight Flow Models

Phase 5: Support GIS Coordinating Committee, Location Reference Team Support, Revise/Update GIS Strategic Plan (culminating in a set of guidelines and issues regarding hardware/software selection, database development, system evaluations, and implementation processes), Develop GIS Data, Training, Standards and Procedures, Communications and Marketing Strategy, Test GIS Software for Systems Compatibility

Phase 6: Support GIS Coordinating Committee, Develop Linear Reference System RFP, Develop GIS Applications in Environmental, GPS and Rail, Develop Construction Status Web Site, Onsite GIS Software Support, Roadside Development Application

Phase 7: Construction Status Web Site (cont.), Linear Referencing System Team Support, and Technical Support of DOT GIS Team

Reports:

• GIS Special Studies and Pilot Projects for Iowa DOT (855 kb pdf) January 1997
• GIS Strategic Plan for the Iowa Department of Transportation (323 kb pdf) April 1995
• Iowa DOT GIS Implementation Plan (Strategic Plan Update) (396 kb pdf) May 1998
• Iowa DOT Request for Proposals for the Development of a Linear Referencing System (71 kb pdf) December 1998
• Location Referencing System Team Report (1.3 mb pdf) January 1998

Sponsor(s)/partner(s)

Sponsor(s): Iowa Department of Transportation