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Collect Information from the Field with Mobile GIS Esri’s mobile GIS technology allows transportation maintenance and inspection crews to save time when collecting and updating information from remote locations. By using GPS and GIS-enabled devices, field crews accurately collect information from the field and seamlessly update corporate databases located in the office in real time. Through GPS and Esri technology, you can track resources and assets in real time, allowing a quick response to any event that requires immediate attention. You can also more effectively manage mobile resources by instantly seeing the location of any work or inspection crew on a map, then redeploy resources as needed.GIS integrates with other technologies such as CAD and documentmanagement. Significant productivity gains are achievable by optimizing scheduling and routing maintenance and inspection teams, which not only boosts productivity but also results in significant fuel savings. The integration of work orderIntegrate Your Existing Systems and management system, routing, and scheduling softwareData with GIS allows modern highway managers to more efficientlyMost large transportation organizations have developed direct their mobile workforces and ensure that resourcesnumerous applications and systems that manage their are most effectively utilized.current data and information. Here, GIS plays a pivotalrole by helping you integrate your existing systems. GISand the use of modern service-oriented architecture(SOA) advance the ability to build enterprise applicationsand bring together information, such as traffic counts,pavement conditions, and accident statistics, into a singleapplication for complex analysis.GIS software emphasizes interoperability and easyintegration with commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions.For example, take advantage of your CAD data bybringing it into a GIS and integrating as-built surveysand blue-line drawings into an environment where theymaintain their correct spatial characteristics.GIS delivers powerful spatial analytics, allowing youto discover patterns and gain intelligence to better Modern transportationunderstand travel behaviors and perform accident administrations useanalysis. Through detailed GIS maps, this information can mobile GIS to manage fieldwork.be easily conveyed to decision makers and the public.
GIS Solutions for Highway and Roadway ManagementManaging modern roadways is a complex business.From computerized traffic control systems and incidentand safety management systems to effective capitalimprovement planning and maintenance activities,highway managers must draw on a wide array oftechnologies to effectively manage today’s roadways.A comprehensive geographic information system (GIS) canhelp you integrate agency-wide information to achievebetter operational efficiencies and results.Esri® software aids analysis and support through theinfrastructure life cycle—from planning and designthrough survey and construction management tooperations and maintenance—giving transportationprofessionals the ability to comprehensively manage theirinfrastructure. GIS makes all types of highway information available to a wide range of users.Enterprise GIS Integrates the A centralized information system based on Esri GISTransportation Infrastructure Life Cycle software provides transportation professionals with the IT framework for maintaining and deploying data and applications throughout every aspect of the transportation infrastructure life cycle. Planning: Identify deficiencies and determine optimal solutions. Design Design: Integrate GIS with most design tools, including CAD, bringing greater analytic and cost-estimation capabilities to your infrastructure design process. Planning Survey Infrastructure Survey: Manage and store GPS data and survey Life Cycle measurements more effectively. Construction: Integrate project and financial management software with GIS to better manage infrastructure projects. GIS can provide a single point of Maintenance Construction entry for all construction-related documents and files. Operations: Incorporate GIS into business processes to improve your operational performance. Operations Maintenance: Easily manage disparate assets. Integrate your asset inventory with inspection history and work order management to maintain your critical investments in a cost-effective manner.
GIS Yields Greater Efficiency . . . Traffic Operations Managers have come to appreciate the advantages of GIS-based traffic and incident management systems to operate roadways at their peak efficiency. GIS can take a central role in developing effective traffic management strategies. The capabilities to integrate data feeds and share dashboard views make GIS ideal for viewing a comprehensive picture of current traffic conditions. For example, traffic managers can visually monitor bottlenecks and related information to quickly respond to vehicle incidents. In addition, these views can be shared with the public over the web, giving drivers the latest information on road closures and current travel conditions. Transportation PlanningA detailed asset inventory is effectively managed in a GIS. Finding the right balance between the need to accommodate demand on public infrastructure and the responsibility to preserve quality of life and environmentalHighway Asset Management sustainability in your community is a challenge. GISApplied to asset management, GIS not only facilitates technology provides rich analytic and visual tools to helpdata collection, processing, and display but also you meet this challenge.integrates asset mapping with project management andbudgeting tools so that construction, operational, and GIS provides a framework to inform models, such asmaintenance expenses can be centrally managed and those used to forecast travel demand and plan capitalaccounted for. improvements, and to support strategic decision making. In addition, GIS applications that perform environmentalOnce established, asset management systems provide evaluations shed light on the consequences of variousa framework to efficiently and equitably allocate scarce transportation alternatives.resources among competing objectives. Field personnelcan take detailed GIS information with them on anynumber of mobile devices and quickly locate relevantfacilities and perform detailed inspections. Deficienciesidentified during inspection can generate new workorders for maintenance and repair.Maintenance and Work Order ManagementModern highway management agencies have gainedproductivity and efficiency by integrating maintenanceand work order management systems with GIS.Maintenance management systems allow more efficientscheduling of maintenance activities and tracking of worktasks, personnel, equipment, and material usage andhelp managers understand and report their completemaintenance activities. ArcGIS® gives transportation planners powerful tools for analysis and display that integrate with many travel-demand forecasting models.
. . . and Better Decision Making Construction Management GIS, integrated with project management and financial software, helps you track performance. GIS helps organize all relevant project information, from survey data, soils, and geotechnical studies to planning, environmental studies, engineering drawings, and project maps. GIS makes this information easily available to project staff using a browser interface. Having quick and easy access to information during construction can greatly increase efficiency and reduce time spent searching for needed information. GIS helps you better visualize and understand locations with high numbers of accidents and their causes. Transportation Safety Analysis Recent transportation legislation strongly emphasizes achieving higher levels of safety on the nation’s highways. GIS allows highway departments to accurately capture and analyze traffic accident information as well as identify dangerous highway segment locations with high accident rates. GIS, combined with complex statistical analysis and business intelligence tools, helps highway engineers better understand the causes of accidents at these locations and find ways of reducing them. Environmental Management Transportation planning and management require carefulGIS provides a wealth consideration of the impact that transportation activitiesof environmentalinformation, allowing have on the environment. GIS is uniquely capable ofyou to avoid road- assisting transportation professionals to understandblocks at late stagesof planning and these repercussions and select the most environmentallyconstruction. sensitive solutions. GIS helps identify wetlands, drainage areas, and sensitive habitats as well as evaluate and manage the effects of storm water runoff on water quality. With GIS, transportation planners can understand the impact of land-use decisions and evaluate smart-growth alternatives, leading to more livable communities. GIS integrates environmental factors with land-use and housing and employment density analysis to help communities address growth issues. The ability to visualize alternative options on a common platform allows esri.com/highways differing parties to reach a consensus when dealing with an environmentally sensitive matter.