A Workshop on Improving Geospatial Transportation Data

The Transportation Research Board of the National Academies has announced a workshop in December to "examine the potential benefits and costs for the transportation community from improvements to the national geospatial information infrastructure for transportation. "

According to the Workshop Invitation (PDF), there are five objectives of the one-day workshop:

1. Investigate the likely applications, benefits, and costs of an improved multimodal surface national transportation geospatial information system for the transportation community;
2. Identify likely users, beneficiaries, and funding sources;
3. Discuss key data elements for the various transportation modes that could be included;
4. Suggest potential roles, mechanisms for sharing data, and approaches to integrate required data from multiple sources; and
5. Explore institutional arrangements that could facilitate such an initiative.

Among the speakers identified in the preliminary agenda included in the workshop invitation is NSGIC President Stu Davis.

The workshop is set for December 14, at the The National Academies Keck Center, in Washington, D.C. The workshop is not free. Costs and hotel information are also detailed in the workshop invitation.