NSGIC Mid-Year Reports: Transportation and Addressing
The Transportation for the Nation and Addresses for the Nation working groups presented a joint panel that included several states, the US Census Bureau, US DOT, the Forest Service, the Postal Service and the National Emergency Number Association (NENA).
Will Craig, of Minnesota, gave an overview of the different roles of the counties, states and federal agencies and Jill Saligoe-Simmel gave an overview of the need for good address data. The address work group is developing a white paper on needs and approaches that will be reviewed by the NSGIC membership.
Dan Widener, of Virginia, gave an update on work on Transportation for the Nation. There was a Transportation Research Board meeting in 2007. That workshop was meant to bring data users and data producers together to talk about the idea of Transportation for the Nation. Dan ran through some of the work done to flesh-out ideas for national transportation data. The results of the workshop will be published in the summer of 2008 by the Transportation Research Board.
In 2008, the Transportation for the Nation working group will be working on a business plan and is interested in creating a regional "proof of concept." This would have to be a volunteer effort but would result in a report at the NSGIC Annual Meeting.
The US Census Bureau presented it updated TIGER data set as perhaps the start of Transportation for the Nation. Bob LaMacchia described the effort to update TIGER. The data were updated with input from states and counties and the TIGER now includes the National Hydrography data set. He noted that TIGER doesn't include everything that is needed, but it can provide a basis for the Transportation for the Nation. TIGER will now be released in shapefile format, starting with the 2007 update.
The US Department of Transportation expressed support for the idea of Transportation for the Nation, based on the needs of DOT for assistance in tracking the road miles in the nation. US DOT tracks several networks, including the federal highways, freight routes, a system used to track highway funding needs, and TIGER and TeleAtlas data. Steve Lewis suggested that the DOT and NSGIC will need to lead a group effort to create a single data set that meets all needs.
Betsey Kanally of the US Forest Service, presented some facts on the numbers of miles of roads on Forest System lands. The Forest Service provides some map data but hopes to provide more.
Ruth Jones, who works in Address Management for the US Postal Service, spoke about how the Postal Service manages addresses and how they might be shared. About 2 million addresses are added each year, from a variety of sources.
Patrick Halley, of the National Emergency Number Association, spoke about the needs of the emergency response community as they relate to addressing. He noted that the 911 community is still coming up to speed technologically. He also reviewed the changes in how people use telephones, cell phones and the personal computers and how those changes are impacting the emergency response community.
Update (3/18/08): Presentation materials from this session are now available on-line.
Will Craig, of Minnesota, gave an overview of the different roles of the counties, states and federal agencies and Jill Saligoe-Simmel gave an overview of the need for good address data. The address work group is developing a white paper on needs and approaches that will be reviewed by the NSGIC membership.
Dan Widener, of Virginia, gave an update on work on Transportation for the Nation. There was a Transportation Research Board meeting in 2007. That workshop was meant to bring data users and data producers together to talk about the idea of Transportation for the Nation. Dan ran through some of the work done to flesh-out ideas for national transportation data. The results of the workshop will be published in the summer of 2008 by the Transportation Research Board.
In 2008, the Transportation for the Nation working group will be working on a business plan and is interested in creating a regional "proof of concept." This would have to be a volunteer effort but would result in a report at the NSGIC Annual Meeting.
The US Census Bureau presented it updated TIGER data set as perhaps the start of Transportation for the Nation. Bob LaMacchia described the effort to update TIGER. The data were updated with input from states and counties and the TIGER now includes the National Hydrography data set. He noted that TIGER doesn't include everything that is needed, but it can provide a basis for the Transportation for the Nation. TIGER will now be released in shapefile format, starting with the 2007 update.
The US Department of Transportation expressed support for the idea of Transportation for the Nation, based on the needs of DOT for assistance in tracking the road miles in the nation. US DOT tracks several networks, including the federal highways, freight routes, a system used to track highway funding needs, and TIGER and TeleAtlas data. Steve Lewis suggested that the DOT and NSGIC will need to lead a group effort to create a single data set that meets all needs.
Betsey Kanally of the US Forest Service, presented some facts on the numbers of miles of roads on Forest System lands. The Forest Service provides some map data but hopes to provide more.
Ruth Jones, who works in Address Management for the US Postal Service, spoke about how the Postal Service manages addresses and how they might be shared. About 2 million addresses are added each year, from a variety of sources.
Patrick Halley, of the National Emergency Number Association, spoke about the needs of the emergency response community as they relate to addressing. He noted that the 911 community is still coming up to speed technologically. He also reviewed the changes in how people use telephones, cell phones and the personal computers and how those changes are impacting the emergency response community.
Update (3/18/08): Presentation materials from this session are now available on-line.
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