Tribal Transportation Planning and Geographic Information Systems: Applying High-Tech Tools and Expertise to Advance Initiatives

The National Tribal Geographic Information Support Center is a nonprofit organization assisting Native American tribal governments and Native American organizations to apply geographic information technology. This article describes the center and discusses a successful program that was assisted by the use of geographic information systems (GIS). In this project, the Chickasaw Nation used GIS to help create the Rising Waters Ancient Mountains Scenic Byway in Oklahoma. GIS was used to identify the route and spurs, and to document the intrinsic qualities necessary to apply for designation as a scenic byway. After scenic byway designation was gained for the route, GIS then was used to determine the signage needed along the route and the exact location of each sign.

• Record URL:
  • https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22251
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/07386826
• Authors:
  • Couch, Garet
  • Couch, Letisha
• Publication Date: 2014-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p 31
• Serial:
  • TR News
  • Issue Number: 294
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0738-6826
  • Serial URL: https://doi.org/10.17226/895

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Geographic information systems; Highway planning; Indian reservations; Scenic highways; Traffic signs; Tribal government
• Identifier Terms: Rising Waters Ancient Mountains Scenic Byway (Oklahoma)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Tribal lands
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01547306
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 5 2014 10:57AM