Building a Sustainable GIS Framework for Supporting a Tribal Transportation Problem

Due to the recent oil boom, the Fort Berthold Reservation has experienced a dramatic increase in highway and local traffic. To support energy transportation and provide safe roads, the reservation needs cost-efficient and effective transportation planning for present and future needs. A quality road network for the reservation is crucial for transportation operations and management. This study will demonstrate how to integrate multiple road networks to provide comprehensive digital roads using public sources and provide guides to perform a quality control (QC) assessment before delivering data and using these data for geospatial analysis. This paper will also provide the fundamental concepts for quality assurance (QA) and QC. Thus, tribal geographic information system (GIS) professionals working with other reservations will gain second-hand experience configuring quality checks and processes for automation and running the automated data checks. With the integrated road networks, the tribal transportation agency can develop bike line management, conduct ambulance service coverage analysis, develop a program of asset management, and plan road maintenance and rehabilitation. The authors recommend that the agency develop a linear referencing system (LRS) on the proposed road network to adopt efficient asset management and version control.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=866
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  New Jersey City University

  School of Business
  Jersey City, NJ  United States 

  Mountain-Plains Consortium

  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, ND  United States  58108

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Lee, EunSu
• Publication Date: 2017-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 43p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data analysis; Data quality; Geographic information systems; Indian reservations; Network analysis (Planning); Quality assurance; Quality control; Roads; Spatial analysis; Transportation planning
• Candidate Terms: Geospatial analysis
• Identifier Terms: Fort Berthold Reservation (North Dakota)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01633275
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MPC 15-287
• Files: UTC, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 28 2017 10:42AM