FHWA PRIORITY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM. FINAL REPORT - TRANSPORTATION PLANNING GIS

Most transportation agencies are not receiving the full benefits of integrating travel models and geographic information systems (GIS). While the commercial trend seems to be toward integration, many agencies continue to use stand-alone modeling packages or both GIS and modeling packages independently. Chief reasons are cost and prior investment in training and technology. The goal of this project was to develop user-friendly windows programs capable of integrating urban planning travel models and desktop GIS packages. To demonstrate the GIS modeling environment, Tranplan (Urban Analysis Group) was integrated with several desktop GIS platforms: ArcView (ERSI), AtlasGIS (ERSI), MapInfo (MapInfo Corp.), and Maptitude (Caliper Corp.). This project consisted of two tasks: field testing of the Tranplan MapInfo environment and development and testing of the remaining interfaces. The beta test sites concluded that the combined environments serve a useful function. The windows programs and documentation are available from the web site at: www.ctre.iastate.edu/fhwa/.

• Corporate Authors:

  Iowa State University, Ames

  Center for Transportation Research and Education
  2711 South Loop Drive, Suite 4700
  Ames, IA  United States  50010-8664
• Authors:
  • Anderson, M D
  • Souleyrette, Reginald Roy
• Publication Date: 1997-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 12 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Geographic information systems; Interfaces; Planning; Software packages; Travel patterns
• Identifier Terms: Arcview (Ersi); Atlasgis (Ersi); Mapinfo (Mapinfo Corp.); Maptitude (Caliper Corp.)
• Geographic Terms: Iowa
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00770372
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-PT-96-IA(01)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 6 1999 12:00AM