There are a number of instances where traffic congestion can occur, but
which isn't adequately captured or reflected, such as work zone congestion,
special events (large concerts, et cetera) - there, the data may be an
issue.
Typically the sensor platforms for monitoring congestion and traffic are
hardwired for power and communications, (mounted on bridges, light posts,
and so on) but we have redeployable mobile sensor platforms with traffic,
weather and other sensors, powered by solar and communicating via cellular
and/or satellite data links - they also have onboard GPS to supplement
location and configuration metadata for updating the data feeds when
redeployed.
We are currently looking at some of these types of "nonstandard"
applications for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) initiatives.
David G. Smith PE PLS
VP/Director of Geospatial Information Technology
Synergist Technology Group, Inc.
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Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 5:55 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Geowanking] Re: looking for paper and domain suggestions
Folks,
Thanks for your kind responses! Reading these and some others from other
sources, it's clear that my list of criteria are incomplete. Here's a
better list:
a. geographic, but not just tagging places or regions with info -- some
kind of interconnectedness is necessary
b. changing over time, especially when the geography itself changes
c. the domain supports real activities
d. the activities require planning
e. user input of some kind is useful
So, for example, I think snow removal and public health analysis.
Traffic congestion on non-freeways is less clear: can users give info of
high-enough detail and quality to answer Tom's questions?
Here's some of the things brainstormed so far:
- monitoring routes and use patterns in natural areas (ORVs, canoeing)
- wildfire management
- air travel (vendor POV)
- air travel (passenger POV)
- street maps when institutional maps are inappropriate for whatever
reason (e.g. OpenStreetMaps)
- public health
- municipal bus/train travel (cataloging the quirks that the
transportation authorities don't monitor)
- cycling
Any other thoughts?
Thanks again,
Reid
Tom Longson (nym) wrote:
> I'm particularly interested in traffic-congestion analysis for areas
> other than freeways. It is geographic, changes over time (especially
> when roads close), supports commuters and possibly emergency services,
> and can be studied for future trends, e.g. "If you leave your house
> now, you'll arrive in 40 minutes. If you leave your house in thirty
> minutes, you'll arrive in 20."
>
> I have no real experience in this area though, so there may be work
> that I'm unaware of in progress.
>
> Cheers,
> Tom Longson
>
> On Jan 8, 2008 12:10 PM, Reid Priedhorsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Dear geowankers,
>>
>> I'm a researcher at the University of Minnesota, and I was hoping some
>> of you might help point me to background material and related work for
>> our upcoming geographic wiki paper. We'd like to relate our results as
>> broadly as possible.
>>
>> 1. We are studying domains which are:
>> a. geographic
>> b. changing over time, especially when the geography itself changes
>> c. the domain supports real activities
>> d. the activities require planning
>>
>> For example, such domains might be bicycling (weather, construction,
>> new roads come and old ones go, navigating a bicycle requires deciding
>> where to go and how to get there), shopping in a mall, finding one's way
>> around a new city or neighborhood, or natural resource management (e.g.
>> monitoring routes and use patterns).
>>
>> Do you have suggestions for other domains that meet these criteria?
>> The more unrelated to what I've mentioned already, the better.
>>
>> 2. Any suggestions for important collaborative GIS work that we should
>> look at?
>>
>> Many thanks, and please let me know what questions you all have.
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