Across Borders and Boundaries: Building a Transportation Layer Using Collaboration

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Across Borders and Boundaries Building a
Transportation Layer Using Collaboration

• NSGIC Transportation for the Nation
• September 6, 2008
• Tami Griffin, Project Manager

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The Washington State Route
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Washington State Transportation Framework for GIS
(WA-Trans)

• An NSDI Type Transportation Layer
• Best available data from all levels of
  governments and tribes,
• Top priority is roads centerline data with
  addresses and route milepost linear referencing
  systems,
• Also will include rails, light rail, ferries,
  aviation, ports and non-motorized transportation
  infrastructure,
• Seamless, connected, consistent and continuous
  data between jurisdictions, boundaries and other
  framework layers,
• Includes infrastructure to support maintenance
  and integration of data,
• Useful for a wide variety of business needs.

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Project Organization

• Facilitated by the Washington State Department of
  Transportation (WSDOT),
• Collaboratively organized
• Includes counties, cities, planning
  organizations, tribal nations, transit
  organizations, freight interests, federal
  agencies and private organizations, other states,
• Planned and advised by a steering committee from
  different levels and disciplines of government,

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And now a brief detour to discuss collaboration
Think strategically as you plan and team to
collaborate with other organizations. Stop the
turf-ism. Funders want to see successful
networking and community partnerships. (various,
Anatomy of a Grant, 2003)
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The Interstate Route
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Vision Statement

• Create WA-Trans in such a way that it leverages
  experience and partnerships both internally and
  externally to Washington State.
• Working with Oregon showed us that together we
  can create a better strategy, process, data
  design, architecture, agreements and all the
  components that go into successfully building a
  statewide transportation GIS dataset.
• We decided to broaden our working partnerships .
  . .

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Developing These Partnerships

• Geospatial Integration and Sharing Data
  Consortium (GISDC)
• California Department of Transportation
  (Caltrans),
• Idaho Department of Transportation (IDT),
• Nebraska Department of Roads (NDOR),
• Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT),
• Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT),
• Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT)
• GOAL Share development of the needed data
  structures, infrastructures, agreements,
  processes and experiences so we can
  collaboratively develop, maintain and share our
  statewide transportation data as envisioned by
  each state. We are looking for more partners!

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Software Tools for Sharing and Integrating GIS
Data TPF-5(108)
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Components

• NOT Data (huh??)
• Processes and software
• Database and standards
• Relationship building and collaboration
• Funding and business case

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Data

• Is not in the scope if the TPF study but . . .
• We have to test the software and process,
• We have to advance the ultimate goal of each
  project,
• It IS a goal to simplify the process of sharing
  data
• So . . .

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The Information Superhighway Route
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Processes and Software

• New data provider process
• Portals
• Transformation process and translation software
• Integration processes and software
• Conflation and linear referencing processes and
  software
• Quality assurance and quality control processes
  and software
• Change detection and change management processes
  and software

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Data Provider Portal
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Data User Portal
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Data User Portal
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Transformation Process and Translation Software
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Pierce County Data after Translation to SDE SQL
Database
Pierce County ESRI Coverage files
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Integration Processes and Software
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Other Processes

• Conflation and Linear Referencing Processes and
  Software,
• Quality Assurance and Quality Control Processes
  and Software,
• Change Detection and Change Management Processes
  and Software,

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Data Flow in WA-Trans Databases
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The Whole Process
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Bridges to Other Interests
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Relationship Building and Collaboration

• The various states have used a variety of means
  of developing and maintaining relationships,
• Advice is exchanged on documented on what works
  well,
• WA-Trans invested significant effort here during
  the early years of the project and it has paid
  off,
• Other states are handling this differently but
  for all it turns out to be critical to success,
• Determining the WIFM for all is critical,
• Collaboration requires making the case for all
  partners that may be providing data, time or
  funds for the project.

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Data Results (Business Case Summary)
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How To Get Involved

• TPF 5(108) Software Tools for Sharing and
  Integrating GIS Data,
• http//www.pooledfund.org,
• Seeking 4 more partners (at least),
• We can also partner with other levels of
  government and private companies,
• Our goal is to having working prototypes in an
  Open GIS environment as a result as well as
  processes and other useful templates and
  information.
• Talk to me or Ed Arabas (Oregon) at the
  conference if you are interested or need more
  information!

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Contacts

• Tami Griffin GriffiT_at_wsdot.wa.gov
  360.596.8926
• Michael Leierer LeiereM_at_wsdot.wa.gov
  360.596.8927

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