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http://www.gis-t.org/

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials sponsors the annual GIS for Transportation Symposium. It is a chance for persons in government and private industry who are interested in the use of GIS for transportation purposes to get together and share experiences, see state-of-art software, and learn more about this field. The Symposium annually attracts over 400 Symposium registrants in addition to the 50 exhibitors in the technology hall.

This year, the annual meeting of the AASHTO Subcommittee on Information Systems (ASIS) will be co-located with the GIS-T Symposium. This annual meeting of state DOT Chief Information Officers (CIO) and other IT professionals in the transportation industry provides a 3-day working meeting with technical presentations, roundtable discussions, and a business meeting (limited to AASHTO-member delegates). All ASIS members and associated attendees should utilize this GIS-T web site for hotel information and registration processes. Cross participation in presentation sessions and other activities from both ASIS and GIS-T attendees is offered as way of enhancing the attendee's experience.

The Symposium offers keynote speakers, discussion forums, workshops, presentations, and a technology hall where exhibitors showcase their services. Organizations and individuals with information related to GIS in transportation are encouraged to share their experience by presenting at the Symposium.

"Revealing a Gem" is the theme of this year's 26th Annual GIS-T Symposium which is being held in Boise, Idaho on May 5th - 8th, 2013. Technical workshops will be held on Sunday, May 5th.

ABJ50_60 2013 Midyear Agenda

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Development of a Formalized Process for the Adoption, Development, Maintenance, and Enhancement of TransXML Schemas Workshop

TRB sponsored a workshop on the Future of TransXML on Decmber 11, 2013 in Washington, D.C.

Transportation agencies have recognized the value of Extensible Markup Language (XML), and are developing their own XML formats or “schemas” to facilitate data exchange across applications. TransXML provides an open, vendor-neutral format for storing, exchanging, and archiving data.

The workshop engaged both transportation agency and industry stakeholders, including the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ Joint Technical Committee on Electronic Engineering Data (JTCEED), to understand steps that could expand the use of TransXML among transportation agencies.

See the TRB Workshop announcement at the following link.

Development of a Formalized Process for the Adoption, Development, Maintenance, and Enhancement of TransXML Schemas Workshop | Blurbs | Main.

The workshop proceedings are currently under development.  A link to the report will be provided here when available.

Final Workshop Agenda:

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AGENDA – TRB Information Systems and Technology Committee (ABJ50) – Midyear Meeting at the North American Travel Monitoring Exposition & Conference (NATMEC)

Committee Meeting Information

Monday, June 4, 2012, 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM Central Time

TheFairmontDallas

1717 North Akard Street

Dallas,Texas75201

 

Call In: 1-877-339-0018 Access *870-9080*

Web Meeting: https://www1/gotomeeting.com/join/342574401

 

 

11:00    Welcome and Introductions - Frances Harrison

Participant Introductions – name, affiliation, 1-2 research interests

 

11:15    Review of Minutes from Annual Meeting – Frances Harrison

 

11:20    Summary of May 2012 AASHTO Information Systems Meeting

 

11:30    Research Agenda Discussion

Sensing Technologies – Colin Brooks

Construction Information Technology – Ioannis Brilakis

        Information Technology for Intelligent Transportation Systems – James               Richardson/Brian Smith

        IT Technology Architectures and Service Models - Don Grayson

        Semantic Technologies and Data Exchange Standards – Tamer El-Diraby              

 

12:10    Research Needs Statements – James Hall

 

12:15    Break

 

12:30    2013 Annual Meeting Planning

Calls for Papers

Paper Review – Ping Yi

Workshops – Ionnis Brilakis & Colin Brooks

Sessions (discuss plans in the works and new ideas)

 

1:00      Other Business

Webinars

Research Watch List

Communications/Website – Martin Akerman

Midyear meeting 2013

Other announcements/news

1:15      TRB and Data Section Updates – Tom Palmerlee & Reg Soulyrette

            (Timing flexible)

 

1:30      Adjourn

Wordpress offers an easy way for everyone in a group to collaborate and create articles which can be organized into categories to help user navigation. This offers the ideal venue for TRB committees whose members are often spread across the world. I wrote this article in hopes of demystifying the concept of publishing to the web.
Published on Leave a comment on Using WordPress CMS to Design and Manage your TRB Committee Website

WordPress offers an easy way for everyone in a group to collaborate and create articles which can be organized into categories to help user navigation. This offers the ideal venue for TRB committees whose members are often spread across the world. I wrote this article in hopes of demystifying the concept of publishing to the web.

The first step is to show you a brief video to demonstrate how WordPress can help organize your committee information.

...continue reading "Using WordPress CMS to Design and Manage your TRB Committee Website"

Welcome to our newly redesigned website! As the voice for Information Systems and Technology in Transportation, it is our duty to set the bar for web development. With the help of WordPress and a custom template developed at the Institute for Transit Informatics at CUTR, we're stepping into the new age of web content management.
Published on Leave a comment on Welcome to our Newly Redesigned Website

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to our newly redesigned website!  Knowing that you depend on our research and insight to develop new, innovative ideas and strengthen policy and practice, we’ve rebuilt our site to make it much easier to find and share resources. As the voice for Information Systems and Technology in Transportation, it is our duty to set the bar for web development. With the help of WordPress and a custom template developed at the Institute for Transit Informatics at CUTR, we're stepping into the new age of web content management.

I hope you enjoy the information and research our Committee has to offer and welcome any suggestions you may have to make our site better. I would be happy to provide other TRB Committees with our template and to assist in installing WordPress if needed.

Thank you for stopping by and welcome to the future of ABJ50.

Sincerely,

Martin Akerman