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Cooperation and Patience: The Key To A High Quality, Sustainable GIS
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1998-09-16
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TRIS Online Accession Number:00780102
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NTL Classification:NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION;NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Transit Planning and Policy;NTL-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION;NTL-GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS-GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Land Use;NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Management Systems;NTL-OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS-Traffic Flow;NTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-Statistics;
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Abstract:Geographic Information Systems (GIS) provides a powerful tool to transportation
planners and engineers for a variety of analytical tasks. However, even with
the advent of PC-based GIS systems and strong state and federal support,
transportation planners and engineers in small and medium-sized communities
face many constraints in finding the resources to pay for a GIS and in the
development of a data base that can be used for practical applications. The
Lane Council of Governments (LCOG) in Eugene, Oregon has been a leader in the
design, implementation and management of GIS for almost three decades. The
root of this successful implementation of GIS lies in the formation of
multi-jurisdictional (cities, county, utilities, metropolitan planning
organizations) multi-application (transportation, natural resources, public
works, assessment and taxation, land use planning) approach (termed the Common
Mapping Project) and development of a Cooperative Project Agreement which has
provided for sustained development of a parcel-level data base. This approach
has allowed LCOG's transportation planners to have access to a very rich
database. For example, the GIS provides land use and demographic inputs to the
system model and overlay analyses incorporating the transportation system (both
supply and demand characteristics), natural resources (soils, topography
hydrology, etc.) and other public works features (sanitary, storm sewers,
utility lines, etc.). In addition, this approach has allowed LCOG to focus its
transportation planning resources on the transportation system as other agencies
have provided the resources for development and maintenance of other parts of
the database. This paper/presentation will describe the approach taken by
agencies in the Eugene-Springfield area in the development of its GIS, the
benefits of this approach to transportation planning in a medium-sized area,
and the key lessons learned over the years. 13p.
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