Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications in Transportation Systems Engineering and Planning
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications in Transportation Systems Engineering and Planning Course
Introduction:
The training course on Geographic Information System (GIS) Application in Transportation Systems Engineering/Planning aims to provide a thorough grasp of the fundamental concepts of GIS while introducing methodologies and techniques for data collection, analysis, and planning related to transportation infrastructure and road safety.
In numerous developed nations, authorities are increasingly utilizing Geographic Information System (GIS) for the management of highways and transportation. This trend is primarily driven by the advantages of cost reduction and improved ease in planning, monitoring, and managing the intricate systems involved in transportation planning and management, accident analysis, and route planning.
By attending this course, participants will acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to effectively leverage GIS for transportation-related tasks. This includes understanding the core principles of GIS, learning data collection techniques specific to transportation infrastructure and road safety, and applying analytical methodologies using GIS tools. The course aims to equip attendees with the competence to utilize GIS in enhancing transportation planning, management, and safety practices.
Course Objectives:
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Have a thorough understanding of how Geographic Information System (GIS) can help in transportation studies
- Identify trends in traffic operations and safety performance measures, leading to improvement in transportation safety
- Detect root causes of traffic incidents and determine effective countermeasures
- Evaluate the performance of segments, corridors, networks, or regions
- Pinpoint hot and cold spots via density estimation heat mapping
- Conduct complex spatial analysis required to plan the transportation systems of the future
- Build dynamic and rich mapping applications
Who Should Attend?
This Geographic Information System (GIS) Application in Transportation Systems Engineering/planning training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit, those who are involved in traffic and transportation engineering concepts, road infrastructure and road safety, urban planning, and traffic management centers.
This training course is a suitable wide range of professionals but will significantly benefit:
- Traffic & Transportation Engineers and Professionals
- Professionals in Urban Planning and Development
- Project Managers in Infrastructure Solutions Consulting
- Data Analysts, Technicians in Traffic Management Centers
- Researchers and Consultants
- Practitioners in Traffic and Transport Engineering
- Traffic Safety Professionals
- Highway and Roadway Design Engineers
Course Outlines:
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Fundamentals
- Geographic Information System (GIS) Applications in General
- Geographic Information System (GIS) Applications in Transportation Studies
- Major Functions of Geographic Information System (GIS)
- Relating Information from Multiple Sources
- Geographic Data and the Database
- Data Acquisition
- Data Integration
- Data Structure
- Data Modeling
- ArcMap Practice
Understanding Geographic Information System (GIS) Maps
- Data Information
- Spatial data
- Geographic Information System (GIS) Database
- Raster vs. Vector Data
- GIS Shapefiles
- ESRI Shapefile format
- Displaying and Navigating Geographic Information System (GIS) Maps
- Census Units
- The Point, Line, Polygon Data
- Feature Attributes
Data Collection
- Global Positioning System (GPS)
- Geographic Data Library
- Census Data
- Transportation Data and Analytics with Geographic Information System (GIS)
- Geospatial Crash Analysis
Visualization and Data Processing
- Symbolizing and Labeling Geographic Information System (GIS) Data
- Continuous and Categorical Data
- Classification Methods
- Normalization
- Geographic Information System (GIS) Data Query
- Classification
- Identify, Select, Find
- Select Features by Attributes
- Joining and Relating Tables
- Spatial Joining
- Dissolving and Clipping layers
Geospatial Analysis and Hotspot Analysis
- Introduction to Spatial Analysis
- Buffering Features
- Overlaying Data
- Spatial Analysis Methods to Identify Hotspots
- Fishnet-based Analysis
- Kernel Density Estimation