Geographic Information Science and Applications Committee (ABJ60)

Geographic Information Science and Applications Committee (ABJ60) Reginald R. Souleyrette and Harvey J. Miller, Co-Chairs Transportation Research Board, 86th Annual Meeting

Business Meeting (Tuesday, January 23, 2007, 7:30 – 9:30 PM, Hilton) – AGENDA

7:30 – 7:45: Welcome and introductions – Harvey Miller

7:45 – 7:50: Approval of 2006 Annual Meeting Minutes and Roster Update – Cesar Quiroga

 Minutes available at http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/ABJ60  Hard copies will NOT be distributed at the business meeting

7:50 – 8:00: TRB Staff Report – Tom Palmerlee

8:00 – 8:25: 2007 Annual Meeting Activities – Reg Souleyrette

No. Sponsor Title Loc Time 121 ABJ60, APO20 GIS and Transit: Multiple Applications and H Sun, 8:30 AM–12:00 PM Opportunities (Workshop) 169 ABJ60 International Standards for GIS and ITS (Workshop) H Sun, 1:30 PM–5:00 PM 231 ABC40, ANB10, Safety Management and Asset Management H Mon, 8:00 AM–9:45 AM ABC30, ABJ20, ABJ60 252 ABJ60 Geographic Information System Tools for Activity- H Mon, 9:30 AM–12:00 PM Based Travel Analysis 253 ABJ60 Geographic Information System Tools for Safety and H Mon, 9:30 AM–12:00 PM Hazards Analysis 258 ABJ60 Spatial Data Integration and Map Matching H Mon, 9:30 AM–12:00 PM 327 ABJ60 Spatial Analysis of Transportation Networks H Mon, 1:30 PM–3:15 PM 356 ANB20, AHB65, ABJ60 Road Assessment Programs: New Approach to M Mon, 3:45 PM–5:30 PM Highway Safety Programs 379 ABJ00, ABJ60, ABG40, Semantic Data Models: Building a Foundation for H Tue, 8:00 AM–9:45 AM ABJ20, ABJ50 Data Sharing 442 ABJ50, ABJ60 Transportation Applications of Restricted-Use H Tue, 8:00 AM–9:45 AM Technology Study ABJ60 Spatial Research Subcommittee Meeting, ABJ60(3) H Tue, 8:00 AM–9:45 AM ABJ60 Spatial Education Subcommittee Meeting, ABJ60(2) H Tue, 3:45 PM–5:30 PM ABJ60 Geographic Information Science and Applications H Tue, 7:30 PM–9:30 PM Committee Meeting

 Paper reviews  New initiative for collaboration between TRB safety and data committees (Reg Souleyrette and Dave Harkey, leads)

8:25 – 8:45: Subcommittee Reports

 Education – Mike Anderson  Research – Val Noronha

1 8:45 – 9:10: Other 2006 Activities

 Visualization Conference, Denver, Colorado, October 23-26, 2006 – Harvey Miller  GIS-T 2006, Session on Spatial Data and Information Science Research Needs and Opportunities (Columbus, Ohio, March 2006) – Harvey Miller  Ontology Synthesis Problem Statement and National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) transportation data specification – Reg Souleyrette  Report: Triennial Self-Evaluation of Committee Activities (May 2006) – Reg Souleyrette  Transportation Research Circular E-C108 (October 2006) – Jim Hall o Circular available at http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/circulars/ec108.pdf o Geospatial Information Technologies for Asset Management – Peer Exchange, October 30 – 31, 2005.  Transportation Research Circular E-C106 (November 2006) – Elizabeth Harper o Circular available at http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/circulars/ec106.pdf o Environmental Geospatial Information for Transpotation – Peer Exchange, May 3 – 4, 2006.  White Paper: Grand Challenges in Transportation: The Role of Geographic Information Systems and Science – Harvey Miller  Updated TRB Strategic Plan Objectives and Action Plan – Reg Souleyrette  Research needs statements database – Reg Souleyrette

9:10 – 9:30: Other

 The National Academies’ Mapping Science Committee update – David Fletcher  HPMS Reassessment project update – Anita Vandervalk-Ostrander  GIS-T 2007, Nashville, TN, March 26 – 28, 2007 – Bruce Spear  TRB 2007 Summer Conference and 32nd Annual Summer Ports, Waterways, Freight & International Trade Conference, Renaissance Chicago Hotel on West Wacker Drive, July 6 – 9, 2007.  Workshop on Advanced Research Needs in Geographic Information Technology for Transportation (ABJ60 will sponsor), Fall 2007  4th National Conference on GIS and Transit, Tampa, November 6 – 8, 2007 (ABJ60 will co-sponsor)