GIS and Transportation Projects: The Lighter Side (Nicole Jung)

In the early stages of transportation projects GIS is typically used to evaluate the different alignment alternatives. The alignments are evaluated to narrow down the number of options and typical analyses are applied determining the impacts on land use, demographics, and natural resources. Additionally GIS has been extensively used in supporting the environmental assessment process once the more detailed alternatives have been developed. GIS in engineering consulting encompasses the lighter side of GIS. In the past GIS projects are created to support the projects and are smaller scale and specific. Now however the face of GIS in engineering consulting has changed with each project built upon demonstrated business practices and standard operation procedures. Making solutions efficient and repeatable within the engineering consulting environment. Using applied examples of two projects I will present smaller scale solutions that apply this new way of thinking.