Tftn overview gis dot
- 1. Strategic Plan (SP) Development for Transportation for the Nation(TFTN)
- 2. Strategic Planning EffortIdentify and engage the entire stakeholder communityAll levels of governmentPrivate SectorCitizens (e.g. OpenStreetMap community)Define requirements, challenges and opportunitiesDocument progress already made, good ideas & challenge current assumptionsExplore implementation issuesEvaluate funding requirements and sources
- 3. BackgroundInfluenced by several different efforts:NSGIC’s For the Nation (FTN) initiatives that called for the development of TFTN and Imagery For the Nation (IFTN)
- 4. OMB Circular A-16 identifies the US-DOT as the “lead agency” for the “transportation theme” of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI).
- 5. US-DOT all roads data requirements such as accident reporting for enhanced safety, highway performance monitoring and bridge inventory.
- 6. Aligned with several initiatives such the emerging federal Geospatial Platform concept. - one element of the “geospatial portfolio”TFTN and US DOTUS DOT is a full partner in TFTNTransportation Theme Lead for the NSDIProduce and Maintain the National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD)FHWA HPMS Program collecting data from State DOTsFunding the Strategic Planning Effort
- 7. What Has Been Done?Outreach ActivitiesUSGS/Census Bureau sponsored meeting of federal stakeholders 10/09
- 8. NSGIC Annual Conference 10/09
- 10. ESRI Federal User Conference 02/10
- 12. Press Releases
- 15. Stakeholders InterviewsThe Road Ahead6Perform outreach activities: interviews, workshops, meetings, surveys, case studies, etc.Identification of what’s working, what’s needed – current practices, requirements, strategies, standards, documentationIdentification of institutional constraints, capacity, operational authority, motivation, benefits, etc.Potential ways of implementationsPotential sources of funding
- 17. What is the purpose of TFTN?Is it to…Improve economic efficiency by minimizing duplicate spending on collecting and maintaining the same road geometry and attributes across multiple levels of government and the private sector?
- 18. Identify the business processes and inter-governmental data flows that support the repeatable roll-up of local roads to the national level (i.e. a supply chain)?
- 19. Establish a consensus choice for the most complete, consistent, maintained, and public version of fully routable street centerlines for the nation?TFTN Concept“Creation and maintenance of high-quality, nationwide transportation data that is in the public domain”An initial focus on street centerlines, but eventually multi-modal
- 20. Nationwide data spanning all states and territories
- 21. All roads, not just Federally funded roads
- 22. Achieved via coordinated efforts from multiple levels of govt.
- 23. Provides a common geometric baseline
- 24. Road naming
- 25. Persistent segment ID numbering
- 26. Advanced functionality is built on top of baseline
- 27. Data is in the public domain and readily shareableTFTN Strategic Planning Findings to date
- 28. Baseline Geometry with “Special Sauce”“Special sauce” can be content and/or capabilitiesThe specifics of what’s included in “baseline geometry” requires further definition
- 29. We need ideas and input from stakeholders on what’s feasible
- 30. Initial, minimal components might be:
- 31. Road naming
- 32. Basic attributes (e.g. functional classification)
- 33. Persistent segment ID numbering
- 35. Address ranges/geocoding (could be a minimal component?)
- 36. Advanced attributes (e.g. width, lanes)
- 37. Full routability (e.g. speeds, turn restrictions, etc.)
- 38. Enhanced cartographic display (e.g. annotation, symbolization, etc.)
- 39. Linear referencing systems (LRS)
- 40. Integration with photo/imagery catalogsState-level Best Practices for Creating Statewide Road InventoriesActivate government partners at County and Local level
- 41. Provide funding and technical support
- 42. State collects and aggregates into statewide data
- 43. Examples of this approach include: AR and OH
- 44. Public-Private partnership with commercial mapping firms
- 45. State contracts with private sector for creation and maintenance of statewide inventories
- 46. State obtains licensed data and a mechanism for posting update requests
- 47. Examples of this approach include: NY and MAPotential Benefits of TFTNDifferent benefits to different groups of stakeholdersCore business benefits to the US-DOTTo the HPMS program: see HPMS in the context of complete transportationTo Highway Safety for nationwide accident mappingTo Bridge inventory effortsBenefits to “sister” federal agenciesReduces costs from redundant nationwide data setsProvides public domain data for sharing with partnersPotential collaboration and synergy with other significant mapping programs at USGS and US Census
- 48. Potential Benefits of TFTNDifferent benefits to different groups of stakeholders(Continued)Benefits to State and Local Govt. Potentially opens up FHWA resources for statewide road inventoriesStreamlined requests for dataProvides public domain data Facilitates sharing with partnersBetter data – particularly for rural areas – for GPS-based navigation Easier cross border /multi-jurisdiction coordination and collaborationBenefits to the General PublicConsistent data across agencies and programs to support citizen servicesPublically accessible data for citizen and commercial innovation
Editor's Notes
- #4: OMB Circular A-16 as revised 2002 identifies the US-DOT as the “lead agency” for the “transportation theme” of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). The US-DOT sees TFTN as having the potential to help fulfill its responsibilities as lead agency.Aligned with several initiatives such the emerging federal Geospatial Platform concept. - one element of the “geospatial portfolio” that provides common “geospatial data, services, and applications contributed…by authoritative sources
- #7: Open to suggestions for steering committee members
- #10: - Creation and maintenance of high-quality, nationwide transportation data that is in the public domain, and thus readily shareable across all sectors. While TFTN is ultimately envisioned to include data on all modes of transportation – rail, ports, airport, transit – the initial focus is on road centerline data which is the largest, and in some ways most complex transportation -Will provide a common geometric baseline, persistent segment ID numbering and road naming that can be built on by other stakeholders to allow advanced capabilities such as routing, linear referencing systems (LRS), expanded attribute data collection and addressing/geocoding