Transcript Burgess_1_2010

West Virginia Department of Transportation
Snow Removal and Ice Condition
Program
Authors
Marshall Burgess and Kyle Weatherholt
Geospatial Transportation Information Section
Snow Removal and Ice Condition Season
Snow Removal and Ice Condition Program
The original map that was used for showing conditions was a 20 foot wide by
12 foot high wall map that had been wired so that different color push pin led
lights showed the condition as they occurred
The color coded map indicates conditions as both a county wide rating,
as well as specific conditions for major routes. The information displayed on
the map is updated at all county offices and automatically updates the map.
By 1994 the maker of the lights stopped production and by 1997 the stockpile ran
out and they were going to have to be hand made
In 1998 the decision was made to provide a web based map to replace and enhance the
current functionality that had been provided by the original wall map.
Using Sylvan Maps API with tiger files and SQL server for the database and visual basic for
data entry front end this version of the map.
For the next 10 years for intranet map fulfilled the needs of SRIC program efforts.
After the 2008-2009 season the request to make the application available
to the public for the 2009-2010 season was made
Some of the technology used on the first map was no longer being
supported by Microsoft plus some discussion were made about future
features that would be added to the map over the next couple of years.
The decision to create the third generation of the application using
ESRI technology along with modifications to the data entry program
and the SQL server database was made
http://gis.wvdot.com/SRIC/index.html
The first storm of the 2009-2010 SRIC season we were expecting 10,000 hits
The first storm began Friday evening and by Sunday afternoon the SRIC map received
close to 100,000 hits
Over the rest of the SRIC season the application was viewed just about
300,000 times a month
Future
enhancements
Fleet Management
Road closures
Weather Radar
Weather advisories
Intelligent transit system camera feeds
Questions?
Hussein Elkhansa [email protected]
Marshall Burgess [email protected]
Kyle Weatherholt [email protected]