GPS and DOT The Circle of Usage Or Who’s Doing What Where and Why Presented By Charles W. Brown, PE, PLS NC Dept. of Transportation email: [email protected] GPS and DOT Technology Implementation Group GPS Implementation Committee GPS and DOT Technology Implementation Group GPS Implementation Committee Len Sanderson, PE NCDOT, Chair Alan Blair - Central Fed Lands Hwy Div (FLHD) Charlie Brown NCDOT Leo Dario Eastern FLHD Brian Dolman-Jersey MDOT (Mich) Sean Fernandez UDOT Larry Goble Western FLHD John McCracken FHWA R&D Jeff Place Western FLHD Dan Streett NYDOT GPS and DOT Technology Implementation Group Two-Fold Implementation Plan GPS Workshop - Today Nationwide Workshops - Locally if Possible At GPS Users’ Requests For Survey Grade Users Who Is Using GPS For What Contacts GPS and DOT Technology Implementation Group Two-Fold Implementation Plan Multiple Uses of GPS in DOTs AASHTO Regional Meetings For Upper Management Who Is Using GPS For What What Benefits What Shortcomings GPS and DOT What this workshop is not: A Sales Pitch for any particular Vendor A Training Session in GPS A Solution to All of Your GPS Woes GPS and DOT What this workshop is: A Brief Discussion of GPS Applications in DOT/FHWA Operations Concentration on Design and Construction Discussion of What To Do and What Not To Do A Starting Point for a National Discussion on GPS Standards in Highway Planning, Design, Construction GPS and DOT TIG Nationwide Survey Fall, 2003 Utah DOT Website http://www.udot.utah.gov/ets/GPS/default.htm 32 States and Federal Lands - Highways responded Individual results can be accessed thru TIG website www.aashtotig.org GPS and DOT TIG Nationwide Survey Different Applications of GPS: Design Construction Planning Maintenance GIS Asset Management GPS and DOT Planning the Project - Corridor Studies Natural Environment Mapping Wetland Boundaries/PETS Habitat Historic Property Locations Archaeological Sites - Points or Boundaries Major Utility Locations Things To Avoid GPS and DOT