Don Kiel Penn State

and SEDA-COG

PSU GIS-T Course, PennDOT, and SEDA-COG What’s the connection? (Why am I here?)

GIS for Transportation (GIS-T) is important to all three entities

Very few formal GIS-T educational opportunities exist (on-site training, online, textbooks, other)

There are significant opportunities for practical collaboration among the three groups

PSU Dutton e-Education Institute Program

Established 1999

100+ online courses

6000 undergraduates, 1250 working professionals have taken courses

https://www.e-education.psu.edu/

https://gis.e-education.psu.edu/mgis

http://worldcampus.psu.edu/GEP/

PSU Dutton e-Education Institute Program Located in College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) 9 online programs

Master of Education in Earth Sciences Master of Geographic Information Systems Intercollege Master of Renewable Energy and Sustainability Systems Geospatial Intelligence Option in the Master of Homeland Security Postbaccalaureate Certificate Program in Geographic Information

Systems Graduate Certificate Program in Geospatial Intelligence Bachelor of Arts in Energy and Sustainability Policy Undergraduate Certificate Program in Weather Forecasting Undergraduate Minor in Energy Business and Finance

PSU Dutton e-Education Institute – GIS Certificate and Degree Programs Geographic Information Systems

Post-baccalaureate Certificate in GIS (11 credits) Master of Geographic Information Systems (35 credits)

Geospatial Intelligence Graduate Certificate in Geospatial Intelligence (13 credits) Geospatial Intelligence Option, Master of Professional Studies in

Homeland Security (33 credits)

Professional Development Single classes can be taken by professionals who do not seek a

degree

PSU GIS-T Master of GIS Program Over 30 online GIS courses:

Problem Solving with GIS

GIS Database Development

Geospatial System Analysis and Design

Geospatial Technology Project Management

Geographical Information Analysis

GIS Programming and Customization

Environmental Applications of GIS

GIS Application Development

Conservation GIS

Planning GIS for Emergency Management

Topographic Mapping with LIDAR

Cloud Server and GIS

Spatial Databases

GeoDesign

PSU Dutton e-Education Institute Program

Some new courses:

MOOCs:

Maps and the Geospatial Revolution

www.coursera.org/course/maps

(Energy, the Environment, and Our Future)

PSU GIS-T Course Overview

GEOG 497C – “GIS for Transportation: Principles, Data, and Applications”

Offered for first time for Summer, 2014 session (May 21)

Graduate/undergraduate – 3 credits, 10 weeks

Don’t have to be enrolled as full-time MGIS student

Designed especially for GIS-T professionals (or wannabes)

To be offered again in 2015+ (possibly Winter semester)

PSU GIS-T Course “Building Blocks”

PSU GIS-T Course - Features Inter-student connections promoted Many application areas covered Real-world, up-to-date examples/

cutting edge technologies Interesting videos and examples Online exercises Group activities

Application evaluations (PennDOT videologs/SLD)

Flexible term paper/project areas Writing skills Lots of instructor interaction!

PSU GIS-T Course - Examples

PSU GIS-T Course - Examples

Exercise: Dynamic Segmentation and Linear Overlay

The following three roadway network event/attribute tables apply to a 10.0 mile portion of Route 75.

Truck Percent From Mile To Mile Truck Percent

0.0 2.9 30 2.9 5.8 50 5.8 8.7 75 8.7 10.0 45

Pavement Condition From Mile To Mile Pavement

Condition 0.0 2.5 Fair 2.5 5.5 Good 5.5 10.0 Poor

Speed Limit From Mile To Mile Speed Limit

0.0 0.8 55 0.8 4.7 45 4.7 6.1 25 6.1 10.0 50

1. Draw diagrams of all three networks below (as three stacked straight lines) with mile measures at relevant break points, and label the corresponding attribute values (similar to the preceding Route 11 figure).

PSU GIS-T Course - Examples

PSU GIS-T Course - Examples

PSU GIS-T Course - Examples

PSU GIS-T Course – Hands-on

PSU GIS-T Course - Examples

PSU GIS-T Course - Examples

PSU GIS-T Course - Examples

PSU GIS-T Course - Examples

Potential Course Collaborative Projects Travel time data analysis/studies (NPMRDS)

PennDOT small bridge inventory projects

SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority:

Weight limits, sidings, Lidar

Transit:

Ridesharing databases, commuting patterns

Measuring accessibility – roadway frontage

Standardized traffic distribution (TIS) – network connectivity

Application design and development

Potential Course Collaborative Projects ………your ideas wanted!

Contact Information

Don Kiel Senior Principal Program Analyst SEDA Council of Governments 201 Furnace Road Lewisburg, PA 17837 Phone: (570) 524-4491 E-mail: dkiel@seda-cog.org

Instructor John A. Dutton e-Education Institute College of Earth and Mineral Sciences The Pennsylvania State University 2217 Earth and Engineering Sciences Building University Park, PA 16802-6813 Phone: (814) 863-1590 E-mail: dek25@psu.edu