The Best Show in Public Works will start in just a few days in sunny Southern California. Anaheim will host the 2012 APWA Congress, which attracts more than 10,000 delegates every year. It certainly is the largest gathering of public works professionals in the World.
We are proud to be part of this conference. ESRI, our long-term business partner and preferred GIS provider, invited Transmap to participate in their booth in the exhibit area.
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During last week’s ESRI’s International User Conference in San Diego, the City of Huber Heights (Ohio) received a prestigious SAG (Special Achievement in GIS) Award. The City was recognized for the implementation of the Huber Heights Geographic Information System (HHGIS) as its city-wide geospatial data infrastructure.
We want to specifically congratulate Anthony Pagan (right) and Ken Carrier (left), who accepted the Award on behalf of the City’s GIS team from ESRI’s president, Jack Dangermond.
Transmap is proud to have contributed to Huber Height’s successful GIS implementation.
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Alerted by the shootings in a movie theater in Aurora, CO and similar events at high schools and colleges nationwide, law enforcement agencies is eager to invest in new technology to get a leg up on criminals.
Accurate maps of public buildings are important for police and ambulance to allow them to respond quickly in case of an emergency. Indoor mobile mapping can provide these mission critical data in the most efficient manner.
No longer do you have to rely on blueprints that are older than the building itself. Now you can work with an highly accurate, up-to-date 3D model of the interior of a building that’s enhanced by digital imagery.
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Transmap has successfully implemented Pavement Management 2.0 for more than 3 years. If you wonder, why this state-of-the-art pavement management method is superior to all traditional approaches, please continue to read.
Here are the 5 major benefits of Pavement Management 2.0 that will make your life easier, save you money, speed project completion and improve your safety record. Continue reading
You can breathe a sigh of relief!
Many of the traffic sign compliance requirements proposed by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in 2009 have been relaxed, delayed or completely eliminated. We wrote about the revised MUTCD standards in November 2011 and referred to the revision document at the FHWA website.
Take a look at this document now! More than half of the proposed changes have been wiped out following the feedback and input FHWA received from its constituents.
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Did you see this story? American Cities are now outsourcing infrastructure projects to Chinese companies, instead of hiring US workers.
Watch this video to get the details …
Earlier this spring the City of Columbus announced that it will spend $31 million for resurfacing of roadways. This is the largest pavement rehabilitation project in the history of the City.
In addition, Columbus plans to expand its network of bike trails and bike lanes, and add sidewalks to many city streets.
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UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) seem to be the hottest mobile mapping technology fright now. We reported about microdrones, a multi-copter aircraft, as well as fixed-wing, unmanned aerial mapping platforms (Smartplanes.)
The more we keep looking into these systems, the more UAVs pop up from manufacturers all over the world.
To top the news, Trimble, one of the largest GPS manufacturers in the world, just announced that they acquired Gatewing, the Belgium manufacturer of a fixed-wing, smartplane that has been widely used for aerial mapping and photogrammetry.
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This educational video explains preventive maintenance using pavement management. It was created by the Federal Highway Administration, and discusses pavement condition surveys with mobile mapping vehicles to catch initial signs of distress early.
Last week the Mayor of the City of Columbus (our home town) announced an Intensified Pothole Repair Effort to fill every possible pothole in the City.
We took some of the data published by the City and put them in a graphic (below), so you can see, how pothole repairs have evolved over the years. We also wanted to see, if pavement management impacts the cost of repairing potholes.
There are 2 ways for the City to find its potholes: City maintenance crews recording pothole locations while they are out on jobs or citizens reporting potholes to the City.
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