Open Access to High Resolution Elevation Data for Transportation Planning in Rhode Island

Transportation planners and consultants in Rhode Island need ready access to accurate geospatial data to assist in the design and development of plans and bids for transportation-based construction projects. These same data are of prime importance in evaluating the potential impacts of climate change, including the vulnerability of existing transportation infrastructure to environmental hazards, storm surge, and sea level rise. Complete, accurate, and consistent high resolution elevation data are a key geospatial data theme used in these applications, yet these data remain largely inaccessible by transportation planners and design consultants due to unique file structures and large file sizes. The focus of the work will be to: (1) assemble, tile, and distribute products obtained from The Northeast Multiphase LiDAR Project; (2) organize and package the Northeast LiDAR data in a manner that streamlines Rhode Island Department of Transportation's (RIDOT) ability to update and export elevation products; and (3) conduct a pilot study testing the validity of refining these data to achieve the resolution needed for transportation planning activities.

• Record URL:
  http://131.128.106.203/uritc-org/research/searchresults_2.asp

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $75531.00
• Contract Numbers:

  SPR-2(32)2337

  S000175

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  University Transportation Centers Program
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  University of Rhode Island Transportation Center

  University of Rhode Island
  75 Lower College Road
  Kingston, RI  United States  02881
• Principal Investigators:

  August, Peter

• Start Date: 20121101
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20131231
• Source Data: RiP Project 35044

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Climate change; Construction projects; Data collection; Laser radar; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: High resolution data
• Geographic Terms: Rhode Island
• Subject Areas: Construction; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01489747
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: University of Rhode Island Transportation Center
• Contract Numbers: SPR-2(32)2337, S000175
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Aug 15 2013 1:00AM