Strategic Plan (SP) Development for

Transportation for the Nation(TFTN)

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TFTN Concept“Creation and maintenance of high-quality, nationwide transportation data that is in the public domain”

• An initial focus on street centerlines, but eventually multi-modal

• Nationwide data spanning all states and territories

• All roads, not just Federally funded roads

• Achieved via coordinated efforts from multiple levels of govt.

• Provides a common geometric baseline• Road naming• Persistent segment ID numbering• Advanced functionality is built on top of baseline

• Data is in the public domain and readily shareable

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BackgroundInfluenced by several different efforts:

• NSGIC’s For the Nation (FTN) initiatives that called for the development of TFTN and Imagery For the Nation (IFTN)

• OMB Circular A-16 identifies the US-DOT as the “lead agency” for the “transportation theme” of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI).

• US-DOT all roads data requirements such as accident reporting for enhanced safety, highway performance monitoring and bridge inventory.

• Aligned with several initiatives such the emerging federal Geospatial Platform concept. - one element of the “geospatial portfolio”

Slide 4• Identify and engage the entire stakeholder

community– All levels of government– Private Sector– Citizens (e.g. OpenStreetMap community)

• Define requirements, challenges and opportunities

• Document progress already made, good ideas & challenge current assumptions

• Explore implementation issues

• Evaluate funding requirements and sources

Strategic Planning Effort

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Outreach Activities• USGS/Census Bureau sponsored meeting of federal stakeholders 10/09

• NSGIC Annual Conference 10/09

• TRB Presentation 01/10

• ESRI Federal User Conference 02/10

• TFTN Site: http://www.transportationresearch.gov/TFTN/default.aspx

• Press Releases

• 2010 GIS-T Symposium

• Steering Committee Formation

• Stakeholders Interviews

What Has Been Done?

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• Perform outreach activities: interviews, workshops, meetings, surveys, case studies, etc.

• Identification of what’s working, what’s needed – current practices, requirements, strategies, standards, documentation

• Identification of institutional constraints, capacity, operational authority, motivation, benefits, etc.

• Potential ways of implementations

• Potential sources of funding

The Road Ahead

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Date Conference LocationApril 12-14 2010

GIS-T Symposium Charleston, WV

July 13 2010 ESRI User Conference

San Diego, CA

Sept. 29 2010 URISA GIS Pro Orlando, FLSept.12-15 2010

2010 NSGIC Annual

Minneapolis, MN

Meeting Workshops

What is the purpose of TFTN?Is it to…

• Improve economic efficiency by minimizing duplicate spending on collecting and maintaining the same road geometry and attributes across multiple levels of government and the private sector?

• Identify the business processes and inter-governmental data flows that support the repeatable roll-up of local roads to the national level (i.e. a supply chain)?

• Establish a consensus choice for the most complete, consistent, maintained, and public version of fully routable street centerlines for the nation?

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Speaker RepresentingRon Vaughn HPMSGene Trobia NSGICJohn Farley State DOTVal Noronha ResearchEric Floss Software VendorsMarc Berryman Emergency

Management

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