1. Integrating Geospatial Technologies into Higher Education
Hongmian Gong
Department of Geography
Hunter College and Graduate Center
of City University of New York

4. Building a Multi-Modal Network
Line Feature Class 1 2 3 4 5
Commuter Rail X
Commuter Rail to Street Links
Commuter Rail to Subway Links
Streets
Subway Entrances to Station Links
Subway
Subway Transfer Links

5. Mode Detection Success Rate
Identified by GIS algorithm as:
Success
rate
Walk
Subway
Rail
Car
Bus
Unknown
182 11 4
92% 40 3 15
66% 1 5 8
36% 2 37
84% 7
63%
Total
186 41 66 27
83%

6. (Volunteered Geographic Information)
VGI
(Volunteered Geographic Information)

7. Web GIS

8. Selecting a Trip Segment and Changing the Mode

10. Elastic Load Balancer

12. Three Main Components Cloud Computing User Interface Web GIS Interface
Database
App & Twitter
GPS
Tweets
GeoEvent Processor
Map
Edit

15. Work done:
Chen, C., H. Gong, C. T. Lawson, E. Biolostozky Evaluating the feasibility of a passive travel survey collection in a complex urban environment: Lessons learned from the New Yor City case study. Transportation Research Part A 44:
Gong, H., Chen, C., E. Biolostozky, C. T. Lawson A GPS/GIS method for travel mode detection in New York City. Computer, Environment and Urban Systems 36:
Gong, H Jobs-housing balance, transit-oriented development, and commute Time: Integrating GPS and GIS, in Economic Development and GIS, eds. J. M. Pogodzinski and R. M. Kos. Redlands, ESRI Press.
Zhang, J., C. Kamga, H. Gong, and L. Gruenwald U2SOD-DB: Design of an Efficient Database System to Manage Large-Scale Ubiquitous Urban Sensing Origin-Destination Data. Proceedings of the ACM SIGKDD International Workshop on Urban Computing, Beijing, August 12-16, pp Available at:
Transportation Symposiums, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016