1. A Summary of State DOT GIS Activities Presented at the 2004 AASHTO GIS-T Symposium Rapid City, SD

2. Information Sources E-mail survey of state DOT GIS managers All 51 State DOTs (and DC) responded in 2004 First time 100 % response Results compared with prior year surveys Two new questions added: Use of spatial data manager middleware Questions you would like to see in future surveys

4. GIS Deployment in the DOT

5. Location of GIS Unit

6. GIS Budgets

7. GIS Organization: Summary All but one State DOT have a recognized GIS unit. Continuing trend to locate GIS core staff in Information Services. GIS deployment strategies split between core GIS unit and enterprise GIS GIS budgets in many states impacted somewhat by State fiscal cutbacks.

8. GIS Core Unit Staffing

9. GIS End Users

10. GIS Staff Classifications

11. GIS Staff & Users: Summary Nearly 40% of State DOTs reported decreases in their GIS core staff Continuing growth in GIS end users in most State DOTs GIS core staff skills migrating toward IT data management and programming

12. GIS Software in State DOTs

13. Current GIS Software Mix

14. DBMS Software

15. GIS Software: Summary All State DOTs use Windows for some GIS applications Some increase in use of UNIX Increased use of multiple GIS software packages and vendors DBMS software dominated by Oracle and Access, but strong growth of SQL

16. Base Map Scales

18. Road Network Coverage

19. GIS Core Functions

20. Current GIS Staff Activities Core Functions Develop web applications (35) Location referencing (20) Base map maintenance/ enhancement (19) Data warehouse/Enterprise GIS (15) Training (5)

21. Current GIS Staff Activities Other Activities Software/hardware migration (13) Integrate Imagery data with GIS (12) Data standards and partnerships (8) Develop GIS Tools/User Interface (7) Develop New Data Layers (4)

22. Current GIS Applications Road feature inventory (13) Safety / crash analysis (9) Environmental analysis (8) Truck permitting / routing (7) Asset management (6) Traffic monitoring / management (6) Road construction projects (5) Planning / project Management (5) Road / weather conditions (4) Homeland security (4)

23. GIS Activities: Summary Continued growth in web-based GIS Substantial base map enhancement and legacy data integration Broad range of applications covering all aspects of transportation Increasing use of GIS spatial analysis capabilities in applications