Final Project: Web Mapping App Implementation Plan for Transportation CIP/Work Program Projects
For my final project in my GIS 6555 GIS Management class, I created an Implementation Plan for the design, development, implementation, maintenance, and administration of a web mapping application for Osceola County in Kissimmee, Florida. This project is "project-based" and serves to meet a mission of a specific department, that of the Transportation and Transit Department by incorporating the use of geographic information systems to help in the geo-visualization of million-dollar transportation projects, as budgeted for the next five years.
In this presentation, topics of an Implementation Plan are discussed such as GIS data maintenance, design, infrastructure, timeline/milestones, formalization of partnerships, and budget costs of the project. Visual semantics, such as ERDs, organizational charts, and process workflow diagrams are used to facilitate the understanding of the project needs.
Click here to view my video presentation. The presentation slides and the final, formal written document are available upon request.
Congratulations on completing such a comprehensive final project, Daniela! Designing an implementation plan for a county-level transportation web mapping app is no small feat, especially when factoring in the infrastructure, budget, and ongoing data maintenance.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of GIS data maintenance, handling transportation projects often means dealing with a lot of heavy engineering CAD files or diverse vector formats from different contractors. In professional deployments, having a solid pre-processing pipeline is crucial before feeding data into the web application. I frequently use Global Mapper on the backend to quickly clean up and convert those complex engineering formats into lightweight, web-ready spatial data, which significantly streamlines the data maintenance timeline.
I'm curious, based on your process workflow diagrams, what was the biggest challenge you identified regarding data standardization across different county departments? Thanks for sharing this excellent overview!