The Kenai GIS Transportation Portal project included extensive
outreach and information gathering with stakeholders from member
agencies of the Kenai Peninsula GIS Users Group, Alaska ArcUser Group,
Alaska URISA chapter, as well as through an oral presentation at the
Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference in Anchorage on February 24,
2010 and via the Kenai GIS Transportation Workshop on May 10, 2010. A
series of in-person interviews, focus
group sessions and an online transportation data survey were conducted
to gather information about available data, work flows and user needs.
Digital data and database schemas were transmitted via email and FTP to
the project subcontractors. The Kenai GIS Transportation Portal web
site has been established at http://www.kpbgis.org/TransportationPortal/index.html with
information about the project including links to standards,
presentations and activities. An
online “Road Notes” application was developed to allow remote updates
to the central e-911 database. Transportation data sets and web
services with associated FGDC metadata and database crosswalking tools,
plus a user handbook are also hosted on the transportation portal web
site. FGDC metadata records have also been published to the Geospatial
OneStop. A grant oversight committee was established and periodic
meetings were held throughout the project.
Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District
Contacts:
John Torgerson, Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District
907-283-3335, extension 1
jtorgerson@kpedd.org
Gary Greenberg, Alaska Map Company
ggreenberg@akmapco.com
Craig Seaver, USGS Geospatial Liaison for Alaska
907-786-7089
cseaver@usgs.gov