Abstract

GIS for Roadside Control
Track: Transportation
Authors: Madduri Raghunath

The challenge was to ensure outdoor advertising signs were conforming to state/federal mandates including the regulations associated with placement and proximity to each other and the right-of-way. Delasoft leveraged Mobile GPS and ARCGIS Web technologies to accurately measure geographic coordinates of the signs during the inventory process. These coordinates were plotted over the State Centerline and using ArcGIS Server technology was able to display and provide the stakeholder with the desired information to ensure conformity. In addition the system was designed to track Right-of-way violations and allows end users to perform spatial analysis to find the hotspots of sign violations and track repeat offenders. The system is currently under pilot use and any findings or results will be published when they are available. We have found that most State Departments of Transportations can leverage GIS technologies to track outdoor advertising that gives them better control and reporting capabilities.