GEOG 855
Spatial Data Analytics for Transportation

Learning Outcomes

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What will we learn?

By the end of Lesson 5, you should be able to:

  • list the common types of problems that network analysis can be used to solve;
  • use ESRI’s Network Analyst extension to perform a variety of network analyses;
  • list some of the key functions state DOTs serve and discuss how their roles have changed over time;
  • provide an example of how spatial technologies are used within a specific state DOT;
  • discuss the nature of a Linear Referencing Systems (LRS) and dynamic segmentation and explain why these techniques are important in managing the geometry and diverse set of attribute information associated with transportation networks;
  • share something you learned about one of your classmates and/or some ideas you discussed with a classmate about the content of this week’s lesson.