August Visualization Roundup
Brittany Gernhard
Visualization in Transportation Roundup
Brought to You by the TRB Standing Committee on Visualization in Transportation (ABJ95)
Upcoming Events
9th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium: A Better View
The 9th International Visualization in Transportation Symposium will be held on November 5-6th at the National Academy of Sciences in DC. The theme of this Symposium is A Better View. This symposium will explore the opportunities and challenges of visualization in the diverse transportation industry while presenting examples of how visualization is giving us a better view of problems, solutions, and communication strategies with our colleagues and the public.
Transportation Visualization in the News
Michigan DOT Launches New Bridge Condition Dashboard
The new Michigan Bridge conditions dashboard will allow motorists to check the condition of all bridges on state and local road systems easily accessible by the public. The new version, which is replacing a more limited version from 2018, provides data on more than 11,000 bridges across the state.
https://mdot.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=fb70725b2be04dc7b01703d0b6c91bb6
See New York City, Through Other People’s Dashboard Cams
The traffic safety app Nexar’s new “Live Map” feature lets anyone peek in on near-real-time video footage of city streets.
How Steep is that Sidewalk? A Digital Map for People with Disabilities
For disabled people, getting around cities can be a constant challenge. This app wants to make it safer and easier.
https://truthout.org/articles/how-steep-is-that-sidewalk-a-digital-map-for-people-with-disabilities/
Other News
The Map that Made Los Angeles Make Sense
For generations in Southern California, the Thomas Guide led drivers through the streets of Los Angeles. Now apps do that. Did something get lost along the way?
VIM AEC Partners With Magic Leap to Make BIM Accessibility a Reality
VIM AEC will be previewing a complete life-size, on-site, real-time Revit BIM experience on Magic Leap’s spatial computing device, Magic Leap One, at the AIA Conference on Architecture 2019 in Las Vegas.
Google’s New Color Palette for Data Visualization
Google has released a new color palette, which it has named Turbo to address some of the shortcomings of the current popular rainbow palette, Jet. These shortcomings, include false detail, banding, and color blindness ambiguity.
The Weekly Visualization Roundup regularly covers transportation research developments in the United States and abroad. This document is not a report of the National Research Council or of the National Academies of Sciences. The opinions expressed in content highlighted in Weekly Visualization Roundup are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Transportation Research Board or the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
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