TRB Data Viz Roundup - January
Brittany Gernhard
Visualization in Transportation Roundup
Brought to You by the TRB Standing Committee on Visualization in Transportation (ABJ95)
Upcoming Events
Edward Tufte's one-day course on "Presenting Data and Information”
Edward Tufte is an American statistician and professor emeritus of political science, statistics, and computer science at Yale University. He is noted for his writings on information design and as a pioneer in the field of data visualization. Course dates include Jan 27 and 28th in Austin, TX, Jan 30th and 31st in Houston, TX, and Feb 24th, 25th, and 26th in Arlington, VA.
https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/courses
Transportation Visualization in the News
No Link, More Visuals!
HNTB published the below graphic depicting the average household yearly costs for transportation funding compared to other infrastructure needs. What if transportation
funding was comparable to other basics?
The World’s Shipping Routes Mapped
Don’t get caught playing with this all day! What observations can you make about our international shipping network?
https://www.vox.com/2016/4/25/11503152/shipping-routes-map
Mesmerizing Maps of the World’s Tangled Highway Interchanges
It’s all about perspective – visualizing interchanges like this would make for a great painting on your wall, and turn some heads.
Other News
6 Construction Industry Trends for 2020
Trends for 2020 are focused on efficiency and streamlining efforts.
https://www.constructionequipment.com/video-6-industry-trends-2020
Trimble’s new high-accuracy handheld Augmented Reality system takes data visualization outdoors
An outdoor augmented reality (AR) solution that enables users to visualize 2D and 3D data on virtually any project site with cellular or internet connectivity for easier and more efficient planning, collaboration and reporting.
Breakthroughs in 3D GIS application
It comprehensively integrates multi-source heterogeneous data such as oblique photogrammetry, BIM, point cloud, and 3D field, develops symbolized 3D modeling technology, and defines and implements some key technologies such as spatial computing, spatial relation query, and spatial analysis of 3D solid objects.
https://www.geospatialworld.net/blogs/breakthroughs-in-3d-gis-application/
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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