1. GIS and High efficiency routing
Rachelle Benken, GISP, PhD Candidate
Supervisor – GIS, Brevard Public Schools
FAPT Summer Conference, June 22, 2016

2. Topics in this presentation
Got GIS?
What is GIS?
Spatially Charged

3. Got GIS?

4. If you Route you have GIS
Routing in a routing system
Routing in Excel and Word
Routing on paper with push pins and rubber bands

5. Do you have GPS? (active or passive)
GPS is a major source of GIS data
AVL systems displaying Buses in motion are GIS interfaces

6. Google maps Google earth
Do you use Google Maps or Google Earth to do quick address look-ups?
2-mile walk address checks

7. What is gis?
Geographic Information Systems

8. Data with Location Address Latitude/Longitude Coordinates
State Plane Feet Coordinates
Three word addresses

9. Displays data in a map
Also displays data in tabular reports and graphs
Management dashboards can be driven with static or live data.
Data can be in time series or video format

10. Ask Questions of the data

11. Representation of the real world
POINTS - Bus Stops
LINES - Routes
POLYGONS – Attendance boundaries
‘SMART’ POINTS – Elevation (X,Y,Z)
‘SMART’ LINES’ – Networked Roads
RASTER or GRIDED DATA

12. How does the information interact spatially
GIS helps answer questions quicker and more completely in order to help make better decisions faster.
Feeder plans
Walk boundaries
Attendance Boundaries
Field trip planning

13. Spatially charged!
How GIS can aid in Efficient routing

14. Faster way to 2 mile limits

15. Special routing Food trucks for free summer food programs
Shuttle routs for day camp

16. Nearest compound Which compound to park the bus at?
Is there enough capacity at each compound?

17. Fresh eyes “Cleanse your Data” Re-establish stops Runs
Build tiered routes

18. Start your buses
Getting Started in Geographic Information Systems

19. Software options
ESRI ArcGIS
Quantum GIS (QGIS)

20. Education / training options
Online College certificates ( FAU/UWF/UF)
ESRI Training
Youtube
GIS College Interns

21. A suggested path ESRI – Academic Licensing
Some school districts have Site licences
ArcGIS Desktop and ArcOnline
ESRI – online training
MOOCs - UWF Introduction to GIS, ESRI
College Intern – Tutor and create data and maps
A suggested path

22. Questions / Discussion
me at
Ideas for future FAPT GIS Workshops?