Map Book Gallery

View maps created by fellow professionals in the transportation community.

Volume 22: GIS—The Geographic Approach

Integration of ArcGIS and Quantm—Using ArcGIS to develop, analyze, and prepare GIS data for the Quantm route optimization software, PB assisted the Texas Department of Transportation in determining the best location for the development of Interstate 69 (I-69) within the state limits.

Volume 21: GIS—Communicating Our World

Vermont's National Highway System Analysis Map—Increasingly, GIS is a contributor to the decision-making process at the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans). The technology can be used to quickly show areas of interest accompanied with different types of data. Average daily vehicular and truck traffic, roadway sufficiency ratings, pavement condition ratings, high-crash locations, and structurally deficient bridges are just some of the conditions that can be mapped.

Volume 20: GIS—Helping Manage Our World

Puerto Rico's Multimodal Transportation Plan—GIS technology was used to capture, digitize, rectify, analyze, and finally produce accurate network maps. The maps integrate three major transportation systems: (1) Urban Train, (2) Metropolitan Bus Authority, and (3) Public Cars Transportation.

Volume 19: GIS—The Language of Geography

Public Transport Optimization in the Liberec Region Project—This map from Liberec, Czech Republic, shows the number of persons on each bus stop within a specified time. It is one of four maps used to evaluate current railway and bus transportation systems.

Volume 18: Geography and GIS—Serving Our World

Terrain Analysis at McCarran International Airport—This map was created to analyze, determine, and display conflict between existing ground elevations, proposed high-voltage power lines, and height restrictions imposed by a new airport in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Volume 17: Geography and GIS—Sustaining Our World

Queensland Transport, Great Sandy Strait (South) Boating Safety Chart—The Maritime Division of Queensland Transport has four broad functions: to ensure marine safety, reduce and mitigate ship–sourced pollution, promote and manage sustainable use of Queensland waters, and develop the maritime industry.

The Map Book Gallery features the ESRI Map Book series dedicated to acknowledging the important and innovative accomplishments of GIS users around the world.

Published annually, each volume of the ESRI Map Book showcases a small portion of the work presented at the Map Gallery Exhibition at the annual ESRI International User Conference.