DfT updates geo-location IT

The Department of Transport (DfT) announced today a deal to update the National Origin-Destination Survey (ODS) Databank database and associated website used by transport planners throughout the country.

The ODS Databank database shows the location of roadside, public transport and home-interview surveys undertaken by a range of participating organisations, including local authorities and consultants, often working on behalf of the DfT or the Highways Agency.

And the recently-launched website is designed to provide a complete picture of where information on the origin-destination surveys has been collected in the UK. It is scheduled to be updated every other year and has recently undergone an update for sites added during 2007, to incorporate the most recent survey data.

As a result, the DfT has signed a two-year contract with geographic information systems consultancy, GeoSolveIT to provide mapping technology to update traffic movement information in time for the next website update in 2009.

It said this next update will allow the ODS Databank website to play an even more important role in providing planners with access to information necessary to support decisions relating to transport infrastructure.

"The Databank recognises the importance of being able to provide access to this information to support transport network decisions," said Nigel Robbins, GeoSolveIT's managing director."

"By providing a central location where surveys can be identified, this will significantly increase the re-use of travel survey data and reduce disruption to travellers in the capture of the data in support of transport-related decisions. To assist in the process of identifying previous surveys, the website is underpinned by GeoSolveIT's use of mapping technologies."

Email to a friend

Print this page

Social Bookmark this article: What is this?

Digg

Delicious

Reddit

StumbleUpon

Slashdot

Google

Facebook