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ESRI Philadelphia Transportation Special Interest Group

First meeting: Wednesday, 7 December, 11- 3.30pm

The purpose of the special interest group (SIG) is to allow transportation practitioners in the
region to:
• Learn the full range capabilities of ESRI technology to support various kinds of
transportation analysis
• Learn advanced techniques and approaches
• Share and exchange experience in the region using ESRI tools to enhance transportation
analysis (GIS-T).

The meeting should be of interest to both beginners and more advanced users undertaking
transportation-related analysis in State Departments of Transportation, MPO’s, transit agencies,
cities and townships, turnpikes and other public agencies, as well as those in the private sector
undertaking for example delivery, logistics and other transportation operations.

These purposes will be achieved through presentation of tutorials and best practices that will
hopefully be of interest to both the new transportation analyst as well as the

Meetings will generally consist of at least four parts:

Session 1: Introduction and latest developments report form ESRI

Session 2: A presentation on best practice theory ESRI GIS-T (e.g., transportation data
models, analysis tools and presentation approaches, etc.)
Session 3: Local case studies presented by local practitioners using local data and examples
Session 4: Open discussion

Subject to review at the first meeting, it is currently anticipated that future meetings will be held
two or three times a year, and geared to topics generated by users.

Dr. Simon Lewis will act as convener of the group for the first year. Subsequently, a small
committee will be formed to help run the event.

The first meeting will be held at

ESRI Philadelphia
1400 Morris Drive, Suite 102
Chesterbrook, PA 19087
Phone: 610-644-3374 Fax: 610-644-3379

Lunch will be provided. Registration for the first meeting will be free.
Please send an email that you intend to attend to:
Greg Welc, gwelc@esri.com

Further details of the agenda for the first meeting may be obtained from:
Simon Lewis, slewis1@itis-corp.com