Your Online Bike Map for
the San Francisco Bay Area Sean Co
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
– Create a MapquestTM for bikes•Input from 2001 MTC Bicycle
Plan and 511 focus groups– Discover and use new routes– BikeMapper as the signature
feature for the 511.org bicycling webpage•1,500 visits per week
The Vision
Integrated Mapping Plan•Plan for MTC’s online mapping needs
•Created a two-phase development program
•Generates BikeMapper cost estimates–Phase 1, $60,000–Phase 2, $160,000
The Process
Data collection–101 Cites–9 Counties–Park Districts–and…
Result – data in various formats to create one continuous data layer
The Process cont.
Technical support
–Consultant, bd Systems– Integrated Mapping Plan
consultant
–Internal staff, GIS and IT groups
– IT responsible for servers and code maintenance
–GIS responsible for data
The Process cont.
Server Setup
Internet
Web Server(Apache, Tomcat)
Mapping Server(ArcIMS)
1. Page Request
User (Browser)
1. Page Request
2. Map Request
OracleArcSDE
3. Data Request
4. Spatial Data5. Generated Map
6. Generated Page
6. Generated Page
Attribute data
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User Statistics
Category VisitsDaily Average 89
Monthly Average 2548
Monthly AverageApril to June 06
3580
Yearly Total 30570
Since September, 2005
Maintenance•Pursue new slope data•Update bike route data
Enhancements•Automate coding of data•Phase 2 – turn-by-turn functionality
Marketing•Bike to Work Day
Future Work
Personalized Search•Choose routes based on experience
Funding•Joint Grant with SF Department of the Environment from BAAQMD
•$40,000 to outreach
Phase 2