GIS Mapping

The Geographic Information System provides a suite of tools integrated into all TEAMS applications to support the query, editing, analysis, visualization and mapping of TEAMS data utilizing roadway geometry.  Roadway inventory and other TEAMS data are available to ‘turn on’ and include in the session to provide a more detailed and useful user experience.  The edit, query, mapping and analysis experience is further enhanced by the many layers of data available to the editor to support the editing experience. Authorized users can access and edit  recent and archival aerial photography, construction plans, centerline plans, waterways, streams, lakes, ponds, political boundaries, and any other spatial data available.

Since the GIS is housed in a Relational Database , traditional RDBMS functionality applies to all TEAMS applications.  When a user selects a roadway feature, attribute, GIS geometry or section of the LRS for editing the RDBS manages the edit process to prevent editors from simultaneously editing and checking the same feature through the RDBM locking and release functionality.   Also supported is the ability to access functions and data based on system defined user roles as set forth by a database administrator.  Various types of automatic updates and data validation processes can also be configured.

When creating new LRS features,  editing or modifying existing LRS features, editing TEAMS system attributes or performing queries via the GIS many types of roadway feature inventories are available to display or query including: surface type, number of lanes, shoulder width/type, median width/type, traffic volumes (hourly in some locations and AADT), pavement (International Roughness Index), functional classification, National Highway System, any linear reference system component, roadway status, work zones, adopt-a-highway, billboards, junkyards, soundwalls, guard cables, rumblestrips, concreted barriers and much more.  The edit system has built in error checking and the ability to help identify potential errors in mileage and other key LRS attributes. 

Another major benefit of using GIS & RDBS is the ability to rollback the GIS and RDBS, including the LRS and any TEAMS application data, to any point in time, as required for analysis and reporting.   Our GIS/RDBS data model provides a very high level of abstraction  by using the minimal amount of attributes actually stored within the GIS data model.

Standard GIS navigational tools such as zooming in / out, panning, zooming to features, zooming to selected features, or previous extents  and much more is available during the editing or querying process of any of the TEAMS applications.  A variety of selection tools area also available to further enhance the GIS tools.

The GIS and RDBMS support many capabilities to help ensure data quality throughout the enterprise including:

  • Data locks for editing LRS and associated databases
  • Tracking the status of data entry
  • Role and user based access and privileges including restriction of data access by geography
  • Establishment of a standardized review/approval/rejection/acceptance process to meet your organizations workflow for edit procedures
  • Automatic and manual versioning
  • Historical views and rollbacks
  • Ability to establish data validation rules for data entry/import per established business rules