Remote sensing for transportation
Subtitle: products and results : foundations for the future : report of a conference
By: Committee for Conferences on Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Technologies for Transportation.
Contributors: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for Conferences on Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Technologies for Transportation.; National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board.
Series: Conference proceedings -- 29.; Conference proceedings (National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board) -- 29.
Publisher: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 87
Subjects: Transportation -- United States -- Remote sensing -- Congresses.; Transportation -- United States -- Planning -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: These proceedings summarize the highlights from the Conference on Remote Sensing for Transportation--Products and Results: Foundations for the Future. This was the second in a series of three conferences on the subject of remote sensing in transportation. The objectives of this conference were: (1) Enhancing communication between the transportation and remote sensing communities; (2) Developing a common understanding of current successful applications of remote sensing to transportation; and (3) Crafting strategies for implementation of remote sensing in transportation. More than 150 people attended the conference, with representation from state departments of transportation, metropolitan planning organizations, local government, the U.S. Department of Transportation, other federal agencies, universities, the private sector, and other organizations. The proceedings consist of a Foreward and Introduction to the Proceedings, comments on the structure of the 2001 conference and proceedings, summaries of the 7 sessions, and the following appendices: (A) Summary of Roundtable for States and Metropolitan Planning Organizations; (B) Conference Workshop Information; (C) Listing of Technology Buffet Displays; (D) Abbreviations and Acronyms; and (E) Conference Participants.
Notes: Held December 10-12, 2001 at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., as the second in a series of three on the subject of remote sensing in transportation. The first conference was held December 4 and 5, 2000, also in Washington, D.C.

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