Office of Planning and Preliminary Engineering (OPPE)

Mapping Web Site Programming Services

ECO provides technical services and support for the back-end programming and re-design of SHA’s public mapping web pages in order to improve usability and navigation.  As part of this project, sponsored by Highway Information Services Division’s (HISD) Mapping Committee, we developed an application to automate the map publishing process.  This application enables HISD users to publish updated PDF files to the development server when the files are updated on the HISD’s shared drive.  When the updated PDF dataset is approved, the program publishes the maps and related attributes to SHA’s Internet site.  We also created a map-ordering form which automatically checks the city, state, and zip code along with other important information after the data is entered.  Such ordering data is processed by HISD’s Map Ordering program on the back end.

Development of Project Dashboard System

Many projects at SHA are funded by the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) that has provided Maryland with stimulus dollars to boost the economy, create new jobs, and solve the many fiscal challenges everyone is facing.  Microsoft EXCEL files are used to store and track ARRA-funded highway projects beginning at July 2009.  ECO designed and developed a project dashboard system to enable users to have a dynamic insight into the project information.

ProjectWise Implementation of County-wide Grids

The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) Highway Information Systems Division (HISD) is nearing completion of an effort to provide updated state Grid Maps in MicroStation DGN format for internal use.  Ultimately, it can be extended to the design community which will benefit SHA and its consulting partners. This represents a major file update, as the currently published CAD files for grid maps are from 2003-2004 and in an obsolete file format (V7).  ECO provides technical services to develop and maintain an avenue for publication of MicroStation Grid Map files (line work, pattern and annotation) to be stored in ProjectWise; provide avenue for ProjectWise users to access the files and provide feedback; and provide MicroStation support for completion of the Grid Map development effort.