Global Roads (gROADS)
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CIESIN's Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) organized a workshop on global roads data from October 1-2, 2007, at the Lamont Campus of Columbia University (Palisades, NY). The workshop was co-sponsored by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research - Consortium for Spatial Information (CGIAR-CSI), the International Council for Science's Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU-CODATA), and the World Resources Institute.
A major outcome of the workshop was a Strategy Paper (1.1MB PDF) describing an approach to developing an improved global roads database.
Presentations on Roads Data: User Perspectives:
- Stanley Wood, IFPRI, "Roads and Rural Development: An overview of evidence from the agricultural development literature" (58KB, PDF)
- Marc Levy, CIESIN, "Geographic Road Information and Assessments of Poverty" (910KB, PDF)
- Jordan Muller, State Department Humanitarian Information Unit, "Roads Data Sets for Humanitarian Response" (1.13MB, PDF)
- Keith Alger and Larry Gorenflo, Conservation International, "Road Data for Biodiversity Conservation" (870KB, PDF)
Presentations on Roads Data: Data and Methods
- John Dann, Georigin Ltd., "Mapping African Roads: Methodology and Sources for Cost Effective Capturing" (611KB, PDF)
- Tim Haithcoat, Geographic Resources Center, University of Missouri, "Road Extraction and Feature Conflation" (4.11MB, PDF)
- Susan Minnemeyer, World Resources Institute, "Mapping Roads to Improve Forest Management in Central Africa" (2.69MB, PDF)
- Olivier Cottray, UN Joint Logistics Centre, "UNJLC Development of a UN Spatial Data Infrastructure for Transport" (1.52MB, PDF)
- Andrew Nelson, Joint Research Center, European Commission, "Developing an Improved Roads Data Set: The Mix-and-Match Approach" (1.11 MB, PDF)
- Glenn Hyman, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), "Transportation Data Sets for Latin America" (1.9MB, PDF)
- Johann Groenewald, Tracks4Africa, "Tracks4Africa" (1.44MB, PDF)
- Steve Coast, OpenStreetMap, "OpenStreetMap" (see http://www.openstreetmap.org)
- Greg Yetman, CIESIN - Columbia University, "Roads Data Models" (34KB, PDF)
- John Auble, Tele Atlas, "Tele Atlas Connect" (219KB, PDF)
Participants List
| FullName | Organization | |
| Keith Alger | Conservation International, Washington, DC, USA | |
| John Auble | TeleAtlas, Lebanon, NH, USA (by teleconference) | |
| Dalia Bach | Columbia University - LDEO, Palisades, NY, USA | |
| Imed Ben Hamadi | International Roads Federation, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| Robert Chen | Columbia University - CIESIN, Palisades, NY, USA | |
| Steve Coast | OpenStreetmap, London, UK | |
| Olivier Cottray | UN Joint Logistics Centre, Rome, Italy | |
| Lorant Czaran | Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs / ReliefWeb Map Centre Manager, New York City, USA | |
| John Dann | Georigin, Ltd., Pretoria, South Africa | |
| Alex de Sherbinin | Columbia University - CIESIN, Palisades, NY, USA | |
| Chris Elvidge | NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA | |
| Meredith Golden | Columbia University - CIESIN, Palisades, NY, USA | |
| Larry Gorenflo | Dept of Landscape Architecture, Penn State University, State College, PA, USA | |
| Johann Groenewald | Tracks4Africa, Cape Town, South Africa | |
| Timothy Haithcoat | Geographic Resources Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA | |
| Glenn Hyman | CGIAR-CIAT, Cali, Colombia | |
| Koki Iwao | AIST/GEOGRID, Tsukuba, Japan | |
| Christopher Lenhardt | Columbia University - CIESIN, Palisades, NY, USA | |
| Marc Levy | Columbia University - CIESIN, Palisades, NY, USA | |
| Susan Minnemeyer | World Resources Institute, Washington, DC, USA | |
| Jordan Muller | Humanitarian Information Unit, U.S. State Department, Washington, DC, USA | |
| Maria Muniz | Columbia University - CIESIN, Palisades, NY, USA | |
| Siobhan Murray | World Bank, Washington, DC, USA | |
| Andrew Nelson | EC Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy | |
| Harlan Onsrud | Dept of Spatial Information Science and Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA | |
| Christopher Small | Columbia University - LDEO, Palisades, NY, USA | |
| Carmelle (C.J.) Terborgh | ESRI, Washington, DC, USA | |
| Suha Ulgen | UN Geographic Information Working Group Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| Stanley Wood | CGIAR-IFPRI, Washington, DC, USA | |
| Greg Yetman | Columbia University - CIESIN, Palisades, NY, USA |