As modern development places homes and workplaces ever farther apart, commute times lengthen — which means more exhaust in the air, and more negative impacts on the environment. The VERTUS (Vehicle Emissions Related To Urban Sprawl) simulation tool was developed to help urban planners quantify the amount of vehicle emissions generated, given a particular level of urban sprawl at the township level.
If a motorist can drive on it, take direction from it, or crash into it, there's probably a department of transportation that wants to map it. Now, with the help of mobile GIS, many state and local governments are doing just that.
To help rebuild Highway 1 in Afghanistan, the U.S. Agency for International Development) commissioned an innovatieve ground-based LIDAR mapping solution to survey the road.
