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Using Custom Transportation Data Collection Software with Handheld Computers for Education, Research, and Practice
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (2005)
  • Robert Lawrence Bertini, Portland State University
  • Christopher M. Monsere, Portland State University
  • Andrew Byrd, Portland State University
  • Michael Rose
  • Tarek Abou El-Seoud, Portland State University
Abstract
In an effort to facilitate data collection for research, give students first-hand experience collecting data for course projects, and generate interest in the transportation field through outreach, the Intelligent Transportation Systems Laboratory of Portland State University, Oregon, has developed custom data collection software for handheld computers using the Palm OS platform. The software is designed to export the collected data to desktop computers in common file formats suitable for analysis in spreadsheet and geographic information systems applications. Data collection problems addressed include recording position over time, recording geographic location of features, and performing cumulative vehicle or pedestrian counts.
Publication Date
2005
Publisher Statement
Copyright, National Academy of Sciences. Posted with permission of the Transportation Research Board. None of this material may be presented to imply endorsement by TRB of a product, method, practice, or policy.
Citation Information
Robert Lawrence Bertini, Christopher M. Monsere, Andrew Byrd, Michael Rose, et al.. "Using Custom Transportation Data Collection Software with Handheld Computers for Education, Research, and Practice" Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Vol. 1924 (2005)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/christopher_monsere/18/