Caltrans quickmap
The WSRTC OSS is an extension of the WeatherShare project and was selected as one of several projects to demonstrate the potential of including Road Weather Information Systems (RWIS) data via the Clarus Inititive. The WSRTC OSS provides traveler information, including road weather information, covering a four state region that includes California, Oregon, Nevada and Washington. The Western States Rural Transportation Consortium (WSRTC) One-Stop-Shop (OSS) prototype was developed through multiple phases and funded by Caltrans, the Western Transportation Institute, and the U.S. Included are traffic speeds, maintenance and construction information, incidents, changeable message sign messages, camera images and chain control requirements. The Caltrans QuickMap was developed by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and presents traveler information via a web interface to travelers within the state. The final report includes illustrations of the maps. All of these layers were developed as KML feeds, which were deployed to prototype and production systems, and maintained throughout the time period covered by this contract. The relevant forecast weather layers were: Air Temperature, Wind Speed, Wind Gust Speed, Humidity, Sky Cover, 12-Hour Chance of Precipitation, 6-Hour Precipitation, Snow, and Weather. The relevant current weather layers in the WSRTC OSS were: Air Temperature, Relative Humidity, 1 Hour Precipitation, 24 Hour Precipitation, Advanced Hydrological Prediction Service 24 Hour Precipitation, and Wind. Since layers in QuickMap were presented using Keyhole Markup Language (KML), it was desirable that these weather layers also be presented via KML so that they would be be readily usable.
The focus of this project was to develop, for display in QuickMap, weather layers similar to those shown in the Western States Rural Transportation Consortium (WSRTC) One-Stop-Shop (OSS).