{"id":56112,"date":"2019-02-01T14:25:39","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T22:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcnews&#038;p=56112"},"modified":"2023-07-31T14:36:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T21:36:59","slug":"navigating-wyomings-snowy-blowy-roads","status":"publish","type":"arcnews","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/navigating-wyomings-snowy-blowy-roads","title":{"rendered":"Navigating Wyoming\u2019s Snowy, Blowy Roads"},"author":1312,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[401,1021,10692],"tags":[101,161242,170252,170262],"arcnews_issues":[32862],"class_list":["post-56112","arcnews","type-arcnews","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","category-transportation","category-web-appbuilder-for-arcgis","tag-mobile","tag-roads","tag-snow","tag-wyoming","arcnews_issues-winter-2018","arcnews_sections-your-work"],"acf":{"short_description":"Known for its rugged beauty, Wyoming is a place where cowboys and wildlife still roam the plains.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2 class=\"subheading\" style=\"text-align: center;\">The Wyoming Department of Transportation\u2019s Interactive, Mobile-Friendly Map Helps Truckers, Tourists, and Locals Plan Safe Trips<\/h2>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":56122,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Known for its rugged beauty, Wyoming is a place where cowboys and wildlife still roam the plains. While the state\u2019s population numbers just over a half a million people, millions visit each year to see Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, and Devils Tower National Monument; go skiing, hiking, and fishing; and experience vast wilderness.\r\n\r\nWith 6,800 miles of highway, Wyoming also serves as a major corridor for commercial truck traffic\u2014particularly on Interstate 80, which runs through the southern part of the state. It is one of the busiest routes in the United States for moving freight from coast to coast.\r\n\r\nTruckers, tourists, and locals alike can now navigate Wyoming\u2019s often unpredictable highways and byways with the help of real-time information from the Wyoming Travel Information Map, built by the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) using Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS. On an average day, the map gets about 170,000 visits\u2014and that number can climb to four million when there\u2019s a big storm.\r\n\r\n\u201cRoad condition information in Wyoming is critical to safety,\u201d said Vince Garcia, the GIS\/ITS program manager for WYDOT. \u201cWyoming gets severe winters with a long duration. We have the worst blowing snow conditions in the country.\u201d\r\n\r\nWYDOT created the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/map.wyoroad.info\/wtimap\">Wyoming Travel Information Map<\/a>\u00a0largely to help drivers plan their travel before they set out on the road.\r\n\r\n\u201cWithout this map, people coming from other states may not be well prepared,\u201d added Garcia.\r\n\r\nThe interactive map displays the state\u2019s current road conditions, construction areas, and advisories. Other map layers include web cameras on certain parts of the highway, rest area locations, size and weight restrictions, weather stations, truck parking areas, and the locations of variable speed limit signs."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":56132,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"With so many elements in one map, WYDOT didn\u2019t want to have to build things from scratch.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe preferred to configure instead of code and customize or extend where we\u00a0<em>[needed]<\/em>\u00a0it,\u201d said Ben Saunders, a GIS professional with Srednaus Mapping, which worked with WYDOT to build the Wyoming Travel Information map. \u201cThe functionality of Web AppBuilder is ready out of the box,\u00a0<em>[and]<\/em>\u00a0Esri\u2019s help documents and the user community gave us the confidence that we\u00a0<em>[were]<\/em>\u00a0working within a well-documented environment.\u201d\r\n\r\nWeb AppBuilder for ArcGIS features ready-to-use widgets, configurable themes, and custom app templates. Apps can be hosted online or run on an on-premises server. And the HTML\/JavaScript apps that it builds are responsive and intuitive.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe wanted this map to be mobile friendly, and\u00a0<em>[we]<\/em>\u00a0liked that Web AppBuilder offers a responsive design,\u201d said Trenton Rawlinson, a GIS developer with WYDOT. \u201cWe also wanted to make the initial download smaller so people can access it when there is limited Internet service. We used image caching versus feature services to make it load more efficiently.\u201d\r\n\r\nAlthough during development, WYDOT created several iterations of the map, the basic process of building it took just three days. After tuning up its performance, administering user testing, and working through network issues, the WYDOT team delivered the Wyoming Travel Information Map to the public within six months of conceiving the project.\r\n\r\n\u201cThere\u2019s no way we would have been able to put this together using the old technology,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cSome of the lessons learned led directly to more efficient development of subsequent maps for the Wyoming Department of Tourism. And the platform allows us to add additional functionality and data, like National Weather Service radar loops. The application can continue to evolve.\u201d\r\n\r\nFor more information about the Wyoming Travel Information Map and how it was built, email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:wyoroad@wyo.gov\">wyoroad@wyo.gov<\/a>."}],"references":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Navigating Wyoming\u2019s Snowy, Blowy Roads | Winter 2018 | ArcNews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Known for its rugged beauty, Wyoming is a place where cowboys and wildlife still roam the plains.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/navigating-wyomings-snowy-blowy-roads\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" 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