Author Archives: Bo Guo, PhD, PE

Beyond the Straight Line Diagram
The one-dimensional nature of Straight Line Diagrams (SLD) makes them ideal for viewing the relationship of many LRS features along a common dimension, the route measure.  However, even with the...
Continue reading
Reinventing the Straight Line Diagram
Straight Line Diagrams (SLDs), also known as Route Logs or Strip Maps, are an effective way to visualize different features and characteristics that co-exist along the same stretch of roadway....
Continue reading
Apr 16, 2015
LRS QC (Quality Control): What Are We Looking For?
Having authoritative LRS data sources is high on the agenda of any transportation agency. But let’s face it, most data administrators admit that the quality of their LRS data is...
Continue reading
Supporting Local Roads LRS with Route Reference Table
The ARNOLD requirements pose many challenges, one of which is how to identify or reference local roads where mileposts do not exist, or for which driven mileage is not recorded....
Continue reading
Leveraging Free RDBMS in ArcGIS
Guo, Bo, PhD & Terry Li: “Leveraging Free RDBMS in ArcGIS” Presentation and Workshop, AGIC 2012 Education & Training Symposium, Prescott, AZ, October 10-12, 2012
Continue reading
Implementing Data Share Through Open Source Portal Platforms
Guo, Bo, PhD, Kathy O’Donnell & Scott Andreasen: “Implementing Data Share Through Open Source Portal Platforms,” AGIC 2012 Education & Training Symposium, Prescott, AZ, October 10-12, 2012
Continue reading
Open Source Software: Is It Worth the Effort?
Guo, Bo, PhD & Kathy O’Donnell: “Open Source Software: Is It Worth the Effort?,” AGIC 2012 Education & Training Symposium, Prescott, AZ, October 10-12, 2012
Continue reading
Web Map Printing: Which Solution Is for You?
Liu, Xudong & Bo Guo, PhD: “Web Map Printing: Which Solution Is for You?,” AGIC 2012 Education & Training Symposium, Prescott, AZ, October 10-12, 2012
Continue reading
Apr 29, 2013
GIS-T Symposium 2013 Presentations
Bo Guo, PE, PhD, President of Gistic Research, will be participating in the following presentations at the 2013 GIS-T Symposium on May 5-8, 2013 in Boise, Idaho: Wednesday, May 8,...
Continue reading
GIS-T Symposium 2013
Gistic Research will be exhibiting and presenting at the GIS-T Symposium on May 5-8, 2013 in Boise, Idaho. Visit us at Booth #7 in the Technology Hall and attend our...
Continue reading
City of Phoenix Contract Award
Gistic Research was awarded a contract by the City of Phoenix Development Services Department to upgrade its existing CADD to Oracle Loader Application (COLA) from Visual Basic 6 to a...
Continue reading
Oct 12, 2012
AGIC Technology Award
Gistic Research’s LinearBench™ Explore application was honored with AGIC’s “Most Innovative Use of Technology” in a web application award. LinearBench™ Explore enables the visualization and analysis of roadway asset data...
Continue reading
GIS-T Symposium
Gistic Research is participating and exhibiting at the annual GIS-T Symposium in Loveland, CO.  Presentations will describe our work with UDOT in the areas of GIS integration, architecture and technologies....
Continue reading
GIS/IT Integration through Open Source Software
Guo, Bo, PhD:  “GIS/IT Integration through Open Source Software,” SLUG 2012, Salt Lake City, UT, February 8, 2012
Continue reading
Dec 30, 2011
Arizona Department of Transportation Subcontract
Gistic Research was awarded a subcontract by Cambridge Systematics, Inc. to provide GIS services to the Arizona Department of Transportation’s (ADOT) Multimodal Planning Division.
Continue reading
Software Licensing Agreement
Gistic Research, Inc. signed a software licensing agreement with the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) to implement Gistic’s LinearBench™ technologies in the agency. The LinearBench™ Explore web-based application features an...
Continue reading
Adopting the Appropriate GIS Web Service Technologies
Guo, Bo, PhD & Jake Payne:  “Adopting the Appropriate GIS Web Service Technologies,” UGIC 2011, Logan, UT, April 4-8, 2011
Continue reading
Contract Award
Gistic Research, Inc. was awarded a contract by the Utah Department of Technology Services to continue implementation of UDOT’s GIS infrastructure and integration efforts.
Continue reading
Towards Temporal Dynamic Segmentation
Guo, Bo, & Carl E. Kurt:  “Towards Temporal Dynamic Segmentation,” Geoinformatica 8(3): 265-283 (2004)
Continue reading
Building a Spatiotemporal Parcel Management System on a RDBMS Platform
Guo, Bo, & Russ Heisinger:  “Building a Spatiotemporal Parcel Management System on a RDBMS Platform,” Urisa (2002)
Continue reading