Northern Mapping Exposure: The Alaska DOT fights harsh conditions with proper planning and strict standards for GIS and computer-aided design products. (System Implementation).

GEO World, November, 2001 by Mills, Chad

In Alaska, where proximity to the polar region makes each year an extreme cycle of dark wintry days and sunny summet nights there's a joke about the seasons. It goes like this "You know about out four seasons in Alaska, right (2) Winter, Still Winter Almost Winter anti Construction Season.

Ask around at the state's Department of Transportation (DOT) and Public Facilities, and you're likely to hear the joe a few times. In fact, Alaska DOT, as the agency responsible for the constant stream of road, bridge, airport and harbor projects that Alaskans must navigate every summer, may have started the joke,

Obvious circumstances explain the agency's schedule. From October through mid-May, ice, snow, darkness and sub-zero temperatures make construction in...

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