Minnesota Department of Transportation Mobile Observation

These data files were obtained from Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) under the Integrated Mobile Observation (IMO) contract. The instrumented vehicles include snowplows (made by Sterling and International) and light-duty pickups (made by Ford). The snowplows travel pre-determined routes in 12-hour shifts during winter-weather events, carrying out winter-maintenance activities appropriate for the event and MnDOT rules of practice (snow-plowing, applying chemicals, etc.). The light-duty vehicles travel throughout the state. Data from May 2013 onward is included. The files include VaiX records, DjX records, CanX records, ObdY records, vehicle location and status and store-and-forward messages.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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accrualPeriodicity irregular
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issued 2013-05-15
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language {en-US}
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modified 2013-05-15
old-spatial Minnesota
programCode {021:013}
publisher US Department of Transportation
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temporal 2013-06-26/2015-12-21
theme {Automobiles}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • arterial
  • cellular
  • ckan
  • connected-vehicle
  • connected-vehicle-data
  • field-test
  • freeway
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  • intelligent-transportation-systems-its
  • its-joint-program-office-jpo
  • minnesota
  • minnesota-department-of-transportation-mndot
  • national
  • north-america
  • public-safety
  • simulation-data
  • united-states
  • weather
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maintainer Gene McHale
maintainer_email Gene.McHale@dot.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-22T23:11:59.338460
metadata_modified 2025-11-22T23:11:59.338465
notes These data files were obtained from Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) under the Integrated Mobile Observation (IMO) contract. The instrumented vehicles include snowplows (made by Sterling and International) and light-duty pickups (made by Ford). The snowplows travel pre-determined routes in 12-hour shifts during winter-weather events, carrying out winter-maintenance activities appropriate for the event and MnDOT rules of practice (snow-plowing, applying chemicals, etc.). The light-duty vehicles travel throughout the state. Data from May 2013 onward is included. The files include VaiX records, DjX records, CanX records, ObdY records, vehicle location and status and store-and-forward messages.
num_resources 1
num_tags 22
title Minnesota Department of Transportation Mobile Observation