Geographic Information Systems in Transportation Research
Computer-based transportation applications and databases have been a fact of life for several decades. Transportation information, however, has often not been accessible in a user-friendly manner, and integrating data from diverse sources has too often been a challenge in itself. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have revolutionized spatial planning and decision making by using the spatial dimension of the depicted world as a common thread according to which all information can be referenced. The application of GIS to transportation research (GIS-T) is quickly becoming a mature domain of application of the GIS technology and has gained full recognition among transportation practitioners and academics. This book fills a void by providing an overview of the state-of-the-art of GIS for transportation, from data management issues, to data manipulation and analysis, including considerations brought to the forefront by real-time and mobile computing. The twenty-two original contributions by internationally acclaimed authors will be a key reference for practitioners, students and scholars.
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Howard House, Wagon Lane
Bingley, United Kingdom BD14 1WA - Publication Date: 2001-1
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Illustrations;
- Pagination: 460p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Geographic information systems; Interactive computer systems; Real time data processing; State of the art; Technological innovations; Transportation operations; Transportation planning
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01367516
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9780080436302
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 10 2012 3:17PM