COMPUTER GRAPHICS APPLICATIONS IN TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION SYSTEMS

This paper reports on the results of the application of interactive computer graphics to those public transportation information systems which answer inquiries from the general public. Primary emphasis was placed on development of a graphics application package to control the existing Transit Information System developed by the Stanford/UMTA research group in the Stanford Industrial Engineering Department. Other areas of investigation included operator interaction with the computer display; sorting and searching a large geographic data base; and the practical limitations of geographic displays on a CRT. The U.S. Census Bureau's DIME data base was analyzed, and an interactive graphics map editor was developed.

• Corporate Authors:

  Stanford University

  Department of Industrial Engineering
  Stanford, CA  United States  94305

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Wingate, F B
• Publication Date: 1975-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 36 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer graphics; Computer programming; Computer programs; Databases; Information processing; Information systems; Maps; Routing; Statistics; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Interactive graphics
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00137333
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: RR-23 Res. Rpt., UMTA-CA-11-0008-75-1
• Contract Numbers: DA-11-0008
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 16 2003 12:00AM