GIS IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND OPERATIONS. PART ONE

This article (Part 1) examines the usefulness of spatially-integrated data to transportation and clarifies the distinction between a geographic information system (GIS) and other database systems that use spatial data. GIS benefits are summarized and examples of GIS activities at the Federal Highway Administration and state highway agencies are described. Part 2 covers additional transportation GIS applications and discusses digital geocoded data sources. Part 2 concludes with a general discussion of hardware and software requirements, topology, overlay processing, and special issues involved in designing a transportation GIS.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1606878
• Authors:
  • Simkowitz, H J
• Publication Date: 1989-7

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 62-66
• Serial:
  • Public Works
  • Volume: 119
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Hanley Wood
  • ISSN: 0033-3840
  • Serial URL: http://www.pwmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Applications; Benefits; Geographic information systems; Spatial analysis; State departments of transportation; Traffic distribution; Transportation planning
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Federal Highway Administration
• Old TRIS Terms: Geographical information systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Research; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00485762
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1989 12:00AM