THE APPLICATION OF GPS TO ITS

This paper focuses on the application of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). It first gives an overview of ITS, followed by a discussion of GPS and how it can be used in vehicle tracking, route planning and navigation information inquiry, telephone command centers, and emergency rescue. The paper then describes the application of GPS to an intelligent public transit dispatch system in Beijing.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 2000. Dept. of Civil and Structural Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
• Corporate Authors:

  HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR TRANSPORTATION STUDIES. CONFERENCE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR TRANSPORTATION STUDIES

  HONG KONG:
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  Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
  Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong  China 

  Bei fang jiao tong da xue (China)

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  Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, Hung Hom
  Kowloon, Hong Kong  China 

  Government of Hong Kong

  Transport Department, Capitol Centre, 5-19 Jardine's Bazaar
  Causeway Bay, Hong Kong  China 
• Authors:
  • Liu, Changsung
  • Jia, Shunping
  • Wang, Qinglin
• Conference:
  • Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies. Conference (5th : 2000 : Hong Kong, China). Transportation science and technology in the 21st century : proceedings of the Fifth Conference of the Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 274-281

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Global Positioning System; Intelligent transportation systems
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00961196
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Aug 4 2003 12:00AM