MPC Research Reports |
Title: | Issues in GIS for Transportation |
Authors: | Kendall E. Nygard, Ravindra V. Vellanki, and Tong Xie |
University: | North Dakota State University |
Publication Date: | Jan 1995 |
Report #: | MPC-95-43 |
Project #: | MPC-063 |
TRID #: | 00715200 |
Keywords: | applications, geographic information systems, implementation, planning |
The purpose of this report is 1) to provide a basic understanding of GIS and GIS-T; 2) to discuss the possible GIS related applications and activities in transportation; 3) to describe the factors and issues involved in successful planning and implementation of GIS for transportation; and 4) to describe the emerging uses and future applications of GIS-T.