摘要: |
The study examines the potential for applying geographic information system (GIS) technology to the field of transportation management systems. These systems include bridge management, intermodal transportation, pavement management, public transportation, safety and traffic congestion. The research examines the application by developing a prototype pavement management decision support GIS environment. Three overriding constraints played key roles in this research: the GIS was to utilize lower cost microcomputer hardware and other off-the-shelf technology, real-world data, and be electronically manipulated as much as possible. It was demonstrated that GIS was appropriate as a transportation management system environment. The GIS was able to integrate information from disparate data bases, as well as between similar data bases but which had changed in form over time. The GIS, through locational referencing was able to successfully support pavement management decision making, and it is therefore likely to be appropriate for all of the other transportation management systems. |