Open AccessUsing GIS in Denmark for traffic planning and decision support
Author(s) -
Nielsen Otto Anker
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of advanced transportation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 2042-3195
pISSN - 0197-6729
DOI - 10.1002/atr.5670290306
Subject(s) - geographic information system , computer science , process (computing) , work (physics) , control (management) , conceptual model , data collection , quality (philosophy) , information system , transport engineering , operations research , engineering , geography , database , electrical engineering , epistemology , artificial intelligence , operating system , mechanical engineering , philosophy , statistics , remote sensing , mathematics
This paper presents current efforts at the Technical University of Denmark for developing concepts for a Geographic Information System for the whole traffic planning process. Such a system (GIS‐T) will consist of five model for collection of data, determination of alternate solutions, estimation of future traffic flows, impact analyses and selection of a solution . Furthermore, the system will contain procedures for evaluation and quality control of data and results. Such an integrated GIS‐T system will not only ease the specific work, but also gather and strengthen the process of traffic planning. The paper deals mainly with conceptual problems. The theoretical discussions, however, are supplemented by practical examples of traffic models, models for impact analyses and models for data management and quality control, which were implemented in GIS and tested on several real size problems in Denmark. The final part of the paper outlines the promising perspective of future work with GIS‐T.