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Geographic Information Systems for Transportation in the 21st Century
Author(s) -
Miller Harvey J.,
Shaw ShihLung
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
geography compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.587
H-Index - 65
ISSN - 1749-8198
DOI - 10.1111/gec3.12204
Subject(s) - miller , geographic information system , gis and public health , field (mathematics) , gis applications , geography , information system , regional science , cartography , engineering , ecology , mathematics , pure mathematics , electrical engineering , biology
Geographic Information Systems for Transportation: Principles and Applications (Miller and Shaw [Miller, H. J., 2001]) remains the only major authored text on the interdisciplinary field of Geographic Information Systems for Transportation (GIS‐T). However, Miller and Shaw ([Miller, H. J., 2001]) is a product of the 20th century, and the fields of GIS, transportation and GIS‐T have changed dramatically in the early 21st century. We are witnessing a revolution in transportation and urban sciences, fueled by a stunning advancement in capabilities to capture, store and process data, as well as communicate information and knowledge derived from these data. This paper is a review of GIS‐T in the 20th and 21st centuries. Using Miller and Shaw ([Miller, H. J., 2001]) as a touchstone, we discuss elements of GIS‐T that have stood the test of time as well as new technologies and ideas that an updated GIS‐T canon should include.