Open AccessTIME–SPACE ANALYSIS OF TRANSPORT SYSTEM USING DIFFERENT MAPPING METHODS
Author(s) -
Péter Ficzere,
Zita Ultmann,
Ádám Török
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
transport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1648-4142
pISSN - 1648-3480
DOI - 10.3846/16484142.2014.916747
Subject(s) - geographic information system , space (punctuation) , computer science , transformation (genetics) , transport system , digital mapping , software , affine transformation , transport engineering , data mining , geography , engineering , mathematics , remote sensing , biochemistry , chemistry , pure mathematics , gene , programming language , operating system
Transport systems exist within at least two types of space. One is the apparent geographic space, but equally important is the time–space implied by the travel time relations created by the system. Differences between the geographic and time–spaces are properties induced by the transport system. Methods for time–space transformations of geographic space to explore visualize and analyse transport systems were initially developed in the 1960s and 1970s but due to the low computational capacity not evolved yet. However, these methods have not been pursued beyond this initial flurry of research activity, most likely due to the difficulties associated with handling and processing huge amount of digital geographic data. This paper presents a case study of the transformation possibilities and particularly the usage of non-affine transformations of maps – Rubber-Sheet Method (RSM) – using a typical GIS software called ArcView in order to analyse the current status and development possibilities of the Hungarian railway system.