Encyclopedia (May 2022)

Geographic Information System and Atomized Transportation Modes

  • Mohammad Anwar Alattar,
  • Mark Beecroft,
  • Caitlin Cottrill

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/encyclopedia2020070
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 2
pp. 1069 – 1081

Abstract

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Transportation is a spatial activity. The geographic Information System (GIS) is the process of capturing, managing, analyzing, and presenting spatial data. GIS techniques are essential to the study of various aspects of transportation. In this entry, the state of knowledge regarding atomized transportation modes is presented. Atomized transportation modes are defined as transportation modes which deal with low passenger numbers.

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