A connection-oriented telecommunications disaster management model using mobile GIS

International Journal of Mobile Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-81

  Choi, Young B ^a   Blackburn, Jonathan M ^a   Seo, Hyewon ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; GPS; MGIS; Telecommunications disaster management; Telecommunications network connectivity; WLAN; WPAN; WWAN

Indexed keywords

MGIS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS DISASTER MANAGEMENT; TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK CONNECTIVITY; WLAN; WPAN; WWAN;

DISASTER PREVENTION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK COMPONENTS; WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 29344464357     PISSN: 1470949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2006.008198     Document Type: Article

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