3D calculation of stopping-sight distance from GPS data

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 691-698

  Nehate, Girish ^a   Rys, Malgorzata ^a  

^a Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Computation; Data processing; Global positioning; Highway management; Traffic signs

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DATA PROCESSING; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; TRAFFIC SIGNS;

HIGHWAY GEOMETRIC DESIGN; HIGHWAY MANAGEMENT; PIECEWISE PARAMETRIC EQUATIONS; STOPPING-SIGHT DISTANCE;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

DATA PROCESSING; GPS; MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 33747250080     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2006)132:9(691)     Document Type: Article

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