Traveling in the three-dimensional city: Applications in route planning, accessibility assessment, location analysis and beyond

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 405-421

  Thill, Jean Claude ^a   Dao, Thi Hong Diep ^a   Zhou, Yuhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D city; 3D representation; GIS; Network analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COMPLEXITY; FACILITY LOCATION; GIS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; URBAN AREA; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 79953300684     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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