Sight distance analysis of highways using GIS tools

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 997-1005

  Castro, María ^a   Iglesias, Luis ^a   Sánchez, José A ^a   Ambrosio, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geographic Information Systems; Global Positioning System; Highway design; Sight distances; Terrain models

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; ROAD VEHICLES; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

DESIGN CONSISTENCY; DESIGN PHASE; EMERGENCY STOP; ITS APPLICATIONS; SIGHT DISTANCE; TERRAIN MODEL; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

HIGHWAY PLANNING;

GIS; GPS; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

EID: 79960451455     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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