GIS-based system for sight distance analysis of highways

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Castro, María ^a   Anta, José A ^b   Iglesias, Luis ^c   Sánchez, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Technical Adviser Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) Spain   (Spain)

^c Dpto de Automatic Ingenieria Electronica e Informatics Industrial DISAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Design; Geographic information systems; Highways and roads; Sight distances; Terrain models

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; DESIGN; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EMERGENCY STOP; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; HIGHWAYS AND ROADS; ITS APPLICATIONS; PROJECT INFORMATIONS; SIGHT DISTANCE; TERRAIN MODEL; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84899010005     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000317     Document Type: Article

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