Providing Customized Real Time Traffic Information Through the Internet: Implementation Using GIS

Author

Moinak Chatterjee, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Date of Award

5-2003

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Geography

Major Professor

Shih-Lung Shaw

Committee Members

Bruce Ralston, Cheng Liu

Abstract

For my Masters thesis I implement a web enabled GIS application for presenting personalized real-time traffic condition information. Due to the dynamic nature of traffic condition reporting, often large amounts of data have to be reported. The process of introducing personalization to traffic condition reporting hopes to reduce the amount of such data transmitted to users. The personalization of the presented traffic condition information is achieved by storing geographic definitions of routes and travel zones frequently traveled by the client. Since traffic update areas frequently requested for daily travel routes are often geographically identical, stored routes or zones can be used within a Geographic Information System (GIS) environment to retrieve traffic volume information and visualize the intended route before the start of the client's routine daily trip. This saves both browsing time and data uploading for the client. The research implements such tools in a server-side (most of the processing done on the server) environment. The research concludes that existing GIS tools can be enhanced to implement the concept of using customized traffic profiles to transmit user specific traffic data.

Recommended Citation

Chatterjee, Moinak, "Providing Customized Real Time Traffic Information Through the Internet: Implementation Using GIS. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 2003.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/1913