Applications of GPS technology in the land transportation system

Geo-ICT in Transportation Science

“…While initially such a problem involved time and energy resources due to the necessity for manual manipulation (Xiong, 2000;White et al, 2000), several improvements have since been introduced by means of the capabilities of GIS and of ITS, as described by Quddus et al (2007). The map matching issue is very important whenever the integration between GIS representation and GPS devices is considered (Taylor et al, 2000;Mintsis et al, 2004;Byon et al, 2007). In these cases, GIS often provides a database management platform for the integration, display and analysis of data collected from GPS.…”

Novel Nuclear Powered Photocatalytic Energy Conversion

“…3 In particular, the TRANSCOM system 4 is currently used to monitor the shipment of spent fuel by the US Department of Energy. The TRANSCOM system utilizes satellite-based communications and a server-based application to allow for remote users to track and locate a TRANSCOM equipped truck quite accurately.…”

“…The computational system in place at UMass-Lowell for this type of work usually relies on the DORT code 3 and BUGLE-96 cross section library 4 when 2-D radiation transport analyses are needed. DORT solves the Boltzmann transport equation using the discrete ordinates method for the angular variable, a finite difference mesh for the spatial variable in 2-D geometries, and the standard multigroup approach for treating the energy dependence of the coupled neutron and gamma radiation field.…”

Assessing Real Time GPS Asset Tracking for Timber Haulage

“…The potential production of roundwood from the forests of Ireland will reach 5 million m 3 per annum by the year 2015 [1]. The majority of this harvested timber will be softwood.…”