Transportation Geoinformatics Syllabus for B.Tech 7th sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
Transportation Geoinformatics B.Tech (R13) seventhsem is as follows
OBJECTIVES:
- To develop an understanding of the issues and challenges in the field of
transportation engineering. - To understand the utility of Remote sensing and GIS for solving transportation engineering problems.
UNIT I : ENGINEERING SURVEYS AND GEOMETRIC DESIGN [9 hours]
Road ways and railways – development – necessity for planning – classification of roads and railways – Alignment surveys and investigations using conventional and remote sensing techniques (preliminary, reconnaissance and final location surveys) – Design principles of highway geometric elements
UNIT II: URBAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AND PLANNING [9 hours]
Urban transportation: policy alternatives – Transportation and the environment Urban transport planning processes – Socio-demographic data and travel surveys – Transportation modeling Traffic congestion – Plan evaluation and implementation – Planning and financing – Critiques of transportation modeling and forecasting
UNIT III : REMOTE SENSING IN TRANSPORTATION [9 hours]
Study of geographic pattern of urban development using remote sensing data products – urban sprawl – parking studies using aerial photos – traffic analysis – accident analysis – site suitability analysis for transport infrastructure – population distribution studies – improvisation of rural road network – regional road network connectivity- vehicle tracking – incident identification and management.
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES: At the end of the course the student will be able to understand
- Applications of remote sensing in alignment planning and geometric analysis
- The applications of remote sensing in transportation systems analysis and planning
- Tools for modeling of landuse transport interaction, ITS architecture
TEXTBOOKS:
- Harvey J. Miller, Shih-Lung Shah, Geographic Information Systems for Transportation – Principles and Applications, Oxford University Press, 2001.
- John Stillwell, Graham Clarke, Applied GIS and Spatial Analysis, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2004.
REFERENCES:
- C.S. Papacostas, P.D. Prevedouros, Transportation Engineering and Planning, Prentice Hall India, 2002.
- Barry Boots, Atsuyuki Okabe and Richard Thomas, Modelling Geographical Systems – Statistical and computational applications, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.
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