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Urbanism on track : application of tracking technologies in urbanism / edited by J. Van Schaick, S. C. Van der Spek.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Research in urbanism series ; v. 1.
- Research in urbanism series ; v. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- City planning.
- Land use--Planning.
- Land use.
- Geographic information systems.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : IOS Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Tracking technologies such as GPS, mobile phone tracing, video and RFID monitoring are rapidly becoming part of daily life. Technological progress offers huge possibilities for studying human activity patterns in time and space in new ways. Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) held an international expert meeting in early 2007 to investigate the current and future possibilities and limitations of the application of tracking technologies in urban design and spatial planning. This book is the result of that expert meeting. ""Urbanism on Track"" introduces the reader to the basics of trackin
- Contents:
- Title page; Contents; Tracking and Navigation: The Basics; Introduction; The GPS Revolution in Spatial Research; Tracking Technologies - An Overview; Application of GPS Data in Geographic Information Systems; Mobile Pedestrian Navigation Systems - Wayfinding Based on Localisation Technologies; First Experiments with Tracking; Tracking Visitors in Public Parks - Experiences with GPS in Denmark; Spatial Metro - Tracking Pedestrians in Historic City Centres; Mobile Surveys; Our Daily Dance in Time and Space; Integrating Tracking into Urbanism and Spatial Planning Research
- A Method for Deriving Trip Destinations and Modes for GPS-Based Travel SurveysTracking Down the Effects of Travel Demand Policies; Collaborative Map Generation - Survey and Architecture Proposal; Tracking Research - An Agenda for Urban Design and Planning; About the Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 6611968466
- 1-281-96846-3
- 9786611968465
- 1-60750-295-X
- 600-00-1144-X
- OCLC:
- 491261442
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