Proceedings of ICLT 2013
Using online geocoding and directions map services to enhance the capability of route planning and management systems
Trasapong Thaiupathump; Rungchat Chompu-Inwai
Faculty of Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand; Faculty of Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
International Conference on Logistics & Transport 2013, Kyoto, Japan, pp. 297-303
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Abstract
Route planning for providing optimal transportation between offices and employees‘ residences for large organizations is a complex and challenging logistics problem when there are complex conditions and constraints involved. Effective route planning and management can help reducing operating costs. Typically, employees‘ address information, in most databases, is stored in the form of text. Route planning associated with geographical location data is; therefore, difficult to manage in such cases, plus it is difficult to generate clear, understandable results. If such text address data is converted into latitude-longitude coordinate data, the problem involving extensively uses of location data will be much more effective in finding and displaying results. Nowadays, there are various publicly available online map services that can be accessed via application programming interfaces from web applications. This paper is focused on developing a web application for route planning and management that accesses publicly available online map services in order to study efficiency and limitations of such online map services in the processes of geocoding and displaying the results on the maps; to be applied in a route planning system used by employees across nine provinces in the central region of Thailand.
Keywords
Route planning; route management; geographic information systems; online map services; geocoding
Citation
Trasapong Thaiupathump; Rungchat Chompu-Inwai (2013). Using online geocoding and directions map services to enhance the capability of route planning and management systems. Proceedings of the International Conference on Logistics & Transport (ICLT 2013), Kyoto, Japan, pp. 297-303.