CRITICAL CONSIDERATIONS WHEN IMPLEMENTING INTERNET BASED MAPPING AND ROUTING SERVICES
Kwasi Mitchell · 1998
Many believe the Internet will enable society to be considerably less locationally dependent. Although this is yet to be proven, it does not imply that geographic based services, such as mapping and routing tools, will be in any less demand. In fact, one could argue that the opposite may well be the case, as a truly connected world, where unlimited bandwidth can be accessed and used cheaply by significant proportions of the population, will lead to significant increases in the transportation of people, goods and services. The challenge is therefore to determine how to maximise the potential benefits of a connected world in order to develop effective mapping and routing services which will ultimately assist in managing the increase of physical traffic. This paper attempts to highlight critical considerations when implementing such services using Internet based technology. The objective is to provide a general overview of the topic. Specific examples and explanations are to be presented during the ITS Conference in Seoul. For the covering abstract see IRRD E102946.