Integrated Transportation GIS for the City of Guangzhou, China

This paper challenges existing transportation GIS applications and research perspectives and proposes a preliminary framework for an integrated GIS for the city of Guangzhou. This paper analyzes current conditions, needs and problems faced by the citizens and transportation agencies of Guangzhou. Nowadays, the state of traffic/transportation infrastructures of Guangzhou requires new approaches for the management and planning of urban traffic flows. Taking into account existing applications, demands and problems, the purpose of our research is to provide an integrated multimodal GIS for Intelligent Transportation System.