Abstract: Although indoor emergency evacuation drills, simulations, and plans are addressed and well covered in literature, little attention is currently paid to the evacuation of people with disabilities (PWD). Routing is a major ...

Abstract: There is a growing need for automated procedures that can update road databases in Geospatial Information Systems (GIS). Such procedures are in a great demand when the GIS database needs to be updated very frequently and ...

Abstract: Internet-based transportation systems are becoming widespread due to advances in Internet, computing, and geospatial information system (GIS) technologies. An internet-based methodology that allows public transportation ...

Abstract: Mobile mapping systems (MMSs) are based on advanced technologies for automatically collecting roadway inventory data. A host of advanced technologies, such as the Global Positioning System for collecting georeferencing ...

Abstract: While currently numerous existing engineering applications benefit from the global positioning system (GPS), it is anticipated that operation of many new, emerging applications (e.g., applications related to ubiquitous ...

Abstract: It is anticipated that the integration of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) will improve the overall positioning performance benefiting many existing applications and paving the way for the emergence of new ...

Abstract: With rising complexity of indoor environments and growing demand for positioning and tracking of people (such as occupants and field workers) indoors, there has been an increasing need to have accurate and reliable indoor ...

Abstract: With rising complexity of indoor environments and growing demand for positioning and tracking of people (such as occupants and field workers) indoors, there has been an increasing need to have accurate and reliable indoor ...