Aplicación de los sistemas de información geográfica para la actualización y funcionamiento del transporte público del cantón Riobamba

Abstract

The application of the geographic information systems for the updating and operation of the public transport of Riobamba Canton, has as aim to get updated information based on new systems and applications that are currently being developed; In this case was used the geographic information systems, through the program ArcMap and geo referential tools which ones allow to interact with the public transport and in this way facilitating the different analyzes and applications that can be given inside this kind of transportation. For the updating of the information of the public transport, it was established a collecting information in the institutions of control of Riobamba canton; such as entering in the labor field in order to increase this database in a more correct, real and updated way. In the operation of the public transport of this canton there will be done an interpretation of the different lines of buses with the help of the geographic information systems. This help will let to establish the specifications of the vehicle, its operation, the environment in which they work, times, length of travel, location of geo referential points, routes and service areas; Each one of them will allow us to do a specification in the different parameters that make up the urban service, allowing us to generate information based on the new technological demands that allow to interact with the transport and generate us new benefits for the handling and operation of the public transport.