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Class #6 ICT in transportation sector
Assistant Professor Dr. Paisarn Kanchanawong
Today’s Topics
1. Introduction to transportation sector 2. Advantages from ICTs uses in transportation 3. The role, impact, uses of ICT in
transportation 4. Case study
1. Introduction to transportation sector
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Duration from CNX-BKK
1 hrs.
Meaning
• Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another.
Ref: http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/705/9/09_chapter%201.pdf
Group#23Transportation System component
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Transportation System component
Ref: https://transportgeography.org/?page_id=247
Example of Modes
Modes can be divided into five main categories: • Roads, Bridges, Highways, and Road Tunnels • Rail and Subway Systems• Air • Ports, Harbors, and Waterways (Cruise)• Pipelines (New technology)
Roads, Highways, and Road Tunnels• This is the large network of roads and
highways that serves as the primary transportation infrastructure used by most people and businesses on a daily basis.– cars and – trucks – buses– bicycles– pedestrians
dangerous
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Rail and Subway Systems
• Subway systems can move mass amounts of people for work, school, entertainment events, or other leisure activities. (specially in BKK)
Air
• The nation’s air infrastructure provides the fastest way for freight and people to travel long distances.
Group#24Transportation’s history
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Transportation Timeline
• Ancient Transportation– 4,000 and 3,000 BC – horses, Camels– 3,500 BC – wheel– 3,100 BC - boat– 2,700 BC - wooden ships
Ref: http://www.localhistories.org/transport.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_transportation_technology
• Roman Transportation– the network of roads– long journeys– large merchant ships called cortia
• Transportation in the Middle Ages– Compass dial invented in China– sailing ships become advanced to cross oceans– Rocket invented in China
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• 17th century– Submarine– public bus which has a regular route, schedule,
and fare system– steam-powered car
• 18th century– balloons
• 19th century– steam 'road locomotive‘– steam-powered ’railway locomotive’– Steamboat– Bicycle– gasoline engine– Motorcycle– airship
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• 20th century– motor-driven airplane.– canal boat (Diesel engine)– Aircraft– Satellite– jet airline– space shuttle– Channel Tunnel
• 21st century– high speed train
2. Advantages from ICTs uses in transportation
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• Management of booking (seat selection, check-in, baggage tracking)
• Self-service check-in• Travel management• Traffic control (air, rail, road, sea)• ICT in transportation such as airplane,
cruising, rail and car rental reservations systems
ICT in transportation sector
Group#25Computerized Reservations Systems
(CRSs)
Group#26Global Distribution System: GDS
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Computerized Reservations Systems (CRSs)
&
Global Distributions System (GDS)
CRS & GDS• CRS stands for: Central Reservations System. It
is a computerized reservation software used to maintain the hotel information, room inventory and rates, to manage the reservation and process.
• CRS provides hotel room rates and availability for many different distribution channels such as the GDS, IBE, OTA, 3rd party websites etc.
• GDS is Global Distribution System. It is a large computer network and at the same time a reservation tool that passes hotel inventory and rates to travel agents and allows them to make bookings.
CRS & GDS
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Ref: http://www.hotelreservationssystem.com/onlinereservationsystem/integrate-multiple-gds-systems-and-travel-apis-flight-and-hotel/
GPSGlobal Positioning System
The Global Positioning System (GPS)
• GPS is a navigation system designed by the U.S. Department of Defense that makes use of satellites orbiting the earth and was primarily used in vital military applications.
• It was developed in 1973.
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By using GPS
• Improving experience• Safety• ??• ??
Explore The real-world
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Google Maps services• A route planner is for drivers, and users of public
transportation who want to take a trip from one specific location to another.
• The Google Maps application is for real estate guide or community service.
• Google Maps is for location service by using Global Positioning System (GPS).
• Google Street View is for users to view and navigate through horizontal and vertical panoramic street level images of various cities around the world.
• Supplemental services offer images of the moon, Mars, and the heavens for hobby astronomers.
Transport Logistics system
Transport Logistics
• It involves the movement and transport of materials and products, as well as their storage and packaging.– Increase business productivity– Improve end-to-end visibility and service– Standardize processes and operations– decision-making with real-time
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3. The role, impact, uses of ICT in transportation
Role of Transportation
• Growth of industries whose product requires quick marketing.
• increase in the demand for goods.• creates place utility• creates time utility• stabilization of price• flow of commodities• enjoy the benefits of goods not produced locally• increases mobility of labor and capital
Discuss on ICT impact in transportation
• E-services• Shopping Online• E-meeting/Conference• E-office• E-business• Logistics System• Self-drive car• Electric car/train/motorcycle/bike
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4. Case study
Group#27An example of using ICT in
transportation sectors
Video Conference เพื่อลดการเดินทาง
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เทคโนโลยีคอมพิวเตอร และ เทคโนโลยีสารสนเทศ ในสนามบิน
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เทคโนโลยียานยนต
จราจรอัจฉริยะ
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Smart Logistics Solution
Amazing Car Window Technology
28. E-business29.An Example of using ICT in Tourism
business sectors30. Type of restaurant31.An Example of using ICT in restaurant
sectors
Next Week
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Reference
• https://opentextbc.ca/introtourism/chapter/chapter-2-transportation/
• https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/documents/el/building_materials/resilience/Disaster_Resilience_Chapter_6-Transportation_50-Draft_102014.pdf