Transport Geography on the Web

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Transport Geography on the Web

• Jean-Paul Rodrigue
• Dept. of Economics Geography
• Hofstra University
• Hempstead, NY
• Jean-paul.Rodrigue_at_hofstra.edu

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The Project

• Started in 1997 (Funded by IC)
• TG course supported by a web site.
• Team of 4 transport geographers.
• Current status
• 3,000 files (html, images).
• PowerPoint slides for each chapter.
• 30 MB.
• http//people.hofstra.edu/geotrans

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Structure

• Topical division
• 9 chapters, each related to a major field of the
  discipline.
• E.g. Transportation Systems and Networks,
  Transportation Terminals, Regional and Urban
  Transportation.
• Thematic division
• Each topic divided in concepts, methods and
  applications.
• Table of contents, index, and gallery.

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Future Directions

• Extend the content
• Struggle to keep the content up-to-date.
• Fill the missing concepts, methods and
  applications.
• Develop exercises and labs (GIS).
• Improve the media
• More figures, maps and charts.
• Multimedia contents (clips, animations and
  narrations).
• Seek contributions