Location and GIS

Giuseppe Bruno () and Ioannis Giannikos ()
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Giuseppe Bruno: University of Naples Federico II
Ioannis Giannikos: University of Patras

Chapter Chapter 19 in Location Science, 2015, pp 509-536 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The essence of facility location problems is to determine the position of a set of facilities in a given location space in order to provide some service to a set of actors which are supposed to patronize some of these facilities. This implies that the availability of geographically referenced information represents the fundamental prerequisite to model and solve such problems. Considering that Geographic Information Systems (GIS) offer enormous possibilities for integrating, storing, editing, analyzing, sharing and displaying spatial as well as non-spatial information, it is evident that GIS can play a crucial role for supporting decision making in the field of location science. We aim at illustrating and discussing the various linkages and application opportunities between location science and GIS and highlight the ways these two disciplines have influenced each other. Finally, we wish to indicate possibilities for further connections that may materialize in the future.

Keywords: GIS; Location analysis; Optimization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-13111-5_19

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