Journal of Applied Geospatial Information
Vol 1 No 2 (2017): Journal of Applied Geospatial Information (JAGI)

Challenges and opportunities for geospatial integration into ‘trotro’ road travel in Ghana

Gift Dumedah (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Ghana)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 Dec 2017

Abstract

Travel routing is vital for efficient delivery of public and private services and the movement of people and goods. In Ghana, the major nature of travel routing is through the ‘trotro’ system. The trotro system uses an automobile to move people and goods along a prescribed travel route, with locally known stops where people get on and off the vehicle. The trotro system is significant because Ghana's road network and street addressing are imperfectly mapped. Thus, this paper critically evaluates the research challenges and opportunities for the development of an integrated trotro geographic addressing system. The widespread trotro address assignment and the availability of geolocation technology on mobile phones, make the integrated trotro geographic addressing framework an inexpensive and a comprehensive approach. The key research questions that need investigation for the development of such an integrated geographic addressing system are identified, together with a critical review of the problem, and its research challenges and prospects.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JAGI

Publisher

Subject

Civil Engineering, Building, Construction & Architecture Earth & Planetary Sciences Engineering Environmental Science Physics

Description

Journal of Applied Geospatial Information (JAGI) is a national and international peer review journal published by Politeknik Negeri Batam. The JAGI is issued 2 times a year in electronic form, publishes Original Research Articles (full papers and short communications) and Review (full and mini ...