DocumentCode :
2828156
Title :
Generation of an altimetrical data base using a geographic information system [mobile radio planning]
Author :
Bussolino, G. ; Gilio, E. ; Gatto, E. Lo ; Missan, B.
Author_Institution :
CSELT, Torino, Italy
fYear :
1994
fDate :
2-3 Nov 1994
Firstpage :
44
Lastpage :
51
Abstract :
This paper aims at illustrating a methodology of generation of an altimetrical data base for mobile radio applications and a procedure developed to manage it, using a GIS (Geographic Information System). The system uses as input a set of digitized maps in the form of contour lines and elevation points obtained from cartographic maps at different scales (1:250,000, 1:50,000 and 1:10,000), and generates a final data base in the form of a set of regular matrices of altimetrical values with an appropriate grid size. The operator is allowed to check at each step the state of the maps under development and, if necessary, to correct errors or to change parameters. After a brief introduction on the principles of GISs, it will be shown how their functions of inserting, storing and managing altimetrical data have been used to create a data base useful for electromagnetic computations and how a special user interface allows the operator to select an area on the territory and automatically generate the corresponding altimetrical matrix with a suitable grid size. Finally, a few applications are described, as computer aided tools for cellular land mobile radio networks planning, concerning documentation of radio coverages, radio link analyses, intervisibility analyses and 3-D representations, used both for technical and commercial purposes
Keywords :
geographic information systems; 3-D representations; GIS; altimetrical database generation; altimetrical matrix; cartographic maps; cellular land mobile radio networks planning; computer aided tools; contour lines; digitized maps; electromagnetic computations; elevation points; geographic information system; grid size; mobile radio applications; radio link analyses; user interface; Application software; Computer interfaces; Computer networks; Error correction; Geographic Information Systems; Grid computing; Land mobile radio; Mesh generation; Radio spectrum management; User interfaces;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Vehicular Technology in the Benelux, 1994., IEEE Second Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Louvain la Neuve
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/SCVT.1994.574143
Filename :
574143
Link To Document :
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