Abstract
 The Greenland Air Transport Model System Track: Transportation Author(s): Otto Nielsen, Thomas Israelsen This paper will present the use of ArcGIS in the Greenland Transport study. Being the world's largest island but with only 56,000 inhabitants in an mountainous arctic area, there is no possibility for interurban road transport; therefore, air travel plays a central role for the society. Greenland's present system needs large public subsidies but requires very high costs and cause inconvenient transfers for travelers. ArcGIS and the Geoprocessing Framework were used to create a complex model for air transport. In an iterataive process, the model describes passenger and freight flows, designs the service network, schedules flights (time-table optimization), decides on airplane types considering cost and capacity, and finally creates airplane schedules. The model is being used by the Greenland home rule to decide on the new airport structure (change of main airports and creation of new airports), policies to attract new air companies, and the design of the main air system. Otto Nielsen Technical University of Denmrk Centre for Traffic and Transport DTU, Building 115, st.tv., Bygningstorvet Lyngby , DK 2800 DK Phone: +(45)45251514 Fax: +(45)45251514 E-mail: oan@ctt.dtu.dk Thomas Israelsen Rapidis Jęgersborg Alle 4 Charlottenlund 2920 DK Phone: 45 39965960 E-mail: ti@rapidis.com |
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