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Track: K-12 Education and Library Science
Moines El Shafey
State of Qatar
CGIS, PBIS No. 22088
Doha, PB 22088
QATAR
Telephone: 974-337572
Fax: 974-444036
E-mail: moinese@gisqatar.org.qa
Nasimudheen Ali
"Al Hady"-Decision Support System for School Bus Routing
Can high school students use powerful geographic information system (GIS) technologies to better understand and help improve their communities while at the same time developing technology knowledge and skills? How can GIS resources and technology have their greatest impact on educational services? How can students use GIS to understand their community, be involved in improving it, and have influence on the decisions that affect their community's future? How can GIS be integrated with actual school systems? Al Hady, Bus Routing Application, answered these questions. Unlike other GIS projects in the State of Qatar, Al Hady aimed not only to use GIS to improve managing one of the facilities but also to introduce GIS concepts and skills to high school students through positive involvement in an actual GIS application. This paper explains the concept and implementation of Al Hady, Bus Routing Application. The problems are typical traveling salesman problems with route constraints, vehicle capacity
constraints, and traveling time constraints. Al Hady customized and enhanced ArcView Network Analyst software's capabilities to produce optimum routes for the buses used in the schools. Also, it presents the experience we gained from the active participation of high school students in a real GIS application.
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