A Case Study on Road Information System of a Modern City

This paper conveys the suitability and applications of GIS and GPS technology in the development of
an interactive Road Information System (RIS) for a modern city, which will help the planners and
administrators to identify the problems associated with rural road development activities, location and
provision of appropriate facilities, monitoring and maintenance management of the assets created in
the rural areas. This RIS provides an interactive information database that consists of a range of
available utility services within the selected road network. This interactive system provides the endusers
a list of query-based services. These query-based services include the road connectivity
between any two selected points, informations about distances and accessibility, buffering-based
information bank and related proximity analysis etc. It will also provide necessary details about
different network analysis-based route information (e.g., alternate route, shortest possible route,
finding closest facility etc.) in any selected area during various emergency situations. This study has
confirmed the need for road network planning in the city, in an organized manner and this is the first
step towards the development of the city. RIS developed under GIS environment has efficiency in
monitoring, management, planning and subsequent development of the road network in the Agartala
City.