Mobile GIS application for Khartoum public transportation network

Abstract EN

There are more than 6.8 billion mobile cellular subscribers (2013), wireless communication and mobile computing have gained acceptance worldwide with speed that has surpassed many other technological innovations.

Mobile GIS emerged in the mid-1990s to meet the needs of field work such as surveying, utility maintenance and navigation.

This paper aims to develop a mobile GIS navigation application for Khartoum public transportation based on ArcGIS Network Analyst to create the public transportation network dataset, and ArcGIS Server as web GIS server for dissemination and sharing the network dataset over the internet.

The Adobe Flash Builder integrated development environment (IDE) using ArcGIS API for Flex has been used to develop a mobile GIS application with interactive user interface.

The developed application enable users to view the transportation lines, get the current position of smartphone and generate the route of navigation through public transportation lines.