[OSM-talk] transport networks

[Steve Chilton]

Anyone working on transport networks might be interested in submitting
something to the electronic Journal of Maps?
They are having a themed issue shortly - full details below.

Cheers
STEVE

Steve Chilton, Learning Support Fellow
Learning and Technical Support Unit Manager School of Health and Social
Sciences Middlesex University
phone/fax: 020 8411 5355
email: steve8 at mdx.ac.uk

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-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Smith [mailto:miksmithster at ukonline.co.uk]
Sent: 04 September 2007 20:18
To: michael.smith at kingston.ac.uk
Subject: [SPAM: 4.000] Journal of Maps: Transport Networks Special Issue

An invitation to contribute to a special edition of the Journal of Maps:
TRANSPORT NETWORKS

We are currently inviting contributions for a special issue of the
Journal of Maps devoted to transport networks.  This special issue
follows from the success of the initial Maps in Motion issue published
in the Journal of Maps in 2007.

The Journal of Maps (http://www.journalofmaps.com) is an open-access
electronic journal.  Each article consists of a map or series of maps,
accompanied by a relatively brief text.  It offers a unique outlet for
graphical material that might be difficult or expensive to publish in
conventional paper-based journals.  

SCOPE OF THIS EDITION

For the most part, people and goods move about on networks that can be
represented as links and nodes on the two-dimensional plane.  Most road
networks, together with a few rail networks such as the London
underground system, offer a degree of choice, with alternative routes
between specific origin-destination pairs.  This flexibility has always
been useful in the event of a breakdown.  Today, with growing disquiet
about the impact of floods, sabotage, and long delays following
collisions on motorways, for example, transport operators are under
pressure to plan systematically for emergencies, and to manage
diversions and evacuation procedures more effectively.  

Other issues have to do with network management under normal operating
conditions, and particularly the allocation of capacity between
different categories of user such as vehicle passengers, cyclists and
pedestrians.  To reflect these concerns, we particularly welcome
contributions on the following topics:

? pedestrian routes and shared surfaces
? motorway management after a collision
? traffic management and flood planning
? traffic and terrorism: defence of buildings and networks

In each case, we would encourage authors to focus on the spatial aspects
of the networks under consideration, using maps and diagrams to convey
the core of the problem together with any strategies for dealing with
them.  Contributions on other topics dealing with the spatial aspects of
transport networks are also welcome.  

PRODUCTION SCHEDULE

The scope of this special edition will not be restricted to the areas
mentioned, and the purpose of this circular is to extend a more general
invitation to members of the UTSG community to participate.

1. If you are thinking of submitting a contribution, and you would like
to talk over the question of scope and content, please do call Chris
Wright (01795 531101) or email him at C.Wright at mdx.ac.uk.  

2. We will then ask you to email a short draft (~500-1000 words)
outlining the scope of the research and methodology of map production,
by 30th November 2007.

3. The deadline for submission of completed maps/articles  (~1000-1500
words) is 30th January 2007.

4. The Special Issue will be published in May/June 2008.

The Journal is managed as a charitable learned society, and it charges a
nominal submission fee to cover administrative costs.  Funding may be
available to help research students having limited resources.  All
articles will be refereed in the normal way, and publication cannot be
guaranteed.   However, the editors are anxious to liaise with
contributors throughout, and to help them as far as possible to meet
what might appear to be an unusual brief for specialists in the
transport field.  If you would like more information about what we are
looking for, or if there is anything else we can do to help, please let
us know.


Dr Mike J Smith, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Maps Emeritus Professor
Chris Wright, Middlesex University



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Dr Mike J Smith
Editor-in-Chief: Journal of Maps
http://www.journalofmaps.com