USES OF COMPUTERS IN TRANSPORTATION

Computers are very useful in transportation today.It is useful in both land and air transportation.Following are the main uses of computers:-

 CAR NAVIGATION

One important use of computer in transportation is Global Positing System , or GPS.These feature a screen that shows a map which track your vehicle's movement through satellites signals. These pinpoint your location between 100 feet.Noe some mobiles have also this system.

POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL

Positive Train Control by Federal Railroad Administration is the computer system that tracks the movement of trains on various railways around the country.PTC technology is capable of preventing train to train collisions ,derailments caused by excessive speed and the associated death or injuries.

 

MAPPING

Mapping system  through computers is very useful now .We can find the route of any location where we want to go through this.We input our address and destination address then computer will give us visual map,distance ,total driving time,traffic jams etc.

 

ONLINE BOOKING

We can book our tickets of bus,train,airplanes online.Which saves our time.Websites give us all information regarding tickets in few seconds.

 

WEATHER FORECAST

We can get weather forecast information through computers which is very useful for transportation especially air transportation. We can travel according to the weather forecast given by computers.

REFERENCES AND SOURCES

•   morgan, l. In uses of computers in land transportation. Retrieved Jun. 19, 2013, from http://www.ehow.com/info_7807359_uses-computers-la