Author(s)

E. Rodellas, R. Gomis & A. Casas

Abstract

Port management needs tools to manage its territory. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) is a general purpose technology that can be adapted to manage Port space. Also GIS has capabilities in the fields of design, analysis and simulation, features that are being used in some Ports. 1 Introduction In order to improve management of Port space and to increase decision- making capacity, the Port of Barcelona has decided to computerise the spatial representation of its physical area. To this end, it is implementing programs based on Geographical Information Systems (GIS). GIS represents a group of technologies with more than 20 years of theoretical background and less than 10 years of real application in the business world. GIS are made up of a comp

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