Geographical information technologies and its application to the urban analysis. The study case of the close residentialspaces in the metropolitan areas of Santiago and Valparaíso

Authors

  • Ma. Luisa Rodrigo Hidalgo
  • Lily Álvarez Correa
  • Alejandro Salazar Barrows
  • Rodrigo Lazcano
  • Francisco Roa
  • Daniela Fuentes

Keywords:

geographical information technologies, gated communities, urban transformations

Abstract

The paper focuses its attention on the methodologic aspects related to the design and preparation of geographical data base that details the gated communities in the metropolitan areas of Santiago and Valparaiso. In the elaboration of this instrument important roll plays the geographical information technologies (GIT), understood like the Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and the Global Positional System (GPS).

Published

2007-06-04