Geographical Information Systems Approach for Transportation Planning Management

This paper presents the implementation of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) concept in transportation planning. The purpose of this study is to describe alternative strategies for planning support system of the traveling salesman problems. In case study of lubricant oil sector, the use of GIS tools and techniques is to determine the shortest paths between points and set the path of multiple points in the optimum sequence with vehicle reschedule in Khonkhan Province, Thailand. The outcome from this study is to demonstrate that vehicle routing planning has a maximum benefit considering as a cost-effectiveness of fuel consumption reduction about 4.9% per month. Keywords: GIS, transportation planning, lubricant oil, Khonkhan Province, Thailan