TransCAD

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TransCAD
Developed by	Caliper Corporation
Latest release	5.0 / January 2, 2008
OS	Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista
Genre	Mapping Software, GIS, Transportation

TransCAD is the name of a geographic information system software product produced by Caliper Corporation for transportation and Public transport applications. In addition to the standard point, line, area, and image layers in a GIS map, TransCAD supports route system layers and has tools for creating, manipulating and displaying routes. TransCAD uses a network data structure to support routing and network optimization models. TransCAD includes trip generation, distribution, mode choice, and traffic assignment models that support transportation planning and travel demand forecasting. TransCAD has a set of dynamic segmentation and linear referencing tools for managing highway, rail, pipeline, and other networks.^[1]

1 Product history
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Product history

TransCAD was first released as a MS-DOS-based transportation GIS package in 1985. TransCAD 3.0, the first Microsoft Windows version, was released on May 28, 1996. TransCAD 5.0, the current version, was released on January 2, 2008.