RAILROAD NETWORK IN TURKEY
 

    AN APPLICATION OF GIS BUFFERS AND CONTOURS

DEVELOPMENT OF THE RAILROAD NETWORK

RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT IN EUROPE

Europe 1928: 10 mile railroad buffers, copyright Mark Jefferson, 1928                Europe 1993: 10 mile railroad buffers
 
 

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION AND RAILROAD NETWORK IN TURKEY

        Province Centers (80)

        County Seats  (405)

        Larger Towns (379)

        Smaller Towns (1259)

Total: 2,123

Distribution of population based on province center (contours based on 100,000 persons)

 

10-mile railroad buffers with relation to population peaks based on province centers
 
 

Topography and province centers proposed to be connected to the existing rail network
 

 

Draft of the paper