Investigation and Research on the Path to Home after School of Pupils and the Service Radius of School Districts Based on GPS
Sun Xia
Li Zao
Li Jin
Ye Maosheng
Abstract：Recently, many social problems have emerged in the school district and service radius of primary schools. Based on the distribution of schools in Heifei, the research uses the Thiessen Polygons method to generate new school districts and to follow the path to home after school of pupils with GPS. Then data is mapped into action diagram, with a comparison between trajectories and action circles. The study points that the service radius of primary schools, which mostly limit between 500 to 800 meters, overlapping in the central part of urban area while this indicator is over large in the periphery and new urban area. This research suggests the distribution for the future planning of primary schools.
Keywords：distribution of schoolsGPSthe path to home after schoolschool districtsservice radius
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 80-85 )