Essays about: "itinerary"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the word itinerary.

  1. 1. The accuracy of road distances in the Antonine itinerary

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Author : Tomas Öberg; [2023]
    Keywords : History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : The Antonine itinerary was compiled in the early fourth century CE and is a key source to our know¬¬ledge about ancient geography and the Roman road system. However, the major research work dates more than 100 years back in time and few studies have been focussed on its overall reliability. READ MORE

  3. 2. From Text to Space and Vice Versa : The Travel Accounts of Sir William Gell and Edward Dodwell in Phocis and Boeotia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Zafeirios Avgeris; [2021]
    Keywords : Digital Humanities; Spatial Humanities; Grand Tour; British Travel Literature; Sir William Gell; Edward Dodwell.;

    Abstract : This thesis examines and compares two travel accounts in the regions of Phocis and Boeotia in Greece, as they appear in the book of Sir William Gell “The Itinerary of Greece: With a Commentary on Pausanias and Strabo and an Account of the Monuments of Antiquity at Present Existing in that Country (1819) and on the two volumed book of Edward Dodwell A Classical and Topographical Tour Through Greece: During the Years 1801, 1805, and 1806, Volume 1 & 11 (1819). More specifically, the thesis explores the extent of the area that these travelers managed to cover during their routes, the places with historical and archaeological interest that they mentioned at least, their moves among the various chronotopes, and the use of their predecessors’ texts for on their routes. READ MORE

  4. 3. Digitalization of the environmental matrix

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar produktionsutveckling (ML)

    Author : Daniel Ghazarian; Sofia Sjöberg; [2019]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : There are a lot of different discharge regulations that ships have to follow but there is no general way to collect this information for the cruise ship companies. One company, Holland American Group, have created a matrix where they have stored all information regarding dispatch regulations, which they collect manually. READ MORE

  5. 4. Gender, Mobilities and Public Transport: Exploring the daily mobilities of women in Rosengård since the arrival of the train

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Kate Flowerday; [2019]
    Keywords : Public Transport; Gender; Feminist Geography; Accessibility; Social Sustainability; Critical GIS; Time-Space Geography; Mobility Justice;

    Abstract : This thesis is an exploration of gendered daily mobilities amongst local women in Rosengård since the inauguration of the new train station and railway service into the district. Implementing a feminist, qualitative and explorative approach to mobilities, the research poses three principal questions: how women are using public transport in their daily mobilities; what restrictions they are facing in these mobilities; and finally, the extent to which the new Rosengård train station is working towards social cohesion in Malmö. READ MORE

  6. 5. Optimization of selecting codeshare flights in aviation

    University essay from KTH/Optimeringslära och systemteori

    Author : Nishita Vegi; [2017]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Airlines are constantly on a look out for partnerships that could facilitate an increase in revenue without having to invest as much. Codesharing is one such solution, where a marketing carrier sells the tickets on another carrier’s flight as its own with its flight number. READ MORE