A GIS-Based Modeling Approach for Determining the Efficiency of the Traffic System between Ancient Military Castles
Ancient Chinese military castles were equipped with rapid transportation routes for mutual aid, and this was an essential indicator of regional defense capability. However, since the sites of these transportation routes have mostly disappeared, it is not easy to examine the actual distribution of th...
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| description | Ancient Chinese military castles were equipped with rapid transportation routes for mutual aid, and this was an essential indicator of regional defense capability. However, since the sites of these transportation routes have mostly disappeared, it is not easy to examine the actual distribution of these routes. It is necessary to speculate the trend and position of military routes on the basis of the castle locations. In this study, the geographic features of each castle location were extracted as factors affecting the efficiency of the intercastle transportation system using the ArcGIS cost path function. By analyzing the fit of each factor for screening and weight assignment, a time cost path was established, and a model was generated for calculating the efficiency of this transportation system. The Weihai area, a typical representation of sea defense during the Chinese Ming Dynasty, was taken as an example for simulation. Overall, five ancient military transportation routes were restored. The establishment of the Ming Dynasty Wendengying transformed the linear defense layout of the Weihai region into a longitudinal network layout, and its site selection was of great benefit to the overall defense of the coastal citadel of Weihai. This model breaks the traditional limitations of relying on subjective speculation for ancient road restoration and dramatically improves its accuracy and credibility. Moreover, it makes a significant contribution to judging the road systems of ancient cities in different regions and provides a new idea to quantify the efficiency of ancient castle defenses. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0e55863a308c4980b54aa6a5eb81fbaf2025-02-03T05:45:21ZengWileyDiscrete Dynamics in Nature and Society1026-02261607-887X2021-01-01202110.1155/2021/63299356329935A GIS-Based Modeling Approach for Determining the Efficiency of the Traffic System between Ancient Military CastlesLifeng Tan0Huanjie Liu1Jiayin Zhou2Yukun Zhang3Jiayi Liu4Shenge Shen5Tong Li6Chaonan Wang7Wanjing Lin8School of Architecture, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, ChinaSchool of Architecture, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, ChinaSchool of Architecture, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, ChinaSchool of Architecture, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, ChinaSchool of Architecture, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, ChinaSchool of Architecture, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, ChinaSchool of Architecture, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, ChinaSchool of Architecture, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, ChinaSchool of Architecture, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, ChinaAncient Chinese military castles were equipped with rapid transportation routes for mutual aid, and this was an essential indicator of regional defense capability. However, since the sites of these transportation routes have mostly disappeared, it is not easy to examine the actual distribution of these routes. It is necessary to speculate the trend and position of military routes on the basis of the castle locations. In this study, the geographic features of each castle location were extracted as factors affecting the efficiency of the intercastle transportation system using the ArcGIS cost path function. By analyzing the fit of each factor for screening and weight assignment, a time cost path was established, and a model was generated for calculating the efficiency of this transportation system. The Weihai area, a typical representation of sea defense during the Chinese Ming Dynasty, was taken as an example for simulation. Overall, five ancient military transportation routes were restored. The establishment of the Ming Dynasty Wendengying transformed the linear defense layout of the Weihai region into a longitudinal network layout, and its site selection was of great benefit to the overall defense of the coastal citadel of Weihai. This model breaks the traditional limitations of relying on subjective speculation for ancient road restoration and dramatically improves its accuracy and credibility. Moreover, it makes a significant contribution to judging the road systems of ancient cities in different regions and provides a new idea to quantify the efficiency of ancient castle defenses.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6329935 |
| spellingShingle | Lifeng Tan Huanjie Liu Jiayin Zhou Yukun Zhang Jiayi Liu Shenge Shen Tong Li Chaonan Wang Wanjing Lin A GIS-Based Modeling Approach for Determining the Efficiency of the Traffic System between Ancient Military Castles Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society |
| title | A GIS-Based Modeling Approach for Determining the Efficiency of the Traffic System between Ancient Military Castles |
| title_full | A GIS-Based Modeling Approach for Determining the Efficiency of the Traffic System between Ancient Military Castles |
| title_fullStr | A GIS-Based Modeling Approach for Determining the Efficiency of the Traffic System between Ancient Military Castles |
| title_full_unstemmed | A GIS-Based Modeling Approach for Determining the Efficiency of the Traffic System between Ancient Military Castles |
| title_short | A GIS-Based Modeling Approach for Determining the Efficiency of the Traffic System between Ancient Military Castles |
| title_sort | gis based modeling approach for determining the efficiency of the traffic system between ancient military castles |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6329935 |
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