英语翻译ElectronicBusinessProject:PlanningTransportationLogisticsTheMapQuest(www.mapquest.com)andRandMcNally(www.randmcnally.com)WebsitesillustrateemergingcapabilitiesofgeographicsoftwareontheWorldWideWeb.Theyincludeinter

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Electronic Business Project:Planning Transportation Logistics
The MapQuest (www.mapquest.com) and Rand McNally (www.randmcnally.com) Web sites illustrate emerging capabilities of geographic software on the World Wide Web.They include interactive capabilities for planning a trip,as well as a service offering maps of 100 cities around the world,down to the street level.The software on the sites can calculate the distance between two points and provide itemized driving direction.You can also click to any location on maps of your starting and ending locations to see detailed street maps and places of interest.
You have just started working as a dispatcher for Cross-Country Transport,a new trucking and delivery service based in Cleveland,Ohio.Your first assignment is to plan a delivery of office equipment and furniture from Omaha,Nebraska (at the corner of N.17th and Howard Streets),to Easton,Pennsylvania (corner of Ferry and S.12th Streets).To guide your trucker,you need to know the distance between the two cities and the most efficient route between them.The distance is too long to drive in one day,given the driver will only drive for 10 hours a day.Therefore,you also need to plan one or more stopovers.Use both sites to plan this trip,and select the site you would use in the future,considering ease of use,cost (if any),clarity of the maps,and the driving instructions.
Which service did you decide to use,and why?What changes would you suggest to the developers of that site?Consider all aspects of the site,including ease of viewing the route,help planning stopovers,time of route segments,and so forth.

Answer 1

Web sites 站点
Electronic Business电子商务
Cleveland,Ohio.美国俄亥俄州的克里夫兰
Omaha,Nebraska美国内布拉斯加州欧玛哈市
Easton,Pennsylvania美国宾夕法尼亚州的伊斯顿市
stopovers转继站,中转站
Cross-Country跨国的
Emerging Capabilities 新的容量
运输物流Transportation Logistics
dispatcher调度员,发报机
电子商务工程：编制运输物流
MapQuest (www.mapquest.com) 和Rand McNally (www.randmcnally.com) 两个网站图解了万维网（World Wide Web：WWW）上地理软件的新功能.它们包括编制一个行程的交互式容量并提供全世界100个城市的地图服务,（清晰度）可达到街道的水平.站点上的软件能够计算出两点之间的距离并提供详细的驾驶方向.你可以点击地图上任意一个起点和终点去查看详细的街道地图和感兴趣的地方.
现在,你作为一名跨国运输（俄亥俄州克里夫兰市新的货运服务）调度员开始工作.你的第一项任务是计划把一些办公设备和家具从内布拉斯加州欧玛哈市（霍华德大街17号的街道拐角处）运送到宾夕法尼亚州的伊斯顿市(Ferry和S12号大街的街道拐角处).要指导你的卡车司机,你要知道两个城市之间的距离以及它们之间最高效的运输路线.假设司机每天仅驾车10小时,距离太远就不能一天之内运到,那么你也需要设计一个以上的中转站.用两个点滴来计划本次旅程,选择你未来使用的站点,考虑休息、成本 (如果存在的话),弄清地图和驾驶指导.
你会决定使用哪个服务?为什么?你会向那个地点的开发商提出哪些改善措施?考虑那个地点的方方面面包括视察路线时的休息、帮助计划中转站、路线划分的时间等等.