There has been a huge development in information technology
recently. In addition, GIS has been commonly used in different
fields such as tourism activities enabling people from different
countries and cultures to interact with each other.
A network is a set of linear features that are interconnected in
GIS. Common examples of networks include highways,
railways, city streets, rivers, transportation routes (e.g., transit,
school buses, garbage collection, and mail delivery), and utility
distribution systems (e.g., electricity, telephone, water supply,
and sewage). Collectively, these networks form the
infrastructure of modern society. They provide the means for
the movement of people and goods, the delivery of services, the
flow of resources and energy, as well as the communication of
information (Haggett and Chorley, 1969; Kansky, 1963).