Development of Cross-border Trade and Transport Geo-spatial Database for the Lower Mekong Riparian Countries

Abstract

The Trade and Transport Information Database for the Lower Mekong Riparian Countries is a goe-spatial database of which main components are 1) general information of border cities in the lower Mekong riparian countries 2) cross-border trade information including border checkpoints and boundary 3) cross-border trade and transportation statistics 4) the transport network linking the riparian countries. The Google Earth program is applied for the display of the database on the couputer screen. The result database can be visualized in both graphic and descriptive form. Hence it is quite an effcient tool for planning and analysis of trade and transportation. Moreover, the database will serve as basis for further development to more extensively cover the cross-border trade and transport between Thailand and all her nieghboring countries.