Before being delivered to (or sent out of) an urban area, a product will very likely pass through a warehouse, a parcel carrier terminal, or an intermodal yard, in short, a network node where goods will be transferred from one vehicle to another and are often stored, processed, or repackaged.3 Thus, a vast band of logistics facilities surrounds cities, especially the largest ones.
For a case study of Orange County, Florida, we determined the positional error of geocoding of school locations through comparisons with a parcel database and digital orthophotography.
For a case-study of a large sample of school children in Orange County, Florida (n = 104,865) the positional error of street geocoding was determined through comparison with a parcel database.
Lights flashing, siren wailing, he was driven to the René Block Gallery in Manhattan, where he was wheeled like a parcel through the doors.
"I got a parcel through the post.
Anything weighing over 150 kilos can't be sent like a parcel through the postal service.
The boom in food bank use is not because people enjoy jumping through endless hoops to receive a parcel of food, but because they have no option.
As the opening chords of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" throb out, a parcel appears from the wings, Killian Donnelly takes a mic in one hand, the greasy paper bag in the other and starts to sing in sultry soul falsetto, stuffing chips into his gob between phrases.
Researchers say a parcel tax pushed through with strong business support in 2003 was the crucial factor in the district's sustained success.
If you have a parcel that does not fit through a letter box, then KNOCK!
