DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12602771.v1
title: Counterpart Paths: Example paths, comparison network, and SCPPOD Output

description: <b>InputData Directory</b><br><br>This network dataset is an example of a network to which paths from other networks (i.e. Networks A and B) can be compared.<br><br>Contains two directories:<br><br>a) NetworkC<br>b) NetworkPaths<br><br>'NetworkC' Directory<br><br>- This network is based upon a subset of the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) July 2016 road dataset listed in the references.<br>- NetworkC contains an ESRI .gdb (NetworkCdata.gdb) in which the arcs and nodes for Network C can be found as well as an ArcGIS ND Network Analyst configuration file.<br> - Featuredataset: NetworkCsub<br> - Network arcs: NetworkCsub<br> - Network file: NetworkCsub_ND<br> - Network junctions: NetworkCsub_ND_Junctions<br><br>'NetworkPaths' contains ESRI .gdbs representing:<br><br>a) A collection of routes between OD pairs in each network (InputPaths.gdb)<br><br> - The densified routes used in the application (densified at 10m): (Net_A_routelines; Net_B_routelines; Net_C_routelines)<br> - The original routes with original set of vertices (non densified): (Net_A_routes; Net_B_routes; Net_C_routes)<br><br><br>b) The origin and destination points for the paths (ODNodes.gdb)<br><br> - These were used to generate the shortest paths for each network, serving as the paths to be compared <br> - origins: originLocations<br> - destinations: destinationLocations<br><br>_________________________________________________________________<br>_________________________________________________________________<br><br><b>'OutputData' Directory</b><br><br>Contains the comparisons of paths to networks:<br><br>NetAToB: comparison of paths from network A to network B<br>NetAToC: comparison of paths from network A to network C<br>NetBToA: comparison of paths from network B to network A<br>NetBToC: comparison of paths from network B to network C<br>NetCToA: comparison of paths from network C to network A<br>NetCToB: comparison of paths from network C to network B<br><br>Inside each directory is a collection of ESRI .gdb which contains the individual paths used in the analysis as input<br><br>a) NetworkAPaths.gdb<br>b) NetworkBPaths.gdb<br>c) NetworkCPaths.gdb<br><br>Inside each directory is a collection of ESRI .gdb which contains the vertices of the individual paths used in the analysis as input<br><br>a) NetworkAPathPoints.gdb<br>b) NetworkBPathPoints.gdb<br>c) NetworkCPathPoints.gdb<br><br>Also included is a collection of ESRI .gdb that represent the original path nodes that could be assigned to the comparison network. <br>In this case, only nodes that were within 20m of the comparison network could be assigned. Each path node is attributed with the distance to its counterpart node in the comparison. <br><br><br>a) Nodes in Network A paths assigned to Network B (PathANodesAssignedtoNetB.gdb)<br><br>b) Nodes in Network A paths assigned to Network C (PathANodesAssignedtoNetC.gdb)<br><br>c) Nodes in Network B paths assigned to Network A (PathBNodesAssignedtoNetA.gdb)<br><br>d) Nodes in Network B paths assigned to Network C (PathBNodesAssignedtoNetC.gdb)<br><br>e) Nodes in Network C paths assigned to Network A (PathCNodesAssignedtoNetA.gdb)<br><br>f) Nodes in Network C paths assigned to Network B (PathCNodesAssignedtoNetB.gdb)<br><br>Inside each directory is a collection of ESRI .gdb which contain solutions to the SCPPOD with the following naming convention:<br><br><br>a) comparing paths in Network A to Network B SCCPODarcsPathAtoNetB.gdb for arc elements and SCCPODnodesPathAtoNetB.gdb for node elements)<br> - The naming convention for the node solutions for path id X is ('SN_routeX_X')<br> - The naming convention for the arc solutions for path id X is ('routX_Rt' for single polyline counterpart path; and <br> 'routeX_Rtsplit' for a polyline representation of the counterpart path based upon the SCPPOD node output).<br><br>b) comparing paths in Network A to Network C SCCPODarcsPathAtoNetC.gdb for arc elements and SCCPODnodesPathAtoNetC.gdb for node elements)<br><br>c) comparing paths in Network B to Network A SCCPODarcsPathBtoNetA.gdb for arc elements and SCCPODnodesPathBtoNetA.gdb for node elements)<br><br>d) comparing paths in Network B to Network C SCCPODarcsPathBtoNetC.gdb for arc elements and SCCPODnodesPathBtoNetC.gdb for node elements)<br><br>e) comparing paths in Network C to Network A SCCPODarcsPathCtoNetA.gdb for arc elements and SCCPODnodesPathCtoNetA.gdb for node elements)<br><br>f) comparing paths in Network C to Network B SCCPODarcsPathCtoNetB.gdb for arc elements and SCCPODnodesPathCtoNetB.gdb for node elements)<br><br><br><br><br><br>The counterpart paths that were identified were then linked to the full network C to summarize the frequency with with arcs were associated with paths<br> - Can be found in: <br> 1. PathARepresentationinNetC.gdb<br> 2. PathARepresentationinNetC.gdb<br><br> <br> - important attributes:<br> a) vcntarc: number of paths utilizing arc<br> b) ptCnt: number of path vertices associated with each arc<br> c) AvgDist: average distance of path vertices from network arcs<br> d) MinDist: minimum distance of path vertices from network arcs<br> e) MaxDist: minimum distance of path vertices from network arcs<br><br>