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  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • Urban Planning
  • Transportation Engineering

Background:

  • Existing road datasets primarily use centrelines, lacking detailed carriageway information crucial for urban planning.
  • Current methods for generating detailed road networks often rely on difficult-to-obtain data sources like satellite imagery or LiDAR.
  • OpenStreetMap (OSM) offers extensive worldwide road network data but typically as centrelines.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a methodology for creating dual carriageways from OpenStreetMap centrelines and open-access areal data.
  • To assess the feasibility of generating detailed road carriageways using readily available geographic data.
  • To evaluate the practical utility of the generated carriageway data in a real-world application, such as delivery routing.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized OpenStreetMap centrelines as the primary road data source.
  • Integrated open-access areal (polygon) datasets to identify road boundaries and determine carriageway configurations.
  • Developed a methodology to infer dual carriageways based on the spatial relationship between centrelines and areal data.
  • Applied and tested the methodology across diverse urban environments in five international locations.
  • Evaluated the generated carriageway data's effectiveness within a delivery vehicle routing problem.

Main Results:

  • The proposed methodology successfully generated detailed carriageway representations from OSM centrelines and areal data.
  • The approach demonstrated effectiveness across varied built environments in different countries.
  • Analysis of a delivery routing problem indicated the validity and practical utility of the created carriageway data.
  • The method proved capable of enhancing road network detail for transportation applications.

Conclusions:

  • The developed methodology provides a scalable and effective solution for creating dual carriageways globally using OpenStreetMap and areal data.
  • This approach significantly improves the detail of road network datasets available for urban planning and logistics.
  • The findings support the broader application of this technique for enhancing geographic data quality and utility worldwide.