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  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Network Analysis

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  • Optimal route search in graphs is crucial for real-world applications.
  • NetworkX and OSMnx are popular Python packages for network analysis.
  • Creating networks from ESRI Shapefiles is complex due to data format requirements.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a flexible method for creating NetworkX or OSMnx graphical networks from ESRI Shapefiles.
  • To provide a detailed process for transforming Shapefile data into a format compatible with graph analysis libraries.
  • To suggest a data cleaning strategy for reducing resource consumption in graph creation.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing road network topology data stored in ESRI Shapefiles.
  • Developing a step-by-step transformation process for data compatibility.
  • Implementing a data cleaning strategy to optimize graph structure and resource usage.

Main Results:

  • A simplified and flexible method for generating graphical network representations.
  • Successful transformation of ESRI Shapefile data for NetworkX and OSMnx.
  • Demonstrated reduction in resource consumption through data cleaning without structural distortion.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed method enables researchers to efficiently generate graphical networks from real-world data.
  • This facilitates the validation of theories through the evaluation of network efficiencies.
  • Potential benefits extend to Advanced Transportation Systems, Graph Neural Networks, and Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithms.