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Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Voliya Arakkal Sr.GIS Analyst GIS in Public Transportation Conference September 15, 2011. Linear Referencing System in WMATA GIS. Purpose. To explain Linear Referencing System Importance in transit GIS Building LRS with legacy data.

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Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

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  1. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Voliya Arakkal Sr.GIS Analyst GIS in Public Transportation Conference September 15, 2011 Linear Referencing System in WMATA GIS

  2. Purpose • To explain Linear Referencing System • Importance in transit GIS • Building LRS with legacy data

  3. What is Linear Referencing System? • Three ways to specify a location • X,Y Coordinates – Refer to grid or sphere • Address – Address reference system • Linear Reference System • Measure along a linear feature from a known point

  4. Importance of LRS • Great method to specify assets along transit line. • Translate Legacy data into useful database. Database for analysis and query Legacy data from different sources LRS

  5. Issues with WMATA Legacy data - From different sources - Discrepancy in legacy data • WMTA Legacy Data

  6. LRS in WMATA GIS • LRS is used in WMATA primarily to specify locations along rail lines • WMATA rail lines have no address. • Half the system in tunnels. • Most of the track lines built prior to GPS technology. • 100 feet chain marker along all rail lines for location reference.

  7. Build Linear Reference System • Create Route • Calibrate route • Post events

  8. Create Route • A linear feature will convert to route with direction and measurement. • Unique route identifier • Line Measure field • Length • Start value • Start and End Values

  9. Calibrate Route • Set of well known • calibration points. • 100 feet chain • marker points • Recalculate and • adjust route measure.

  10. Post Legacy data • Event table • - A table containing route events • - Point events • - Line events • Yields Feature class

  11. Feature class from events data • Track segment location • Asset location

  12. Validate location

  13. Complications Case - 1 • Discontinuous stationing • - Multiple contract section • during construction.

  14. Complications Case - 2 • Deliberate alignment of stationing between tracks • - Reduce the impact of • different curves • in outbound • and inbound • track

  15. Calibration Method 1 - Ratio • Equation Point • - Difference > 1 feet • - Difference < 50 feet • Equation caused • 1 - Track linear measure between 66+00 and 65+00 = 65 feet • 2 – 35.14 feet track buried in .14 feet Survey - 1 65+15.29 Survey point Survey - 2 65+50.15 Survey point

  16. Solution • Two additional calibration points for each equation values • - 6515 and 6550 New Calibration points are, 6515 - Measure 15 feet from 6500 towards 6600 2. 6550 - Measure 50 feet from 6600 towards 6500 15 feet 50 feet After calibration points between 6515 and 6550 will posted inside .14 feet line .14 feet

  17. Calibration Method 2- Approximation • Equation Point • - Difference < 1 feet • Solution • - Mean value • - New calibration point • 6389.925

  18. Calibration method 3 – Line Break • Equation difference > 50 feet • Solution • Split line at • equation point. Line 1 - End point – Calibration point 1 - Measure value - 48500 feet Line 2 -Begin point –Calibration point 2 - Measure value - 97950 feet

  19. Summary • Linear referencing System is the best • method for, • - Spatial legacy data • - Yields GIS benefits • -Analysis • -Query

  20. Questions and Discussion

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