3d interchange and walk planner
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Richard Shaw, Atkins at the Traveline Conference 2012TRANSCRIPT
3D Interchange and Walk Planner
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The Problems
Why do we need a new walk planner ?● They plan on road centrelines with the additional of footpaths through
parks
● They don’t plan on the pavement
● They don’t consider safe places to cross the road
● They don’t plan inside buildings
● They don’t show height separation very well or at all
* Pure conjecture, not based on any good research.
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The Solution
Create a walk planner that:● Uses a network of pavements that:– Contains road crossings
– Contains height/level information
– Contains indoor paths
● Present the results in 3D
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How it works
The proof of concept does the following:● Read a square km of OpenStreetMap data
● Creates a road and path network from it
● Create 3D buildings from it
● Renders everything in 3D in a web browser using WebGL*
● Shows public transport stops
● Calculates routes– Between any two points or public transport stops
– Indoor or outdoor
– Can avoid stairs
● Animates the route i.e. Simulates walking along it
* WebGL: Hardware accelerated 3D graphics for web browsers.
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Newcastle Monument Underground
OpenStreetMap
3D Interchange Planner
Show DemoScreenshots don’t do it justice !
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What next?
Now:● Generate some interest
● Find some funding
Next:● Improve the 3D presentation
● Scale up for multiple users
Possibly in future:● Migrate to mobile phone
● Live tracking so it can be used like a 3D SatNav
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Samples
Detour to crossing
Petronas Towers
Inside Munich University
IMAX & Waterloo
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