Dr Adrian Eliison and Dr Richard Ellison

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Combining spatial data:
benefits and applications
Modelling Workshop, AITPM 2016
Sydney, Australia
Dr Adrian B. Ellison
Dr Richard B. Ellison

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Background
› Increasingly large sources of transport and land use data
› Biggest benefit comes from combining several sources
› For modelling, reduces reliance on assumptions

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Background
› Existing statistical methods are not well suited
› Behavioural data (from GPS, smartcards, etc.) can be ‘noisy’
› Need to isolate the impact of individuals’ behaviour from external factors

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Multilevel factors

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Temporal and Spatial Identifiers (TSI)

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From driver behaviour to public transport user
behaviour

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From driver behaviour to public transport user
behaviour

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Application in transport models – MetroScan-TI

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Application in transport models – MetroScan-TI
Predictive
Models
Stated
Preference
Surveys
Revealed
Preference
Surveys
Traffic/pedestrian
counts
Smartphone
and GPS traces
PT Operations,
smartcard data
Census, land-use
and GPS data

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Application in transport models – MetroScan-TI

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Application in transport models – MetroScan-TI

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Software
› Solution uses free and open source software
R Project (statistical software) Quantum GIS
PostgreSQL with PostGIS
(database)
OSRM (routing)

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Software
› Open standards to make combining datasets easier and more robust
› Benefits from the largest combination of functionality
› Packaged deployment possible with distributed and high performance
computing

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Combining spatial data:
benefits and applications
Modelling Workshop, AITPM 2016
Sydney, Australia
Dr Adrian B. Ellison
Adrian.Ellison@Sydney.edu.au
Dr Richard B. Ellison
Richard.Ellison@Sydney.edu.au