DEVELOPMENT OF GIS-BASED CONFLATION TOOLS FOR DATA INTEGRATION AND MATCHING. FINAL REPORT: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Conflation is the process of integrating, matching and merging disparate data sets and networks. There is a need for a comprehensive set of conflation tools since manual conflation is time consuming and labor intensive. These conflation tools should be Geographic Information System (GIS)-based and operate on standard database formats so that they are applicable across a wide variety of contexts and applications. This report describes the development of such conflation tools for allowing Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) databases to join with a basemap created and maintained by the Transportation Statistics office. These databases all use the same format for identifying portions of the roadway on the state roadway system. The first application of the conflation tools developed in this project resulted in the development of a relationship between the statewide basemap model and the Florida Standard Urban Transportation Model Structure (FSUTMS) models. By having this relationship in place, FDOT is able to transfer attributes from one model to another. This will allow attributes stored in the FDOT databases to be transferred to the FSUTMS model. The reverse will also be true, allowing FSUTMS model data to be transferred to a format that can be used with other FDOT databases. A CD-ROM is included with sample data for conflation.

• Record URL:
  https://fdotwww.blob.core.windows.net/sitefinity/docs/default-source/research/reports/fdot-bc353-21-rpt.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  University of South Florida, Tampa

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 4202 East Fowler Avenue
  Tampa, FL  United States  33620

  Florida Department of Transportation

  Structures Research Center, 605 Suwannee Street
  Tallahassee, FL  United States  32399
• Authors:
  • Pendyala, R M
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 28 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Databases; Formatting; Geographic information systems; Identification systems; Information processing; Networks; Roads; State highways; Urban transportation
• Identifier Terms: Florida Department of Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Conflation; Modeling
• Geographic Terms: Florida
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00939638
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Report,, RPWO No. 21
• Contract Numbers: BC353
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 23 2003 12:00AM