GPS–GIS-Based Procedure for Tracking Vehicle Path on Horizontal Alignments

This paper presents a global positioning system–geographic information system (GPS–GIS)-based procedure to track a vehicle path as it negotiates a segment of highway. Using differential GPS surveying, field data were collected at a 0.1-second interval, under different speed conditions on a section of a two-lane rural highway in Ontario. The raw GPS data were post-processed to filter out the possible errors and then imported into a GIS environment for analysis and interpretation of the results. An extension for ArcView was written to determine the geometric features of the highway horizontal alignment, including the tangents, spirals, and circular curves. Values were obtained for the radius and length of nine circular curves, length of spirals, and the lateral position of the vehicle path along the straight and curved segments. These values were compared with the same features of the actual highway alignment. The results showed that the developed procedure and ArcView extension could produce the horizontal alignment of a road quickly, accurately and inexpensively. The procedure can be used in an investigation of driver behavior to track the actual vehicle path under normal driving conditions and compare it with the horizontal alignment of a road.

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• Authors:
  • Imran, M
  • Hassan, Y
  • Patterson, D
• Publication Date: 2006-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 383-394
• Serial:
  • Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1093-9687
  • Serial URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/computer-aided-civil-and-infrastructure-engineering
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alignment; Automatic data collection systems; Behavior; Geographic information systems; Geometric configurations and shapes; Global Positioning System; Information processing; Rural highways; Speed; Two lane highways
• Identifier Terms: ArcView (Computer program)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Vehicle path; Vehicle tracking
• Geographic Terms: Ontario (Province)
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01029645
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 25 2006 7:13AM