A topological algorithm for determining how road networks evolve over time

Michael T. Goodrich; Siddharth Gupta; Manuel R. Torres

doi:10.1145/2996913.299697

A topological algorithm for determining how road networks evolve over time

Michael T. Goodrich
, Siddharth Gupta
, Manuel R. Torres

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

We provide an effcient algorithm for determining how a road network has evolved over time, given two snapshot instances from different dates. To allow for such determinations across different databases and even against hand-drawn maps, we take a strictly topological approach in this paper, so that we compare road networks based strictly on graph-theoretic properties. Given two road networks of same region from two different dates, our approach allows one to match road network portions that remain intact and also point out added or removed portions. We analyze our algorithm both theoretically, showing that it runs in polynomial time for nondegenerate road networks even though a related problem is NP-complete, and experimentally, using dated road networks from the TIGER/Line archive of the U.S. Census Bureau.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	24th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2016
Editors	Matthias Renz, Mohamed Ali, Shawn Newsam, Matthias Renz, Siva Ravada, Goce Trajcevski
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450345897
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2996913.299697
State	Published - 31 Oct 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	24th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2016 - Burlingame, United States Duration: 31 Oct 2016 → 3 Nov 2016

Publication series

Name	GIS: Proceedings of the ACM International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems

Conference

Conference	24th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Burlingame
Period	31/10/16 → 3/11/16

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

Conformal matching
Isomorphism
Map evolution

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Earth-Surface Processes
Computer Science Applications
Modeling and Simulation
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Information Systems

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Goodrich, M. T., Gupta, S., & Torres, M. R. (2016). A topological algorithm for determining how road networks evolve over time. In M. Renz, M. Ali, S. Newsam, M. Renz, S. Ravada, & G. Trajcevski (Eds.), 24th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2016 Article 31 (GIS: Proceedings of the ACM International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2996913.299697

Goodrich, Michael T. ; Gupta, Siddharth ; Torres, Manuel R. / A topological algorithm for determining how road networks evolve over time. 24th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2016. editor / Matthias Renz ; Mohamed Ali ; Shawn Newsam ; Matthias Renz ; Siva Ravada ; Goce Trajcevski. Association for Computing Machinery, 2016. (GIS: Proceedings of the ACM International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems).

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Goodrich, MT, Gupta, S & Torres, MR 2016, A topological algorithm for determining how road networks evolve over time. in M Renz, M Ali, S Newsam, M Renz, S Ravada & G Trajcevski (eds), 24th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2016., 31, GIS: Proceedings of the ACM International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, Association for Computing Machinery, 24th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2016, Burlingame, United States, 31/10/16. https://doi.org/10.1145/2996913.299697

A topological algorithm for determining how road networks evolve over time. / Goodrich, Michael T.; Gupta, Siddharth; Torres, Manuel R.
24th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2016. ed. / Matthias Renz; Mohamed Ali; Shawn Newsam; Matthias Renz; Siva Ravada; Goce Trajcevski. Association for Computing Machinery, 2016. 31 (GIS: Proceedings of the ACM International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems).

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Goodrich MT, Gupta S, Torres MR. A topological algorithm for determining how road networks evolve over time. In Renz M, Ali M, Newsam S, Renz M, Ravada S, Trajcevski G, editors, 24th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2016. Association for Computing Machinery. 2016. 31. (GIS: Proceedings of the ACM International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems). doi: 10.1145/2996913.299697

A topological algorithm for determining how road networks evolve over time

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