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NAME

       v.net.timetable  - Finds shortest path using timetables.

KEYWORDS

       vector, network, shortest path

SYNOPSIS

       v.net.timetable
       v.net.timetable --help
       v.net.timetable     input=name      [layer=string]      output=name     [arc_layer=string]
       [node_layer=string]            [arc_column=string]            [arc_backward_column=string]
       [node_column=string]     [walk_layer=string]   route_id=name  stop_time=name  to_stop=name
       walk_length=name  [--overwrite]  [--help]  [--verbose]  [--quiet]  [--ui]

   Flags:
       --overwrite
           Allow output files to overwrite existing files

       --help
           Print usage summary

       --verbose
           Verbose module output

       --quiet
           Quiet module output

       --ui
           Force launching GUI dialog

   Parameters:
       input=name [required]
           Name of input vector map
           Or data source for direct OGR access

       layer=string
           Layer number or name
           Vector features can have category values in different layers. This  number  determines
           which layer to use. When used with direct OGR access this is the layer name.
           Default: 1

       output=name [required]
           Name for output vector map

       arc_layer=string
           Arc layer
           Vector  features  can have category values in different layers. This number determines
           which layer to use. When used with direct OGR access this is the layer name.
           Default: 1

       node_layer=string
           Node layer
           Vector features can have category values in different layers. This  number  determines
           which layer to use. When used with direct OGR access this is the layer name.
           Default: 2

       arc_column=string
           Arc forward/both direction(s) cost column (number)

       arc_backward_column=string
           Arc backward direction cost column (number)

       node_column=string
           Node cost column (number)

       walk_layer=string
           Layer number or name with walking connections or -1
           A  single  vector  map  can  be  connected  to  multiple  database tables. This number
           determines which table to use. When used with direct OGR  access  this  is  the  layer
           name.
           Default: -1

       route_id=name [required]
           Name of column with route ids
           Default: route_id

       stop_time=name [required]
           Name of column with stop timestamps
           Default: stop_time

       to_stop=name [required]
           Name of column with stop ids
           Default: to_stop

       walk_length=name [required]
           Name of column with walk lengths
           Default: length

DESCRIPTION

       v.net.timetable   finds   the   shortest   path   between  two  points  using  timetables.
       v.net.timetable reads input, one query per line, from the standard input and writes output
       to  the  standard output as well as to the output map and to tables linked to layers 1 and
       2.  Each line of input must follow one of the following formats:
       PATH_ID FROM_X FROM_Y TO_X TO_Y START_TIME MIN_CHANGE MAX_CHANGES WALK_CHANGE
       PATH_ID FROM_STOP TO_STOP START_TIME MIN_CHANGE MAX_CHANGES WALK_CHANGE
       where PATH_ID is the identificator  of  a  query  that  is  used  in  the  output  map  to
       differentiate  between  queries. Search begins at START_TIME. MIN_CHANGE gives the minimum
       number of time (inclusively) for a change from one route to another.  MAX_CHANGES  denotes
       the  maximum number of changes allowed or -1 if infinity.  WALK_CHANGE is 1 or 0 depending
       whether walking from a stop to another stop is considered a change or  not.  Finally,  the
       path  is  found  from  FROM_STOP  to  TO_STOP  in latter case and from the stop closest to
       (FROM_X, FROM_Y) coordinates to the stop closest to (TO_X,  TO_Y)  coordinates  in  former
       case.
       For  each  input  query, module outputs a description of the shortest path to the standard
       output. For example, using the tables given below, for the following input:
       47 130 300 0 1 5 0
       the following output is produced:
       Route 15, from 130 leaving at 15 arriving to 250 at 22
       Walk from 250 leaving at 22 arriving to 300 at 24
       Moreover, the module writes the path to the output map  and  stores  all  the  information
       necessary  to  reconstruct  the path to the tables. Table corresponding to stops/points is
       linked to layer 1 and looks, after the query, as follows:
       cat|path_id|stop_id|index|arr_time|dep_time
       1|47|130|1|0|15
       2|47|250|2|22|22
       3|47|300|3|24|24
       where CAT is the category of a point in  the  map,  PATH_ID  is  the  path  identificator,
       STOP_ID  is  the identificator of the stop as used in the input map, INDEX is the index of
       the stop on the path (i.e, index=1 is the  first  stop  visited,  ...)  and  ARR_TIME  and
       DEP_TIME  denote  the  arrival  time and departure time respectively. Arrival time for the
       first stop on the path is always equal to START_TIME and departure time for the last  stop
       is always equal to the arrival time.
       The  table  linked  to  the second layer corresponds to subroutes taken between stops. The
       following table is obtainedd for the above query:
       cat|path_id|from_id|to_id|route_id|index|from_time|to_time
       1|47|130|250|15|1|15|22
       2|47|250|300|-1|2|22|24
       where CAT is the category of lines of subroute between stops FROM_ID to TO_ID, ROUTE_ID is
       the  identificator of the route taken or -1 if walking, INDEX and PATH_ID are as above and
       FROM_TIME and TO_TIME denote the times between which the route is taken.
       The output map contains the points on the positions of used stops. If a subroute is  taken
       between  two stops then a line segment is added between two corresponding points. Finally,
       instead of straight line segment, the actual paths of routes can be given in paths  layer.
       If  this  parameter is used then each line in the input map must contain identificators as
       category numbers of all routes passing through the line. The module then  finds  the  path
       between  two  stops  and  writes  this  path  instead. In case of walking from one stop to
       another, straight line between the stops is used.

NOTES

       Timetables are stored in a table linked to the given layer of  the  input  map.  Timetable
       consists  of  routes  and  each  route  is just a sequence of stops with specified arrival
       times. If two sequences of stops differ only in times then they still  correspond  to  two
       routes.  For  example,  if  there  is  a  bus line that leaves every 20 minutes and follow
       exactly the same path every time then there still needs to be a separate route  for  every
       time.  For  each  stop  (given  by  the  category  number  of the point) the table storing
       information about the routes  must  contain  the  list  of  all  routes  stopping  at  the
       stop(given  by  route identificators) together with arrival times. That is, the table must
       contain three columns: stop - which is the key of the table, route_id and stop_time  where
       each  triple  corresponds to a route arriving to a stop and a certain time. For example, a
       valid table might look as follows:
       cat|route_id|stop_time
       100|5|0
       130|5|10
       150|5|20
       250|5|30
       300|5|40
       260|15|5
       130|15|15
       250|15|22
       150|35|17
       250|35|27
       300|35|37
       100|35|50
       Note that stop_time is an integer and so you can use  any  units  and  offest  to  specify
       arrival times.
       Also, walking connections between stops can be given by a table linked to walking layer of
       the input map. If this parameter is -1 then walking between  stops  is  not  allowed.  The
       table  must  contain  three  columns:  stop  -  which is the key of the table, to_stop and
       length. A record in the table says that it takes length
        units of time to walk from stop to to_stop. The following is a valid table:
       cat|length|to_stop
       250|2|300
       Beware that this only means that it is possible to walk from stop 250 to stop 300 but  not
       the other way round.

EXAMPLES

       To  find  a  path  from stop with identificator 130 to stop with category 300, starting at
       time 0, with one time unit  for  change,  maximum  of  5  changes  and  with  walking  not
       considered a change of route, we use the following command:
       echo "47 130 300 0 1 5 0" | v.net.timetable \
            input=buses output=path layer=5 walking=6 path=7
       If,  on  the  other hand, we know the coordinates of the places then the following command
       might be used:
       echo "47 10.31 54.31 90.21 28.21 0 1 5 0" | v.net.timetable \
            input=buses output=path layer=5 walking=6 path=7

SEE ALSO

        v.net, v.net.path, v.net.distance

AUTHORS

       Daniel Bundala, Google Summer of Code 2009, Student
       Wolf Bergenheim, Mentor

SOURCE CODE

       Available at: v.net.timetable source code (history)

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