State-of-the-Art simplification of street network geometry with Python
The curated & tested code base for the project & publication, including:
- The novel algorithm(s) developed and demonstrated; and
- Utility and plotting functionality to support the publication and algorithm(s)
Parameterized notebooks.
/preprocessing/
: workflows used to preprocess raw data (clipping and removing degree 2 nodes)/methods/
: exploration of different simplification methods, including the new method proposed here,sgeop
/evaluation/
: comparative evaluation of each simplification method/usecases/
: collection of use cases/typology/
: exploration of different types of face artifacts, foundational to thesgeop
algorithm/archive/
: archived notebooks
Curated data in parquet
format for 6 example urban areas
FUA | City |
---|---|
1133 | Aleppo, Syria, Middle East / Asia |
869 | Auckland, New Zealand, Oceania / Asia |
809 | Douala, Cameroon, Africa |
1656 | Liège, Belgium, Europe |
4617 | Bucaramanga, Colombia, S. America |
4881 | Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, N. America |
8989 | Wuhan, China, Far East / Asia |
Each FUA directory contains (or will contain) the following items housing bespoke data:
manual/
no_degree_2/
original/
parenx/
polygons/
Observations & hightlights from each package.
osmnx.md
cityseer.md
Demonstration plots generated through simplification_protocol.ipynb
.
This directory only exists once that notebook has been run locally.
Additional resources and previous related research.
Demonstration visualizations on specific types of urban form.
- 809 (Douala)
cityseer
(fromnotebooks/cityseer_overview_gaboardi.ipynb
)- examples as
douala_{1-5}.png
- examples as
- 869 (Auckland)
averagedegree
(fromnotebooks/evaluate_h3cells.ipynb
)totallength
(fromnotebooks/evaluate_h3cells.ipynb
)
- 1656 (Liège)
cityseer
parallel_edges_1_midline_False.mp4
parallel_edges_1_midline_True.mp4
parallel_edges_2_midline_False.mp4
parallel_edges_2_midline_True.mp4
parallel_edges_3_midline_False.mp4
parallel_edges_3_midline_True.mp4
osmnx
highway.mp4
intersection.mp4
parkinglot.mp4
roandabout.mp4
points.json
- use case locations
Install and activate the conda
(or mamba) environment, which creates an environment name simplification
:
conda env create -f environment.yml
conda activate simplification