Table of Contents
This section will cover the preparation and assembly of the necessary files to create a Patchworks road network. As you may recall from the the section called “Route Accounts” the road network is an essential component that is required to implement a transportation model. The files need to prepare the road network data set include the existing and potential roads within your study area, the mill (or destination) locations and of course the block dataset representing the polygons that may be harvested.
There are other important sections in this user guide that explain other aspects of the transportation model. Refer to the following sections if you are looking for specific information on:
The details about the road network data files used by Patchworks to describe the network connectivity (see Road network datat model).
Creating route accounts and objectives for your model: refer to this section if you already have a transportation model ready to be loaded into Patchworks or if you have a transportation model in Patchworks but wish to adjust some of the accounts (see the section called “Route Accounts”.
Creating route reports in your model: refer to this section if you have already loaded your transportation model but wish to create specific reports to interpret the output and results from the transportation objectives (see the section called “Special Purpose Reports”).
Understanding the route network table: refer to this section if you have your transportation model loaded into Patchworks and are looking for an explanation of the information available in the route data tables (networks) (see the section called “The Network Table” and the section called “Route Tables”).