Table of Contents
This section will cover the preparation and assembly of the necessary files to create a Patchworks road network for your model. The files include the existing and potential roads within your study area, the mill (or destination) locations and the required road data files to link with your block dataset.
There are other important sections in this book that explain other aspects of the transportation model. Refer to the following sections if you are looking for specific information on:
Explanation and detailed description of the resulting route data model files used by Patchworks to describe the network in the model (see Road model data files).
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 “Geo-relational attribute tables”.