Feed-links for network extensions

Road network data is often incomplete, making it hard to perform network analysis. This paper discusses the problem of extending partial road networks with reasonable links, using the concept of dilation (also known as crow flight conversion coefficient). To this end, we study how to connect a point (relevant location) inside a polygon (face of the known part of the road network) to the boundary so that the dilation from that point to any point on the boundary is not too large. We provide algorithms and heuristics, and give a computational and experimental analysis. Categories and Subject Descriptors: H.4 [Information Systems Applications]: Geographic Information Systems General Terms: Algorithms, Experimentation.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: GIS
• Authors: Boris Aronov, Kevin Buchin, Maike Buchin, B. Jansen, T. de Jong, Marc J. van Kreveld, Maarten Löffler, Jin Luo, Rodrigo I. Silveira, Bettina Speckmann
• Keywords: Database, Flight Conversion Coefficient, GIS 2008, Partial Road Networks, Road Network Data