METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OBTAINING A MULTI-MODAL ROUTE

摘要

A method of performing routing in relation to a multi-modal transportation network involves representing a multi-modal transportation network using a plurality of segments, each being indicative of a navigable segment of the network, and each segment having data representative of a traversal time for the segment associated therewith. The plurality of segments of the multi-modal transportation network includes a first subset of segments indicative of a public transport network, and a second subset of segments indicative of a road network which may be joined, left and travelled through by a user substantially freely at any time. The traversal time data associated with origin segments of the public transport network associated with interchange points with the road network is based on a transit time indicative of a time taken to both train and road networks travel along the segment, and an additional waiting time. A route search is performed between an origin and a destination within the multi-modal transportation network using the traversal time data associated with the segments of the network in order to obtain one or more multi-modal route through the transportation network.

主权项

1. A method of performing routing in a multi-modal transportation network represented using a plurality of segments, each being indicative of a navigable segment of the network, and each segment having data indicative of a traversal time for the segment associated therewith, wherein the plurality of segments representative of the multi-modal transportation network includes:
a first subset of segments indicative of a first transportation sub-network of the multi-modal transportation network, the first transportation sub-network being a network which may be joined, left and travelled through by a user only at specific times; and a second subset of segments indicative of a second transportation sub-network of the multimodal transportation network, the second transportation sub-network being a network which may be joined, left and travelled through by a user substantially at any time, the traversal time data associated with at least some of the first subset of the plurality of segments indicative of navigable segments of the first transportation sub-network of the multi-modal transportation network being based on a transit time indicative of a time taken to travel along the segment, and an additional time based on a frequency at which travel along the segment occurs, the method comprising: performing a route search between an origin and a destination within the multi-modal transportation network using the traversal time data associated with the segments of the network in order to obtain one or more possible multi-modal route from the origin to the destination through the transportation network.