GEOMAP ROUTE as a uniquely packaged digital map database product of SINGAPORE. This product includes all the features and attributes found in the GeoMap PLUS product, with the added feature of turn restriction information at all connected road junctions.
FEATURES & ATTRIBUTES
Area Features
Administrative area boundaries would include categories that have an officially bordered or zoned area that has a particular physical classification (e.g. transport area). The referenced zoned area’s of the development guide plan (DGP) are also included as an area feature.
Water Features
Water catchment areas, reservoirs, lakes and rivers.
Expressway, Road, and Street Network
The road, street and expressway data are line map features in relation to the road center-lines, which are captured and digitised as in reality (with field work). Individual road segments or links are created from connector-to-connector (junction to junction) and would include attribute information of the direction of traffic flow, intersection and junction level and U-turn information of the road in accordance to reality.
Also provided is a related external file, with the Turn Restriction information.
Railways
The railway line networks for the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), Light Rapid Transit (LRT) and part of the Keratapi Tanah Melayu (KTM – S’pore portion of the network only), are provided.
Buildings
Building outlines and footprints for the various categories of commercial, industrial, residential (Housing Development Board–HDB), education, shopping and hotels are included.
Points-of-Interest (POI)
Tens of thousands of points-of-interest are made available in neat main categories of - Places of Interest, Amenities, Services, Transport, Residential, Emergency, Government, Car Parks and more. These main categories are then broken down to individual and informative layer-files.
Within the new Postal Code category, the individual Address Point layer file has an island wide coverage (approximately 90%). Users are able to retrieve/search the exact address location and road information for condominiums, private houses, commercial buildings …etc. The address point data can also be further integrated with the official 6-Digit Postal Code Database.
Extra Features & Attributes
In addition to the features & attributes already found in GeoMap PLUS, the GeoMap ROUTE product has additional road routing attributes to each and every individual layer-file . It also has three external data files included to provide information especially suited for turn-by-turn routing applications. These files are:
- Road Classification that defines the hierarchical importance of the roads within the closed network.
- Vehicle Classification that defines the type of vehicular traffic flow on specific or particular roads. It also provides a relationship to the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) specifications.
- Toll or Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) information that provides both a cost and time element to entry within the various ERP - gantries.
POTENTIAL APPLICATION(s)
GeoMap Route can be integrated with a route-planning algorithm or application to determine the correct path or route that is to be taken from point-A to point-B. Unlike many other commercial maps, this product is able to derive turn-by-turn information according to actual driving conditions on the road and at junctions. This product is an excellent data product for logistics and vehicle route planning or route optimising applications, and in-car or mobile navigation systems. GeoMap ROUTE is currently most popularly used in personal (PDA) navigation systems.
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