pgr_analyzeOneWay¶

Description¶

The analyses of one way segments is pretty simple but can be a powerful tools to identifying some the potential problems created by setting the direction of a segment the wrong way. A node is a source if it has edges the exit from that node and no edges enter that node. Conversely, a node is a sink if all edges enter the node but none exit that node. For a source type node it is logically impossible to exist because no vehicle can exit the node if no vehicle and enter the node. Likewise, if you had a sink node you would have an infinite number of vehicle piling up on this node because you can enter it but not leave it.

So why do we care if the are not feasible? Well if the direction of an edge was reversed by mistake we could generate exactly these conditions. Think about a divided highway and on the north bound lane one segment got entered wrong or maybe a sequence of multiple segments got entered wrong or maybe this happened on a round-about. The result would be potentially a source and/or a sink node.

So by counting the number of edges entering and exiting each node we can identify both source and sink nodes so that you can look at those areas of your network to make repairs and/or report the problem back to your data vendor.

Prerequisites

The edge table to be analyzed must contain a source column and a target column filled with id’s of the vertices of the segments and the corresponding vertices table <edge_table>_vertices_pgr that stores the vertices information.

• Use pgr_createVerticesTable to create the vertices table.
• Use pgr_createTopology to create the topology and the vertices table.

Signatures¶

text pgr_analyzeOneWay(geom_table text,
                       text[] s_in_rules, text[] s_out_rules,
                       text[] t_in_rules, text[] t_out_rules,
                       text oneway='oneway', text source='source', text target='target',
                       boolean two_way_if_null=true);

Parameters¶

The function returns:

• OK after the analysis has finished.
  • Uses the vertices table: <edge_table>_vertices_pgr.
  • Fills completely the ein and eout columns of the vertices table.
• FAIL when the analysis was not completed due to an error.
  • The vertices table is not found.
  • A required column of the Network table is not found or is not of the appropriate type.
  • The names of source , target or oneway are the same.

The rules are defined as an array of text strings that if match the oneway value would be counted as true for the source or target in or out condition.

The Vertices Table

The vertices table can be created with pgr_createVerticesTable or pgr_createTopology

The structure of the vertices table is:

Additional Examples¶

SELECT pgr_analyzeOneWay('edge_table',
        ARRAY['', 'B', 'TF'],
        ARRAY['', 'B', 'FT'],
        ARRAY['', 'B', 'FT'],
        ARRAY['', 'B', 'TF'],
        oneway:='dir');
NOTICE:  PROCESSING:
NOTICE:  pgr_analyzeOneway('edge_table','{"",B,TF}','{"",B,FT}','{"",B,FT}','{"",B,TF}','dir','source','target',t)
NOTICE:  Analyzing graph for one way street errors.
NOTICE:  Analysis 25% complete ...
NOTICE:  Analysis 50% complete ...
NOTICE:  Analysis 75% complete ...
NOTICE:  Analysis 100% complete ...
NOTICE:  Found 0 potential problems in directionality
 pgr_analyzeoneway
-------------------
 OK
(1 row)

The queries use the Sample Data network.

See Also¶

• Topology - Family of Functions for an overview of a topology for routing algorithms.
• Graph Analytics for an overview of the analysis of a graph.
• pgr_analyzeGraph to analyze the edges and vertices of the edge table.
• pgr_createVerticesTable to reconstruct the vertices table based on the source and target information.

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