C3) Relationship between data elements and features contained in both models
The following table contains general object descriptions found in a transportation planning infrastructure, and the corresponding element in both software packages:
Objects
ArcInfo items
EMME/2 items
street
route
-
street section
section
-
directed street section
arc
link
intersection
node
node
traffic light
node
node
transit line
route
line
transit section
section
(within a route)
segment
(within a line)
transit stops
point event, node
node
region
region
zone, group, ensemble
TAZ (traffic analysis zone)
polygon
zone
Origin and Destination
node, center
centroid
O-D matrix
-
matrix
supply center
node
centroid
demand center
node
centroid
turns
turn (arc-node-arc)
turn (at_node-from_node-to_node)
arc-to-arc barrier
arc selection set
turn penalties
drawing
polyline, patterns
annotation, demarcations
text
annotation
annotation
C4) Differences and "inconsistencies" between the two data models
ArcInfo EMME/2 - arcs can be bidirectional (with directional attributes) - links are unidirectional (represent flow of traffic) - each arc can be composed of up to 500 vertices, including from-node and to-node - each link






