User`s Manual for Road Map Creation and Road Map Projection
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1. T Waypoint mimber o o oa oa aa Sign type Speedlimit SO 00j 300 X 0 J 0 PedestrianRoads txt is built in the same way as savedRoads txt with the exception that PedestrianRoads txt only contains pedestrian walkways and do not allow extra lines for bridges since bridges cannot be created using pedestrian walkways The first few columns from the example file are given below 1 793758 1 844505 1 852165 1 819938 1 752202 si 2 296352 2 237350 2 132719 2 034718 1 991263 PedestrianCrossingInfo txt contains information of the pedestrian crossings that are generated by pedestrian walkways One column for each crossing is generated The first row is the pedestrian walkway number The second row is the waypoint index on the pedestrian road that the crossing is located at The third and fourth rows are the same as the first and second but for the normal road that the pedestrian walkway intersects with For the example you will get the following table Crossing i Crossing 2 Walkway number Waypoint number on walkway l 3 l Waypoint number on road RoadMap png is a saved image of how the road network looked in the Road Map Creation Tool This could be used to compare to the final projected image on the floor or the trajectories of the trucks The example network thereby generates the following image 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 C2 LabVIEW Application MainEJ vi This LabVIEW application2. MainEJ vi works in many ways in the same way as Main vi but it has been modified to work with the new system of saving road networks Note that all files are saved using dots as decimal separators If LabVIEW uses commas instead you can change this under Tools gt Options gt Front Panel and then unchecking the box marked in the image below a i Category Front Panel New and Changed Front Panel Block Diagram Controls Functions Palettes Environment Search Paths Printing Source Control C Open the control editor with double click Menu Shortcuts Revision History Security 1000 E Shared Variable Engine VI Server Web Server Inline C Node Tip Strips and Labeling MathScript Statechart FPGA Module Labels locked by default Use numbers in icons of new Vis 1 through 9 Blink delay for front panel controls milliseconds Changes to marked options will take effect the next time you start LabVIEW Show tip strips on front panel controls Classic I Default label position indicators Classic Control Style for New VIs Default label position controls Modern style Should you instead want to use comma as a decimal separator you can use the following simple MATLAB function on the files of your road network ftunscetiaon point2comma overwrite filespec replaces all occurences of point with comma in a text file Note that the file is o
3. the road network on the floor In that case follow the instructions below The most important panel of the LabVIEW application for the Road Map Projection Tool is presented below Here you can before you run the program decide whether or not to send the road network data via TCP IP to another computer or indeed locally so that the Road Map Projection Tool has the data it needs to project the road network The network data 1s sent only once when the program is started The LED indicator will light up when the information is ready to be sent and the program will then wait for a connection to the Road Map Projection Tool before anything else can happen You can also choose to send information about the state of the traffic This means that if you press a traffic light switch as presented in the image below the affected traffic lights on the floor will automatically update from green to red or vice versa Lastly you can choose to send the positions of the trucks that will project small boxes representing the trucks The traffic light data and the truck position data will be sent continuously when the program is running Here the other LED indicator will light up and the program will once again wait for a connection before continuing The truck position might not be that useful but is meant to work as a proof of concept so that in the future virtual traffic and pedestrians can be simulated and plotted You also have the option to sel
4. will update the Wiring chart were you can see all the connections you have made Each row in the chart represents a switch A single switch can have up to 100 traffic lights connected to it By entering the traffic light number with a negative sign in front of it whilst wiring you can have the traffic light and the switch out of sync This means that the traffic light will turn red when the switch is on and green when the switch is off In this way you can control a whole intersection with a single switch by having one road green whilst the other is red and vice versa As an example consider the intersection below Here you could control all three traffic lights with one switch by for example wiring them to switch as follows Wiring Chart i 2 3 There is also a button in the Traffic Light Wiring panel to clear all connections you have done in case you want to start over The final button in the tab will give a popup window that shows all the traffic lights you have placed but have yet to wire to a switch Default Road network In this tab you can choose from a popup menu to show already created roads in the plot These roads will be shown in orange in the plot and can serve as guidelines when you create your own network They can also be added to your network by choosing a network from the popup menu and clicking Add Displayed Default Road which will turn them blue meaning they serve as any other road in your netw
5. User s Manual for Road Map Creation and Road Map Projection Introduction This manual aims primarily to guide the usage of the Projector Calibration Tool the Road Map Creation Tool and the Road Map Projection Tool For instructions on the rest of the truck software and Qualisys Track Manager QTM motion capture system please refer to Appendix A of Implementation and Analysis of Platoon Catch Up Scenarios For Heavy Duty Vehicles by Pedro F Lima Projector Calibration Tool First of all the projector has to be calibrated to the system To do this mount the projector so that it covers the area of interest Try to get the edges of the projection parallel with the QTM coordinate system Then connect the projector to the computer with which you wish to project the road network onto the ground and then extend the desktop to the projector image In Windows 7 this is done by right clicking on the desktop and then clicking Screen Resolution Here select the projector and go to the Multiple Displays menu and select Extend these displays You should end up with something like this Ll X ka gt Displ amp Screen Resol Search Control Panel p Change the appearance of your displays Identify Display 2 Generic Mon PnP Monitor Resolution 1024 x 768 Orientation Multiple displays Extend these displays Make this my main display Advanced settings Make text and other items larger or smaller Wh
6. at display settings should I choose Now you are ready to start the Projector Calibration Tool To do this simply open the calibration_tool m This will start the program and present you with the window below as well as a plot window with x and y coordinate axes titled Calibration Image Screen Selector the plot window on the projector screen and maximize it Then rotate the projector so that the x and y axis of the image coincide with the axis of the GQTM system Check the skewness of the image alter projector settings if needed Finally tick the check box E Done Scaling Position the markers at the edges of the plot Check the QTM system for the coordinates and enter the corresponding values in the boxes below Amin ATnax min Y max The program is rather self explanatory but this guide will take you through it step by step anyway Start off by placing the Calibration Image in the projector screen and then maximize it Adjust the projector if necessary to align the axes of the QTM with the projected axes If the image is distorted the projector has built in keystone correction that can be adjusted somewhat using the remote control When this is done you may tick the Done checkbox Now position a QTM marker in each of the corners of the projected screen as shown by the red crosses in the image below Read the x and y coordinates of each of the markers from the QTM software and calculate
7. by clicking Undo AI in the same tab Custom Road Network With the markers in place it is time to generate a road To do this go to the Custom Road Network panel and start off by choosing what kind of road you want to create from the pop up menu shown below Custom Road Network Create One Lane Road one Create One Lane Road reate DualtLane Two Way Road reate Dua Lane One Way Road reateTriple Lane One Way Road reateTriple Lane 2 1 Road reateTriple Lane 1 2 Road reate Quad Lane One Way Road reate Quad Lane 3 1 Road reate Quad Lane 2 2 Road reate Quad Lane 1 3 Road reate Pedestrian Road Enter road number removes generated road QO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n Delete Selected Road You can also select whether or not you want the road to be reversed in terms of the order you placed the pink markers by ticking the checkbox titled Reverse When you are happy with your decision it is time to generate the road which is done by simply clicking the Generate Road Network button The program will then spline through the markers and generate waypoints that lay approximately 10 cm apart along a smooth trajectory This trajectory will be visible in the plot as a green line An arrow at the start point of each road indicates the direction of the road If you chose a multi lane road the center of the road will be located at the positions of your placed pink markers You shou
8. e Road Map Projection Tool on the same computer as the LabVIEW application it might be faster and easier to simply copy over the road network files from the RoadNetwork directory to the one where Road Map Projection Tool is located To receive data about the traffic light states run the LabVIEW software instead with the Send TL State switch turned on Wait for the LED light to indicate that the program is transmitting then go to the Road Map Projection Tool and once again check the IP address and the port so that they match with the computer and port of the LabVIEW application Finally click Connect and when the LED indicator is turned on the connection has been established You are then ready to project the road network by pressing RUN Road Network Projection Every time a traffic light switch is pressed in the LabVIEW program the projected traffic lights will now update their state Receiving truck positions works in the same way as receiving traffic light states except that you use the Send Truck Positions switch Should you wish to send and receive both the road network the traffic light states and the truck positions simply switch both the Send Network Data the Send TL State and the Send Truck Positions switches to on before running the LabVIEW program and then in Road Map Projection Tool first click Transfer Road Network and then Connect once the Received LED turns green When the Co
9. e you could remove waypoint markers but this time using the buttons under the Traffic Light Maker tab Transition Points Maker If any two roads intersect the program will automatically calculate transition points between the two roads so that it is possible for the trucks to change road at these intersections Similarly if you create a multi lane road where two or more lanes go in the same directions the program will make transition points all the way along the road so that it is possible to change between these lanes at any point If there is a bridge between two roads and if the roads are travelling in the same direction on the bridge the program will generate transition points on the bridge as well Should you desire extra transition points between roads you can click SH and then click once at the point of the road you wish to transition from and once at the point on the point of the other road that you wish to transition to You should end up with something similar to the following image Here the transition point is set so that it is possible to change from road 3 to road 2 at the selected point Similar to the marker numbers the road numbers and the traffic light numbers transition point numbers can be shown by clicking Hl Manual transition points such as this can also be deleted and edited in the same manner as the waypoint markers and the traffic lights This is done in the same way but using the buttons in the Transition Poi
10. ect what ports to send this data through but make sure to change the ports in the Road Map Projection Tool as well The other parts of the program work in the same way as they do for the Main vi For a guide how to use this refer to Appendix A of Implementation and Analysis of Platoon Catch Up Scenarios For Heavy Duty Vehicles by Pedro F Lima Road Map Projection Tool To launch this tool start by running Road_Network_Projection_Tool m This should present you with the following window E Road_Network_Projection_Tool xs Scale 1 000295292155535 z Show Way Points Traffic Light Connection Bridge IP Host Computer 130 237 43 135 Traffic Lights Port Host Computer 56089 RUN Road Network Projection Connected Connect 9 Road Network Transfer IP Host Computer 130 237 43 135 Port Host Computer 55095 r Received Transfer Road Network 9 This program is runnable without a connection with MainEJ vi To project the road network without a connection simply click the large button that reads RUN Road Network Projection You can then modify the scale of the projected roads by use of the slider The default value works well for the large trucks but if the small trucks are used you might want to decrease the scale somewhat The program will project the part of the road network that the projector image can cover with the signs and traffic li
11. files but rather just the data stored inside the program Road Network Files The guide will now take you through each of the files generated by the Road Map Creation Tool A table containing a small excerpt of the file for a simple road network accompanies some file descriptions The tables have headings for each row and column The example road network looks like the following with the single traffic light wired to switch 1 The first one is savedRoads txt which contains two or four rows of data for each road in the network except for pedestrian roads The first row is the x coordinates of the waypoints on the road and similarly the second row contains the y coordinates for the same road waypoints The third and fourth line contains the x and y coordinates of the version of the road with a bridge if there exists one Whether or not a bridge exists for a certain road is recorded in roadinfo txt Note that the file has to have the same number of columns in each row which means that the number 1000 is saved in empty positions For the network above the first few columns of savedRoads txt look like the following Eid P aman seme P on 1 2 340563 2 404820 2 457847 2 499975 2 531497 pee e ame sene mem umm 1 2 113250 2 075965 2 026095 1 965697 1 896784 emm ass ermal zem men a bridge version of road 1 2 340563 2 404820 2 457847 2 499975 2 531497 ERE am ame awl mem umm a bridge version ofr
12. ghts placed in the correct place on the image There is also an option to show every waypoint on the road network By ticking the Show Way Points checkbox all waypoints will be projected with a small yellow arrow pointing in the direction of the road The first waypoint on every road is marked by a green arrow You can also choose whether or not to plot the bridge version of the road or not by ticking the Bridge checkbox and control the traffic lights by the use of the Traffic Lights checkbox If you choose to receive data from the LabVIEW software on the other hand these settings are not alterable once the connection has been established To receive the road network you need to first run the LabVIEW application with the Send Network Data switch turned on Then wait for the top green LED indicator in the Projection Tool panel to light up Next check so that the IP address in the Road Network Transfer panel of the Road Map Projection Tool is the IP address of the computer at which the LabVIEW application is running and that the port number is the same in both programs Finally click the Transfer Road Network button in the Road Map Projection Tool When the LED indicator lights up the road network data has been received This means that the road network files have been read and saved to the directory of the Road Map Projection Tool Then you are free to project the network as described earlier Note that if you are running th
13. he number two if the road has a bridge associated with it and the number one otherwise The seventh column gives the road number of the other road in the bridge if there exists one Otherwise this is a zero The eighth and ninth column contains the waypoint index of the start and end point of the bridge if there is one Otherwise these two columns contain zeros roadInfo txt for the example network looks as follows peo opisut Joquinu peoy od peo p sur peo jo uod ui sjurod eA jo 19quinN uormreduroo 9SpIq 10 Joquinu pvoy aspliq J0J jurod eA 103 yuIOdABA NR OO NO ar ad A peow TLInfo txt is comprised of one column of information for each traffic light placed in the road network The first row states which road the traffic light is located on The second row gives the waypoint index that the traffic light 1s located on The third and fourth rows specify the x and y coordinate respectively of the traffic light location Below you find TLInfo txt for the example network Traffic Light 1 Waypoint number 1 251656 1 608742 TLMatrix txt is simply a text file that looks exactly like the traffic light wiring chart and specifies how the traffic lights and switches are wired Due to the simplicity of the example network the first few rows of the TLMatrix txt file look as follows Switch 1 Switch 2 fo ManualTransitionMatrix txt contains data on the transition points created by the user There is one colu
14. ld end up with something similar to what the image below presents Should you be unhappy with the generated road you still have the option to edit the pink markers in the same manner as earlier or chose a different road type and then clicking Generate Road Network again to update the road Again make sure that the turns of the road are not too sharp as the trucks have a limited turning radius When you are pleased with the road it is time to click Confirm Road Network which will save the roads into a temporary cell array inside the program The road s should now turn blue If you wish to remove one of the confirmed roads you can do this at any time by entering the number associated with the road into the small text box above the Delete Selected Road button and then clicking said button To see all road numbers simply click Hil on the toolbar By typing the number zero into the box and clicking Delete Selected Road you will remove the generated but not confirmed road network if there exists one Repeat this procedure for the number of roads you want to add to your road network Note that the Create Pedestrian Road option in the popup menu above generates a special kind of road that the trucks are unable to drive on This is a road for imaginary pedestrians which will generate a crosswalk at every intersection with a normal road Pedestrian roads are therefore grey instead of blue when they are confir
15. med and the road numbers of pedestrian walkways are negative The crossings will be marked with traffic signs in the plot as illustrated by the image below Bridge Maker Now you have the option to create a bridge or a merging of any two roads To do this click and then click between the two roads you want to merge together at the start and at the end of where you want the bridge to be placed Then enter the road numbers of the two roads into the small text boxes in the Bridge Maker tab Now click generate bridge and you will see the modified roads with an added bridge in green If you are happy with the bridge click Confirm Road Network under the Custom Road Network tab This will add an option to use the bridge instead of the normal roads when driving Note that the original roads still exist as they were However if you are dissatisfied with how the bridge turned out you can simply click Remove Bridge This will remove the green lines and you may start over A finished bridge could look something like the image below SN T Traffic Light Maker To place traffic lights click H Then click in the plot where you want to place it The program will automatically find the closest waypoint place a traffic light there Repeat this procedure for the number of traffic lights that you want Just like the previous features you can click Bi to show the traffic light number You can also remove traffic lights just lik
16. mn for each transition point created where the first and second row is the road number and waypoint index respectively that the trucks can transition from The third and fourth rows are the road number and the waypoint index that the trucks transition to For the example this looks like the following table displays Do 00 0 0 Tmamsitionl Road number of the road you are coming from Waypoint number on the road you are coming from BG Road number of the road you are going to Waypoint number on the road you are going to TransitionMatrix txt is the same as ManualTransitionMatrix txt except that it also contains columns for the automatically generated transition waypoints Next we have SignInfo txt which contains information about all the signs created by the user and signs automatically created at intersections with pedestrian walkways One column will be generated for each sign where the first row denotes the road number of the signs placement The second row is the waypoint index on that road The third and fourth rows are the x and y coordinate of the waypoint The fifth row is the type of the sign 1 stop sign 2 yield sign 3 speed limit sign and 4 pedestrian crossing sign The sixth and final row contains the speed limit of the sign zero if the sign is not a speed limit sign The file from the example network is shown below Sinl Sign2 Sign 3 Sin4 Sign5 Hedmmbe 1 2 2Z i
17. nnect LED turns green you may click RUN Road Network Projection to project the network Any combination of sending and receiving data works but if the road network is to be sent always make sure to click Transfer Road Network first and wait for the Received LED to light up before clicking Connect A projection of a road network with the waypoints turned on could look something like this The grey road visible in the image is a pedestrian road Note that the area visible in the image is about a quarter of the area of the entire road network This is due to the limited capacity of the current projector in the SmartMobilityLab A road with a bridge may look similar to the image below when projected When you are finished with your session and have been receiving data from the LabVIEW application make sure stop the LabVIEW application before closing the Road Map Projection Tool This is done by pressing the large button marked STOP on the left of the front panel of Main vi which makes sure all TCP IP connections are closed correctly
18. nts Maker panel Traffic Sign Maker Note that none of the traffic signs are implemented in the LabVIEW software for running the trucks at the time of writing the manual This means that the trucks will ignore any sign you place at this time Traffic Signs are placed in the same way as you place traffic lights but using the icons that look like traffic signs instead You are given the option of four different traffic signs stop e yield vi speed limit G and pedestrian crosswalk E The speed limit sign will give you a pop up window upon placement where you are asked to enter the speed limit you want for that part of the road Pedestrian crosswalk signs are also automatically generated where there is a crossing between a road and a pedestrian walkway as described earlier The sign numbers can be shown and deleted just as with the other features by clicking E and using the buttons under the Traffic Sign Maker tab Traffic Light Wiring To be able to control the traffic lights you will need to wire them to a set of ten switches which you can press in the LabVIEW software This is done under the Traffic Light Wiring tab To connect a traffic light to a switch you first choose the desired switch and then enter the traffic light number into the text box before clicking the Wire Traffic light To Switch button The light will now turn green whenever the switch is on and red when the switch is off Wiring a traffic light
19. o do is to click oh located on the toolbar which will present you with a red border showing what part of the whole area that the projection will cover This will help you to place the most interesting parts of your road network in the visible part of the road network area Next click H which will turn your cursor into a large crosshair By clicking with this inside the plot you will place pink waypoint markers which will be used as guidelines when generating your road A minimum of three markers is required but too many might make the road somewhat jagged and not very smooth Bear in mind that the trucks have limited turning radii so take care not to have to sharp corners When you are satisfied with your markers click the same icon again to stop the program from recording any more clicks Note that the crosshair will still remain but just clicking anywhere will turn the cursor back to normal If any waypoints are misplaced or placed badly there are options to remove them under the Waypoint Selector tab To remove a marker you may want to start by clicking H This will show a number next to each pink waypoint marker Then simply select which marker to remove and type the associated number into the textbox beside the Delete Selected Waypoint button and then clicking the button itself You can also choose to remove the last placed marker by clicking Undo Last in the Waypoint Selector tab or to remove all placed markers
20. oad 1 2 113250 2 075965 2 026095 1 965697 1 896784 EL l me asma cam 1 172900 1 230664 1 299348 1 376643 1 460273 peer uana sun sam amen as 0 540816 0 488201 0 439850 0 396501 0 358896 LEE uma ise same saa P bridge version of road 2 1 172900 1 230664 1 299348 1 376643 1 460273 Er N PPAR oat Prom poo PR RN bridge version of road 1 0 540816 0 488201 0 439850 0 396501 0 358896 The second file 1s the savedLUT txt which consists of a lookup table for each road where for each waypoint the distances in meters to all other waypoints along the road are stored If there is more than one road in the network the next lookup table is saved below the first one and so on roadInfo txt contains one row of information for each road in the network The first column gives the road number The second specifies what kind of road it is 120ne lane 2 two lane and so forth The third column denotes the road number inside the road type This means that for every multi lane road this column keeps track of the internal numbering of these roads The fourth column gives the direction of the road inside the road type The first road in the road type denotes the default direction of the road and if a road inside the road type goes in the opposite direction this number would be a one otherwise it is a zero The fifth column states the number of waypoints of the road The sixth column contains t
21. ork Note that the roads with bridge in this tab do not function as the bridges created using the method described earlier They were created prior to the existence of this program using a different method If you want to add bridges to the default roads add them to your road network without bridge and then use the method described earlier to add a bridge Project Manager The final panel is probably the most important one Here you have the option to save your road network as a project This means that you could have a different road network for each scenario you want to investigate By clicking the Save Project button you will be presented with a window such as the one below E Select Project Folder 2s diea s l SM ject2013 5 iectMatla 3 e Kev m k sl ae 3 SummerProjectMatlab Dp Organize New folder oa r Favorites E Name Date modified Type Size NE Desktop E n New folder 2013 07 29 15 03 File folder Jp Downloads NewRoadNetwork2012 2013 07 18 13 12 File folder E Recent Places m Projectl 2013 07 29 15 02 File folder di Project 2013 07 29 15 02 File folder Libraries m test 2013 07 29 15 03 File folder Documents a Music E Pictures Subversion BE Videos E Folder Project SelectFolder Cane In this window you can choose to replace a previous project or to create a new project folder When you are happy with your decision press Select Folder This will generate a number of files in
22. pair wise means to get the x min x max y min and y max marked by green crosses in the image above Enter these values in the boxes of the Projector Calibration Tool and finally click Run This will save a file called Calibration txt in the folder in which calibration tool m is located This text file contains two lines of data The first line contains the values of the borders of projection and the second contains data for the position and size of the plot window These two lines of data is primarily required to run the Road Map Projection Tool but the first line is also useful in the Road Map Creation Tool if you wish to see the border of projection whilst generating your road network If the Road Map Creation Tool is to be used at a separate computer you could just copy over the file Calibration txt to that computer or run the program again on that computer and enter the same borders there If you choose the second option the second line of the file will be meaningless but this line is only required for the Road Map Projection Tool so there is no need to worry When the file has been successfully saved you are prompted with a message that tells you so Road Map Creation Tool Now that the calibration file is created the next step is to run the Road Network Creator m to open the Road Map Creation Tool If this is the first time you run the program meaning there is no file named OptionsInfo txt in the folder you will be presented with a
23. should be presented with a large window with the following panels to the left and a large empty plot to the right The plot axes should span the area you just specified in the Options window This manual will now guide you through each step of creating a road network B Road_Network Creator m A Oo s I HE BE BL A B 4 B SH O6 VY 6 ES Bridge Maker Enter two road numbers in the boxes Then select two points Generate Bridge for bridge by using the bridge tool and clicking on the plot m E minimum of two roads first C clicking on the roads in toconfirm all of your Delete Selected Traffic Light Default Road Network Traffic Light Maker Enter traffic lights by using Show No Default Roads sure toconfirm all af your roads first Traffic Sign Maker Enter traffic lights by using clicking on the roads in Load Project toconfirm all of your Delete Selected Traffic Sign first Toolbar The toolbar is located at the top of the program and contains all necessary tools for creating a road network The first four tools on the toolbar will do exactly what they would normally do In order 29 66 29 66 zoom in zoom out pan and show data cursor The rest of the tools will be explained as they are used in the text below Waypoint Selector To create your first road the first thing you might want t
24. the folder you specified that are necessary for the running of the LabVIEW software as well as the Road Map Projection Tool What these file contain will be covered later in this manual When the project is fully saved you should be presented with a popup window saying that the save was successful When running the LabVIEW software the files of your road network have to be located in a folder called RoadNetwork inside the directory that contains the LabVIEW software itself so if you want to use your newly created road network at once you may want to find this folder and save the project directly into it but make sure not to replace someone else s road network by mistake Otherwise you could save it in any folder and then copy over the files to the correct directory when you want to use them The next button in the tab is named Load Project which will do exactly what it says When clicking the button you will be presented with a window very similar to the one that shows up when you press Save Project Here you will instead be asked to choose a project folder created earlier When clicking Select Folder all the files in that folder will be read into the program and you can continue modifying and designing an old road network where you left off last time The last button in the tab is the Delete AII button which simply deletes the entire road network and allows you to redo everything from scratch Note that this does not delete any
25. verwritten which is the price for high speed file memmapfile filespec writable true comma winto T point Mints 2 7 5 file Data transpose file Data point comma end To change them back use the MATLAB function below function comma2point overwrite filespec replaces all occurences of comma with point in a text file Note that the file is overwritten which is the price for high speed file memmapfile filespec writable true comma wince TT point Wins 4 file Data transpose file Data comma point end When you start the MainEJ vi you will be presented with the following screen 2d M i5pt Application Font E da eS eb T eT Bridge Set Mared Digtooring Datarce Patcoming Speed Increnent r 3 3 ony e m d a 9 9 8 mis ol a il o m R e 5 1 8 ga p a ji ERN HI Im t 5 Stearn m Port Grey Grey ID QTM ID Ge Port BlackBlu BlackBlue ID bru m 22258 Camera Timestamp 0 Connect to QTM Before pressing the run button the small arrow at the top left you need to make sure that the files of the road network you wish to use are located in the folder named RoadNetwork and make some decisions First of all do you wish to use the bridge version of the roads If so press the Bridge button in the tan panel Secondly do you want to use the Road Map Projection Tool to project
26. window for options as shown by the image below Enter Road Lane Spacing Note that confirmed roads can not be alterd later Current Spacing is Nal Enter Border Limits Current value for xMin is MaN Enter new value for xMin Current value for xhlax is Nal Enter new value for xMax Current value for yMin is NaN Enter new value for yMin Current value for yMax is NaN Enter new value for yMax Here you are asked to enter the desired spacing between multi lane roads At the time of writing this manual the larger version of trucks were used in the Smart Mobility Lab and for these a suitable P spacing was found to be 0 4 You are also asked to enter the borders for the area that the roads are to be confined within This area is regulated by the QTM setup and at the time of writing the area was 6 by 6 meters with the origin in the center This means that the values used at the time were xMin 3 xMax 3 yMin 3 and yMax 3 By entering your desired values and clicking OK a file called OptionsInfo txt will be generated which will be used in any future running of the Road Map Creation Tool To change these options at any later time click the button titled Options under the Custom Road Network panel in the main window of the Road Map Creation Tool as presented below Note that any change of the lane spacing will only affect future road networks not previously created ones After the Options file is saved you
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