Graph integration platform GIP

Graph integration platform GIP
legal form	Productive operation
founding	2013
Seat	BahnhofCity Vienna West Europaplatz 3/3, A-1150 Vienna
management	Irmgard Mandl-Mair, Christoph Westhauser, Andreas Unterluggauer
Branch	Geographic information systems GIS
Website	www.GIP.gv.at

Graph integration platform GIP Austria

Graph integration platform GIP Detailed view: Vienna, Schottenring-Börsegasse intersection

The graph integration platform GIP is the intermodal geographic information system (GIS) of the public administration for the Austrian transport network and digitally displays it as a reference graph in standardized form.

starting point

In the course of the digitization of the administrative processes relating to Austria's transport infrastructure , each authority has individually selected times and systems for data storage. This parallel systems often created with different update - frequency and poor interoperability . As the official GIS reference system for the entire Austrian transport network, the GIP offers the parallel systems a common reference system and links them. The regional authorities retain their data sovereignty and can continue to update their data in a decentralized manner , but now communicate more easily with one another via the GIP. The GIP forms subsequently the basis for Austria uniform electronic management processes for traffic control and a means of transport across Austria wide traffic information , which covers the entire traffic situation.

properties

The GIP comprises the modes of transport motorized individual transport , public transport , cycling and walking and can link these intermodally .

The GIP contains all information of the traffic network (= traffic graph) for these types of traffic.

The GIP can be used as the basis for routing services. Among other things, it is the underlying digital traffic network for the traffic information Austria VAO. With each route query, several options with different modes of transport can be displayed, which enables an objective comparison of travel times and CO ₂ emissions.

The GIP offers all involved authorities in Austria's public administration an overview of the entire transport infrastructure. They can now easily check whether their official orders or measures correspond to the Road Traffic Act or whether they contradict the orders of other authorities. In addition, the effects of traffic signs on the flow of traffic can be mapped in the GIP .

The GIP is the prerequisite for the implementation of the ITS Act, the INSPIRE Directive and the PSI Directive in the local authorities.

The GIP enables the authorities to have quicker access to information relevant to their activities and an overview of the situation. External inquiries or the reporting obligations of environmental monitoring in the transport sector can be processed more quickly.

The GIP enables the executive to locate accidents with less effort and at the same time more precisely. This makes accident management and the analysis of accident accumulation points much easier.

Among other things, the GIP forms the basis for route planning for public services (e.g. public transport lines, winter services or logistics ).

Data

Open Government Data OGD

The content of the graph integration platform GIP has been published as Open Government Data (OGD) since January 2016 and is then updated approximately every two months.

Database

The GIP contains decentrally maintained data on the transport network infrastructure . These include roads , rails or paths . The basic rule in GIP is that the responsible body maintains the associated GIP data, for example the Austrian motorway network is kept up-to-date by ASFINAG . The GIP covers all modes of transport and contains both high-level transport networks (e.g. data from ASFINAG and ÖBB ) and lower-level transport networks (e.g. local roads or cycle paths ). The data availability varies depending on the GIP partner.

Data standard

The GIP partners have agreed on a comprehensive description of the GIP data standard in order to enable a consistent database and quality-assured data exports despite the decentralized data maintenance . This standard description of the GIP has been publicly available as RVS guideline since March 2012 . The documentation of the GIP data standard has been available online in version 2.0 as OGD since October 2015. Compact documentation on data standard and modeling has been available online since May 2015 as a supplement to the OGD data sets from the two test areas. The data standard regulates how certain situations are to be modeled in the GIP and includes both the type of modeling and the permissible definition ranges of the values. The GIP standard encompasses all types of transport including intermodal links. It is not mandatory for the GIP partners to record all data described in the GIP standard. However, if these are recorded, they must be incorporated in accordance with the GIP data standard.

Data modeling

The GIP consists of several traffic network databases which are maintained locally by the respective GIP partner. These parallel databases are regularly synchronized and, moreover, brought together every two months by the GIP Austria operator in a central database to form an Austria-wide uniform transport network (= graph).

Subnets

The transport network of each GIP partner is divided into subnets that are based on the respective organizational structure. For example, Austrian federal states can run subnetworks for state roads , municipal roads , the low-level road network or public transport.

Sections

Each subnet in turn consists of a grouping of sections that represent the basic objects of the GIP and have a number of attributes . A section is an edge , i.e. a linear network element that starts and ends with a node . It represents the central axis of a traffic route . Nodes can represent an intersection or a change in section attributes.

Virtual nodes

If a section of a lower-ranking subnet joins the section of a higher-ranking subnet, a virtual node is created there. Instead of dividing the higher-ranking section, the lower-ranking section only refers to the higher-ranking section via a percentage value and uses this as the base edge. This procedure considerably simplifies the processing of higher-ranking traffic networks, since these do not have to be broken down into numerous short edges.

Left

In order to be able to use the GIP as the basis for routing, the virtual nodes have to be resolved again, with the exception of a few special cases, and converted into actual nodes. This divides the sections into numerous shorter edges, which are then referred to as links and together form a routable graph.

Usage strips

The cross-sectional elements of a path (e.g. lanes, sidewalks or cycle paths) are not digitized as separate sections in the GIP, but are assigned to them as usage lanes. Usage strips have a defined transverse and longitudinal position and can also only cover parts of a section. At the nodes, turning relations are either aggregated at link level or defined in detail between individual usage strips.

Data maintenance

In maintaining the GIP data, each regional authority continues to be responsible for its area of responsibility. The two GIP tools for data maintenance, the action assistant and the intersection assistant, are therefore available to all cities and municipalities without a license. They can be controlled with the SKAT software from PRISMA Solutions, but also with any web interface and from other programs. Action and intersection assistants are also integrated in the Austrian portal network. The portal network is an amalgamation of administration portals for the common use of existing infrastructure.

Action wizard

The action wizard is application software used for GIP data maintenance , with which StVO traffic control measures can be immediately visualized, planned and checked for their effect. The traffic network can also be stored with orthophotos and the property cadastre . The clerk has to enter the measure to be taken including its validity and immediately receives a proposal for announcement as well as the corresponding regulation text. This can be transferred directly to the document for the official activity. At the same time, the action wizard stores the action of the action in the system, where it is automatically checked for contradictions to other actions. After the implementation of the measure has been reported, it must still be activated by the clerk and is thus available to all information systems on a daily basis. The action wizard is also the basis for numerous other e-government developments in the Austrian administration, such as a construction site management system or a system for managing concessions in local public transport (Motor Vehicle Act).

Intersection assistant

The intersection assistant is a special supplementary application software for the road maintenance operator for the precise preparation of intersection areas . Building on this, the authority can take lane-specific measures.

Project development

prehistory

In January 2008 the national working group "Road and Traffic" started in Carinthia . The aim was the possible cooperation in the creation of basic data for a modern traffic management , in the development of the necessary tools and in the development of e-government processes. As part of this collaboration, it was decided to submit a funding application for the GIP.at and GIP.gv.at projects to the Austrian Climate and Energy Fund KLIEN. In 2009 the three major Austria-wide projects GIP.at, GIP.gv.at and Verkehrsauskunft Österreich VAO started. At the beginning of 2012, a first GIP prototype was implemented throughout Austria. Important preparatory work for a joint digital transport network in Austria was carried out in 2001 in the project Verkehrsmanagement Wien (VEMA) (Vienna), from 2006 in the projects VIP Vienna Region (Vienna / Lower Austria / Burgenland ) and IWN Integrated Road Network ( Styria ) as well as at the local level for example in the municipality of Klosterneuburg . The first GIP basic components have already been developed.

GIP.at

As part of the GIP.at project, the graph integration platform GIP was implemented throughout Austria. The aim of the GIP.at project was to enable public administration traffic data to be digitally managed according to standardized rules. For this, it is necessary that the various reference systems of the respective authorities, with whose help they store their data, are interoparable. The new system that connects the various systems is the graph integration platform GIP. It is made available to cities, municipalities and other regional authorities free of charge. GIP.at was a joint project of the Austrian federal states, ASFINAG , ÖBB Infrastruktur , Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) and the partner ITS Vienna Region . The Austrian Association of Cities was an associated partner.

In GIP.at extensions, the functionalities of the GIP have been extended especially for larger cities and municipalities. Larger cities and municipalities can now independently record and maintain their traffic network data and insert it into the Austria-wide GIP without additional effort. In GIP.at extensions II the basis for the use of the GIP in small and medium-sized cities and communities is created. In addition, the GIP is being consolidated on the basis of the experience of recent years, the scope and quality of the data is being improved, and other useful tools are being developed, for example for emergency organizations or construction site management.

GIP.at and the extensions were made possible by the Climate and Energy Fund, as they were funded by 50% in the “Public Transport” framework program. Total running time: 2009 - 12/2016

GIP.gv.at

As part of the GIP.gv.at project, e-government processes were developed on the basis of the GIP graph integration platform. These electronic processes support administrative procedures for ordinances and permits in the street space. The aim of the GIP.gv.at project was to ensure that the databases can be kept up-to-date reliably and without additional work using the newly developed intersection and action wizards. According to the StVO, the legal measures in the road network can be recorded completely, up-to-date and georeferenced . The developed e-government processes (processing tools and interfaces ) are made available to the cities and municipalities as well as other regional authorities free of charge.

The ongoing adaptation and improvement of the transport infrastructure is always linked to legal foundations and mostly to changes in the organization of transport. Traffic signs and floor markings must therefore be constantly checked by the authorities and redefined if necessary. The magistrates and district authorities have all information on flowing traffic , the authorities of the federal states and municipalities have information on public and stationary traffic . Thanks to the GIP.gv.at project, it is now possible to make traffic-related data, which arise from legal bases, directly and collectively digitally available using e-government processes from various databases that are now interoperable. These e-government processes as well as the necessary interfaces and standards were jointly defined and developed by the project partners. The graph integration platform GIP forms the reference system for all e-government processes and thus improves the basis for all authorities involved, for example with mileage , street names or responsibilities. GIP.gv.at is a joint project of the Austrian federal states, ASFINAG, BMVIT and ITS Vienna Region. The Austrian Association of Cities is an associated partner.

In GIP.gv.ROLLOUT, the e-government tools for the ongoing updating of the GIP (action assistant and intersection assistant) are to be gradually introduced throughout Austria. The administrative units are supported in this changeover, training courses and technical adjustments are individually adapted depending on the organization, level of knowledge, IT systems and database.

GIP.gv.at and GIP.gv.ROLLOUT were made possible by the Climate and Energy Fund because they were funded by 50 percent in the “Public Transport” framework program. Total duration: 2009 - 2016

GIP.nö (GIP Lower Austria)

As part of the GIP.nö project, traffic infrastructure data is checked and corrected in all 573 Lower Austrian municipalities. These include around 80,000 km of streets, 70,000 house numbers and 13,000 stops . Data that has not yet been recorded is supplemented and merged together with the existing database in the GIP.nö platform. The databases of municipal roads (lane-precise), freight routes, bridges, tunnels, crossings, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, bus stops, branch lines (NÖVOG routes), access routes to train stations and, if requested by the municipalities, house numbers are processed. Since all turning relationships at intersections are recorded, the database can serve as the basis for routing and navigation in road traffic. The data obtained will be made available to all municipalities free of charge for their use, if they agree to keep the data up to date.

The ARGE GIP.nö consisting of the companies EVN Geoinfo, PRISMA solutions and GeoMarketing was commissioned with the implementation. ITS Vienna Region is responsible for project management and quality control. GIP.nö is co-financed with EU funds from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and funds from the State of Lower Austria. Duration: 3/2013 - 03/2015

business

ITS Vienna Region is the interim GIP Austria operator on behalf of the BMVIT from the beginning of 2013 to the end of 2015. During this interim operation, GIP partners are all federal states of Austria, ASFINAG, ÖBB Infrastruktur and the BMVIT. The interim operation is financed by the BMVIT and includes the following tasks:

Technical operation of GIP Austria
Merging of the individual graphs
Superordinate quality management
Maintenance of certain databases
Parts of the organization
Creation of the GIP export

The federal-state agreement according to Art. 15a B-VG on cooperation in the field of traffic data infrastructure through the Austrian graph integration platform GIP enables permanent operation of the GIP as well as the further development and maintenance of the GIP in productive operation from 2016 .

Applications

Traffic information Austria VAO

The traffic information Austria VAO is a common traffic information for all means of transport for all of Austria, which covers the entire traffic situation. The VAO offers intermodal routing, traffic conditions and traffic reports via website , smartphone app or interface . All road users is available as end users , the VAO using the services of its partners. The underlying digital traffic network for routing the VAO is the graph integration platform GIP. The VAO project development consortium consists of the Austrian federal states and the cities of Vienna and Graz , ASFINAG, ARGE ÖVV, ÖAMTC , ITS Vienna Region and the BMVIT. VAO was made possible by grants from the climate and energy fund.

The route planner from AnachB , AnachB | VOR app, Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region (VOR), Verkehrsverbund Tirol (VVT), Upper Austrian Transport Association (OÖVV), Verkehrsverbund Vorarlberg (VVV), Wiener Lokalbahnen (WLB), ÖAMTC and ASFINAG are based on the Traffic information Austria and thus on the graph integration platform GIP.

basemap.at

Background maps are required for the map display of geo-based services, the query performance of which is also suitable for online services . As part of the basemap.at project, an up-to-date map of the Austrian territory , primarily based on administrative data, is being developed and made available. This background map is based on the geodata of the Austrian administrations and thus represents the first nationwide map base based on this data. The map is published under the open license Creative Commons (CC-BY 3.0 AT) using a Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) interface provided and continuously updated.

AWIS.GIP

AWIS.GIP (Alpine Path Information System based on GIP) is a system for digitally recording and maintaining Austria's hiking trails based on the individual graph integration platforms of the federal states and data from the Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying . Using a web client, the hiking trails including all their attributes are recorded and maintained by the respective trailblazers (e.g. alpine clubs, tourism associations, etc.). This information is made available to the federal states in their GIP databases and is also made available to the public.

Search for the dead by the Vienna cemeteries

In addition to their online search for the deceased, the Vienna Cemeteries also offer a route planner for the route from the cemetery entrance to the grave they are looking for. The underlying digital route network is integrated into the graph integration platform GIP.

Research projects

EDITS

The research project EDITS (European Digital Traffic Infrastructure Network for Intelligent Transport Systems) focused on the transnational development of existing ITS service offers, the harmonization, expansion and development of multimodal and mutually compatible end-user services as well as the evaluation of user acceptance. There was an exchange of data on the transport network and timetables with the regions of Brno , Bratislava and western Hungary . EDITS was completed at the end of 2014, the demonstrator service will continue to be operated by ITS Vienna Region.

TO

As part of the research project BIS (Barrier Information System), an interactive routing service was developed especially for wheelchair users in a dialogue between stakeholders , ITS experts and stakeholders from politics and administration , which uses official data and community data synergistically, makes it available in a clear manner and from this by means of powerful routing Software determines the optimal routes for wheelchair users. The BIS project was funded as part of the BMVIT's “IV2s plus” research program and was completed at the end of 2014. The prototype of the BIS service was tested and optimized in a pilot area in Vienna's 4th district .

literature

David Ungar-Klein, Maxim Podoprigora: Future Business Austria Infrastructure Report 2015 . Create Connections, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-9503254-3-0 .
Josef Strobl, Thomas Blaschke, Gerald Griesebner, Bernhard Zagel: Applied Geoinformatics 2014 . Wichmann, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-87907-543-0 .
Josef Strobl, Thomas Blaschke, Gerald Griesebner: Applied Geoinformatics 2011 . Wichmann, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-87907-508-9 .
Martin Kappas: Geographic Information Systems . 2nd Edition. Westermann. Braunschweig 2012, ISBN 978-3-14-160362-0 .
Ralf Bill: Basics of geographic information systems . 5th edition. Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-87907-489-1 .
Helmut Saurer, Franz-Josef Behr: Geographic Information Systems. An introduction . Darmstadt 1997, ISBN 3-534-12009-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

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↑ data.gv.at - open data from Austria . Retrieved January 19, 2016.
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↑ GIP Partner: Standard Description of the Graph Integration Platform (GIP) - Version 2.0. In: GIP.gv.at. October 22, 2015, accessed October 22, 2015 .
↑ GIP Partner: Documentation OGD Export: Intermodal Traffic Reference System Austria (GIP.at) - BETA. In: GIP.gv.at. May 6, 2015, accessed May 19, 2015 .
^ Portal network Austria . Retrieved April 14, 2015.
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↑ Bund-Länder agreements according to Art. 15a B-VG as of January 1, 2015, accessed on June 23, 2015.
^ Association of Austrian Alpine Associations (VAVÖ): AWIS.GIP data (routes, points). In: awisgip.at Download. June 24, 2015, accessed June 24, 2015 .

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[2] data.gv.at - open data from Austria . Retrieved January 19, 2016.

[3] Research on Road - Rail - Transport (FSV): RVS 05.01.14 Intermodal transport Graph Austria - Standard Description GIP (graph integration platform). In: fsv.at RVS guidelines & leaflets. March 2012, accessed June 24, 2015 .

[4] GIP Partner: Standard Description of the Graph Integration Platform (GIP) - Version 2.0. In: GIP.gv.at. October 22, 2015, accessed October 22, 2015 .

[5] GIP Partner: Documentation OGD Export: Intermodal Traffic Reference System Austria (GIP.at) - BETA. In: GIP.gv.at. May 6, 2015, accessed May 19, 2015 .

[6] Portal network Austria . Retrieved April 14, 2015.

[7] Verkehrsmanagement Wien VEMA ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved April 14, 2015. @1@ 2

[8] FFG : Research Successes - The Annual Report of the FFG 08. (No longer available online.) In: Federal Ministry for Science, Research and Economy . March 25, 2009, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved April 14, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[9] Bund-Länder agreements according to Art. 15a B-VG as of January 1, 2015, accessed on June 23, 2015.

[10] Association of Austrian Alpine Associations (VAVÖ): AWIS.GIP data (routes, points). In: awisgip.at Download. June 24, 2015, accessed June 24, 2015 .