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2 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION TO VISOGRAPHY TRACC... 5 Minimum / Recommended Specifications... 5 City/County Wide... 5 Region Wide... 5 Nationwide... 5 Potential Uses for TRACC... 6 UNDERSTAND THE INTERFACE... 7 Layer Manager... 7 HOME TAB... 8 Managing Projects... 8 Creating a New Project... 8 Opening an existing project... 8 Deleting an existing project... 9 View project properties... 9 Data Layer Management Layer Map Views Zoom (Layer) Controls Map Navigation Controls Draw About *New Feature* Basemap Support Desk Open Error Log File FLOATING TOOL BAR Selection Tools Measure Tool (Ruler Icon) Map Window Navigation Controls PT NETWORK TAB Importing PT Data Importing TransXChange (TXC) Data Importing ATCO CIF Data Importing GTFS Data Import from Access Importing PT data from previous TRACC projects Creating a Blank PT Network

3 Saving PT Data Saving PT networks to CIF/TXC (Stop Selection) Saving PT networks to CIF/TXC (Service Selection) Saving PT networks to GTFS PT Editing Tools Adding a New PT Stop Editing an existing PT stop Using the Search Function Editing an existing PT stop From the Map Window Creating a new PT Service Editing an existing PT Service Creating a new Demand Responsive Transport Service (DRT) Editing a DRT Service Deleting PT Stops and Networks ROAD NETWORK TAB Importing Road Networks Integrated Transport Network (ITN) *New Feature* OS Highways BETA Other road network Deleting existing project road networks Importing road data from previous TRACC projects Updating Road Speeds Trafficmaster Global Edit Link Search Editing existing road links Adding a new road link Editing a single road link data ORIGIN TAB Importing Origin Sets Importing a GIS origin file Importing a CSV / Excel / Mdb / Accdb file Create an origin set based upon a geographic boundary file Creating an origin set using GIS tools Import from Access Importing origin sets from previous TRACC projects Editing Origin Data Search for an origin point

4 Delete an origin set DESTINATION TAB Importing Destination Sets Importing a GIS destination file Importing a CSV /Excel / Mdb / Accdb file Create a destination set based upon a geographic boundary file Creating an destination set using GIS tools Import from Access Importing destination sets from previous TRACC projects Editing Destination Data Search for a destination point Delete a destination set CENSUS TAB Importing Census Data Importing census data from previous TRACC projects Editing Census Data Delete a census dataset CALCULATION TAB Origin Destination Local Accessibility Viewing qualifying Local Accessibility stops Stop Frequency Calculation *New Feature* - Batch Calculation RESULT TAB Create Contour Contour Per Destination Destination s Catchment Export to CSV Delete Results Comparison Demographic Data Report Report Contour PUBLISH VIEW *New Feature* - Template Print

5 Page Setup Insert Image Label Legend Zoom / Pan Page Elements Map Window Navigation Controls Close Publish View SETTINGS TAB Settings General Calculation Local Accessibility Calculation Contour Road Editing Map Type Origin Destination Publishing Managing Scales Database Settings Backup/Restore Backup Restore Suspended Items Projections Dr TRACC

6 INTRODUCTION TO VISOGRAPHY TRACC Visography TRACC is the leading multi-modal transport accessibility analysis tool, which was developed by Basemap Ltd in conjunction with the Department for Transport, local authorities and transport planners. It is designed to generate travel times using a multitude of public transport and road modes to give accurate journey times from many origins to many destinations in one calculation. The software covers a full range of transport modes such as walking, cycling, driving and public transport, and will help to ascertain problems with the network where there might be gaps in the network, or will help look into the effectiveness of a new public transport route. TRACC has a powerful mapping engine, allowing the creation of contours and thematic maps to help users analyse results. There are also powerful reporting functions to find out the route taken or to produce a matrix of results showing individual journey times. Further analysis can be done using demographic data such as the UK Census 2011 e.g. find out which destinations are most accessible by males, or what percentage of people can access a shop within 30 minutes of public transport. Minimum / Recommended Specifications Listed below are some minimum specifications for using Visography TRACC, with recommended specifications in brackets. These are split into three different groups depending on the size of calculation a user is looking to run. City/County Wide Dual Core 1.6Hz Processor or above 2GB RAM (4GB RAM) Windows 7 32 Bit Operating System 60GB free of local hard disc space Region Wide E.g. South East England Quad Core machine 4GB RAM (8GB RAM) Windows 7 32 Bit Operating System 60GB free of local hard disc space Nationwide Multi-Core machine 32GB RAM (64GB RAM) Windows 7 or Windows 8 with 64 Bit Operating System 100GB free of local hard disc space 5

7 Potential Uses for TRACC Some uses of TRACC include: Business relocation: Plot the postcodes of staff and compare travel time between two different locations. Social exclusion: Map social exclusion from key destinations such as Hospitals, GP surgeries etc. PT network efficiency: See the efficiency of a PT network; monitor changes of reducing/increasing the services/frequency. New housing development: New housing developments require accessibility analysis to be completed; this requires a general accessibility check to core services and a check for distance to local bus/rail stations. TRACC can complete both of these studies. Continued measurement against key performance indicators: TRACC can be used to measure progress such as the percentage of population within 30 minutes of health facilities. Census analysis: Map demographic data to see differing trends between different areas, and then complete an accessibility run to generate journey times. Destination analysis: Find out which of a number of destinations is the most accessible, also finding out the destination catchment area. 6

8 UNDERSTAND THE INTERFACE TRACC is based upon a ribbon style interface. There are a series of tabs running from left to right in a logical order from importing data through to running calculations and then visualising these results in the map and creating reports. Each tab provides the users with a different set of functions and these are covered in detail in the following pages of this help file. Layer Manager The Layer Manager allows the user to control the order and viewing properties of items that have been added to the map. The layer manager shows the order of the layers as reflected in the map window e.g. the top layer in the map window is the upper most layer in the layer manager. This order can be changed using the ordering tools to the right of the layer or by drag/dropping the layers. An example of a populated layer manager is shown to the side. Result 1 shows a breakdown of this layer into its sub-layers. Click to the right of each of the layers to switch layers on/off from being viewed in the map window. This means a layer can remain within the layer manager but could no longer be visible in the map window. Users can also right click on a layer, this will give the option to group and style a layer or to just restyle a layer. 7

9 HOME TAB The Home tab allows the management of projects and provides some general GIS data management, selection and navigation tools. Managing Projects A Project allows a specific set of data and results to be stored. Each project creates a separate SQL Server Express or SQL Server database. The database used can be controlled using the Settings Tab (Database Settings). A project will need to be created before any of the functions in other TRACC tabs can be used. When data is loaded through the tabs, a copy of the data is stored in the project database so no changes will be made to the original data. Creating a New Project Clicking New on the Home tab will allow users to create a new project. A dialog box will appear allowing users to Name the project, and specify its Country and Projection which are used to portray the earth as a flat surface (to add new projections see the Settings tab). Ticking Project Projection will assume that every layer imported into the project will have the same projection. If this is ticked and layers with different projections are imported (e.g. some British National Grid and some in the World WGS84 projection), then only those layers that are the same projection as the project will be projected correctly. If this is unticked this means that the user will have to specify the projection of each layer as they import them. This will result in each layer being layered over each other correctly. Creating a new project generates a new database ready to receive TRACC data and store calculations. When using the different TRACC tabs, project data is automatically saved to the database, so the user will never have to save any project data whilst working with TRACC. Any created projects will be displayed in the project library panel. The last few created projects are always visible in the project library panel but all projects can be viewed by clicking to bring up the full list of projects. Opening an existing project To open an existing project just select the project name from the project library panel. Users will need to activate the selected project in order for any previous data to be shown in the other tabs. To activate the project simply double click the project name. Users can quickly switch from one project to another by activating the required project. Once activated, the previous project data is automatically removed from the layer manager and map window. 8

10 Deleting an existing project To delete an existing project select the required project from the list and click on the bottom left of the project library panel. This will permanently delete the project database and clear out any associated project data from the layer manager and map window. View project properties To view the properties of a project users can right click on the required project in the project library panel and click Edit. An Update Information dialog box will appear. Users can edit the following items: Name: users can edit in the name of the project that was given when the project was created. Once the name has been changed click OK to save the changes. Has Same Projection: this allows users to change the Project Projection option specified when the project was created (see page 8). Users can tick or untick this option to specify whether all the layers within the project have the same projection. Description: users can add or edit descriptions of the project. Database Size: this is the size of the database in megabytes. The maximum size of a database using SQL Express or Local DB is 10GB. GUID: this is a unique code which can be used to identify the project database within SQL Server Management Studio. Projection: this states the EPSG number which can be used to identify which projection the project has been set to. 9

11 Data Layer Management TRACC can load layers into the software for background mapping, the following layers are accepted: SHP Files TAB Files Raster Images CSV XLS, XLSX Mdb, Accdb ITN.GZ Files Layer Add a layer This will open a dialog box and then the user selects the file they want to import. If a nonspatial file is loaded, the user is prompted to save it as a SHP file, this creates a new SHP file which will allow the file to be accessed and queried more efficiently. Remove a layer This button will Remove the selected layer from the layer manager. The layer needs to be selected in the layer manager before it can be removed. Style layer This gives the options to Style a layer. Users can change the colour, outer colour, transparency and size of layers. Users can also replace the standard point map symbols with their own imported image using this option. Group and Style layer The Group and Style layer button will first of all split a layer into a number of sub-layers. This is done using a column from the data, this can be either numerical or text data columns. For numerical columns, it can be split into a user defined number of Ranges, or if there are less than 20 ranges select Unique Value, this will then assign a different range to each unique value. In the case of text columns, only Unique Value can be selected making sure there are less than 20 values. After grouping, select Finish or Next to style all the sub layers. Save As This command will save a layer as an SHP file or CSV file. If a contour has been created using the Result tab, this can be exported to SHP by selecting it first in the Layer Manager, then select Save As. This will then prompt for the file path to save the file to. Only point data can be saved as a CSV file. The important point to remember here is that only data that is selected (highlighted) in the layer manager can be exported. 10

12 Merging (combining) Data Layer The Merge function is primarily designed for users of Ordnance Survey Meridian 2 data. This will merge separate files with the same structure into one single file, e.g. Meridian 2 data is provided in four separate files: A Roads, B Roads, Motorways and Minor Roads. Using the Merge tool allow all four files to be selected and then a single file created which represents one complete road network that can then be imported as a Road Layer. Column Editor This option will allow users to select a SHP file. A new numeric column can be added to the shape file based upon either adding, subtracting, dividing or multiplying two columns. Map Views Data View This is used when there are some features (items) selected on the map and users want to see the attribute data behind them. Use the selection tools to select the map objects in the map window before using this option. By clicking the data view, this will open a new data view window at the bottom of the main window showing the selected items. Click on the item in the data view which will then highlight the object in the map window. The data view is only a view, so no editing of underlying data is possible. Publish View This opens the Publish View page, this will take a copy of the map view and load it into the publish mode, this is then used to produce exported images from the TRACC software (see the Publish View section on page 54). Use Map This allows users to upload a map (e.g. Bing map or Google map) into their map window, to view beneath their data and contours (see Map Type settings on page 60 to set this up). Zoom (Layer) Controls This shows the four zoom button, these provide different zoom layer options: The All button will zoom to the extent of all open layers, fitting all the features into the map window. For the three smaller buttons to the right, the top button will zoom to a selected layer (highlight the layer first in the layer manager). The middle button will zoom to the extent of selected data in the map window. The lower button is previous zoom, this will then go back to the previous zoom/view. 11

13 Map Navigation Controls These tick boxes control what can be seen in the map window. The Pan/Zoom tick box will hide or show the map zoom slider in the map window. The Scale tick box will decide if the scale bar can be viewed within the map window. The North Arrow tick box will show/hide a North arrow in the map window. Draw To invoke the drawing tool click the Activate icon. The drawing tools allow the creation of custom shapes, these can then be saved as SHP files if required. The bottom row of icons are the types of drawing that can be done. These are Rectangle, Polygon (double click to finish drawing and close polygon), Circle, Eclipse, Point and Line. Once a feature has been drawn, the shape of the boundary can be adjusted by dragging the points that mark the boundary edges to redefine the shape. Save: this becomes selectable after a new object is drawn. This will allow the user to select a location to save the drawn object as a SHP file. Bin: this will clear any current unsaved drawn objects from the map window. Visible: this allows the unsaved drawn object to be switched on/off from view in the map window. About Clicking the About icon will bring up a dialog box providing information about: support: this address should be used if the user requires support with error messages. Forum: this is a link to Basemap s forum where users can gain access to help guides, TRACC discussions and find out information on various datasets that can be used within TRACC. Version: this will tell the user what version of TRACC is being used. TRACC Support might request this information if certain error messages are received. Hardware Id: this is required in order to licence TRACC on your machine. *New Feature* Basemap Support Desk This icon will direct the user to the Basemap Support Desk. Any support queries should be directed here. Open Error Log File If any error messages are received, TRACC users should send this Error Log File to support via the Basemap Support Desk icon (mentioned above) or directly to TRACCsupport@basemap.co.uk 12

14 FLOATING TOOL BAR This allows users to be able to have access to the following functions: Pan: allows users to navigate to new areas on the map. Selection Tools: a series of selection tools to use when selecting maps objects from an active layer. Measuring Tools: a series of measuring tools that allow the user to undertake line or area measurements in the map window. Selection Tools The floating tool bar contains Selection Tools which can be used to select data from an active layer. The selection tool will allow users to select map objects within the map window. Note that only one map layer can be selected at a time. In order to select specific map objects from a layer, users need to select the layer first in the layer manager. Save: this will become selectable after the users has selected object(s) in the map window. The button is then pressed to confirm the path to save the file. This will save the selected object(s) as a SHP or CSV file. Clear: this will clear any selections that are currently made in the map window. Select Within: this changes the selection so it will only select objects which are entirely within the selection boundary, e.g. a road link may straddle the section boundary and will not be included as the entire road link needs to be contained within the boundary. Intersects With: this will change the selection tool so will select the full map object for any part of the map object that intersects with the selection boundary. Information: this provides information for a single selected map object. This will then pop up a window showing the attribute information for that selected object. The row of icons at the bottom of the toolbar relate to the type of selection being made. These include Single selection, Rectangle selection, Polygon selection (double click to finish drawing and close polygon), Circle selection, Eclipse selection, Linear selection and Boundary selection. Once a feature has been drawn, the shape of the boundary can be adjusted by dragging the points that mark the boundary edges to redefine the shape. 13

15 Measure Tool (Ruler Icon) To activate the Measuring tool click on the floating tool bar. These tools can be used to measure straight line distances or area measurements. Measurements will be displayed on the map window and in the bottom left of the footer bar. Clicking will allow the current measurement to clear so a new measurement can be done. The measurements can be done using rectangle selection, polygon selection (double click to close polygon), circle selection, eclipse selection and linear selection. Map Window Navigation Controls This provides basic map zoom/pan functionality in a similar way to Google maps. The top control allows the user to move around the map up, down, left and right. The middle point of the top control will zoom to extent of selected layer. The slider represents the zoom scale allowing the user to zoom in and out. If using a mouse with a wheel then this will also allow zooming in and out through movement of the wheel forward and backwards. Map scale information is provided in the bottom right corner of the map window, this provides the co-ordinate that the mouse cursor is pointed to, along with the overall scale of the map. 14

16 PT NETWORK TAB This tab allows the import and editing of public transport data. Importing PT Data TRACC can import the following standard data formats: NaPTAN TransXChange ATCO CIF General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) Importing TransXChange (TXC) Data To import TXC Data users need to import the NaPTAN stops location data first before importing the TXC timetable data. Click on the Other button and select NaPTAN Stops from the drop down. Locate the NaPTAN file to import. Valid import formats are CSV or TXC. Select New (to create a new network) and enter a Network Name for the network. A Description column is provided if further descriptive information needs to be entered or this can just be left blank. By ticking the Make Active box then the PT network will be automatically opened (activated) and made available in TRACC. Use the Import button on the PT Network tab and then locate the TXC data files. To load multiple TXC files hold down the SHIFT key and then select all the required files. Use Update (to update the network) and select the same Network Name which was used when importing NaPTAN stops. Travel Modes are picked up from information contained in the TXC file. Normally, these modes can be matched against expected modes for use in TRACC. If there are any unmatched modes then the Vehicle Type drop down box can be activated to allow users to manually confirm the modes against those expected in TRACC. Click OK to complete the process. 15

17 Importing ATCO CIF Data The loading of ATCO CIF data will depend upon whether the stops data is contained in the same file(s) as the time table data. If stops data is contained in the same CIF file then simply click on the Import button on the PT Network tab and then select the file(s) required. Hold down the SHIFT key to select multiple files. Select New (new network) and enter a Network Name for the network. A Description column is provided if users want to add any further information or this can just be left blank. If the Make Active box is ticked then the PT network will be automatically opened (activated) and made available in TRACC. If Exact Route Matching is ticked then services will be separated so that only services that have an exact routing pattern (stop sequence) will be merged into one. If users have a separate CIF file containing the stops data then it is important that this is loaded first using the Import button. Then ensure the timetable CIF data is loaded into the same network by using the Update network option and selecting the network that the stops CIF data was loaded to. Click OK to complete the process. Importing GTFS Data Click the Import button on the PT Network tab and then select the file(s) required. Hold down the SHIFT key to select multiple files. Select New (new network) and enter a Network Name for the network. A Description column is provided if users want to add any further information or this can just be left blank. If the Make Active box is ticked then the PT network will be automatically opened (activated) and made available in TRACC. If Exact Route Matching is ticked then services will be separated so that only services that have an exact routing pattern (stop sequence) will be merged into one. Travel Modes are picked up from information contained in the GTFS file. Normally, these modes can be matched against expected modes for use in TRACC. If there are any unmatched modes then the Vehicle Type drop down box can be activated to allow users to manually confirm the modes against those expected in TRACC. Then click OK to complete the process. 16

18 Import from Access An ACCESSION database can be imported into the existing project. To do this, click Other on the PT Network Tab. Then select From Access from the drop down. Simply select the previous ACCESSION dataset to import. Remember to Activate any imported data (double click on name) before using in a calculation. Importing PT data from previous TRACC projects To allow previous created/imported PT data to be loaded into the existing project click Other on the PT Network Tab, then select From Another Project from the drop down. Select the target project name and select the dataset to import. Click Import. Remember to Activate any imported data (double click on name) before using in a calculation. Creating a Blank PT Network To create a PT network from scratch click Create Blank PT Network on the PT Network tab. Enter a Network Name for the network. A Description column is provided if users want to add any further information or this can just be left blank. If the Make Active box is ticked then the PT network will be automatically opened (activated) and made available in TRACC. If Exact Route Matching is ticked then services will be separated so that only services that have an exact routing pattern (stop sequence) will be merged into one. Click OK to complete the process. Users can then create PT stops and services using PT Editing Tools explained on page 19 to

19 Saving PT Data Saving PT networks to CIF/TXC (Stop Selection) Ensure you have activated a PT Network and that the PT Network is selected in the layer manager. Zoom to the extend you want to save. Choose a selection option from the floating tool bar and select the relevant PT Stops in the map window. Select the Save icon from PT Network tab and choose Selection as from the drop down menu. Choose a location and name for the CIF/TXC file and then press Save to complete the process. NB: that that the full service pattern for any services running through the stop(s) will be saved to CIF/TXC. This includes all relevant stops and not just the selected stops. Saving PT networks to CIF/TXC (Service Selection) Select the Save icon from PT Network tab and choose Service(s) as from the drop down menu. Use the Service Search dialog box to locate the services you want to export. Ensure that all required services are ticked. If users wish to select all services to export then tick the Service Number box located at the top left of the selected services viewing panel. Click then locate where you want to save the CIF/TXC file and enter a name for the file. Click OK to complete the process. Saving PT networks to GTFS Select the Save icon from PT Network tab and choose Whole Network as GTFS from the drop down menu. Choose a location and name for the GTFS file and then press Save to complete the process. The GTFS file will be saved in a zipped folder. 18

20 PT Editing Tools Adding a New PT Stop Ensure the PT network is activated and click on the Stops button on PT Network tab and click the New button. Either enter the stops coordinates manually in the Eastings (Xcoord) or Northings (YCoord) box OR find a location in the map window provided, then click to locate the stop location. Note that if users want to move a located stop then simply grab and move to a new location. If users want to remove a new stop and start again then click on New and it will clear the dialog. Once happy with the stop locations the next step is to provide a stop name in Name box provided. Other information can be left blank if required. Then click on Save to complete the process. Editing an existing PT stop Using the Search Function Ensure the PT network is activated and click on the Stops button on PT Network tab. The dialog then prompts users to search for an existing stop. By clicking the Search button then a list of all stops will be shown. If any text information is entered into the Name box then this will do a wild card search for stops which have a name containing that text. Searches can also be performed on the Town, Type, NaPTAN Id and even coordinates (exact match only) can be used to locate an existing stop. Next double click the stop to edit and this will bring up a second dialog box allowing the user to relocate the stop or change the attribute information. Click Save when the editing process has been completed. Editing an existing PT stop From the Map Window Ensure the PT network is activated and that the PT network is also selected in the layer manager. Right click on the stop required to be edited and click on Details. This will then provide the dialog box allowing the user to relocate the stop or change the attribute information. Click Save when the editing process has been completed. 19

21 Creating a new PT Service Click on Services in the PT Network tab and click New from the dialog box. Enter a Service Number and Operator in the box provided. There is also a requirement to select a Travel Mode for the service from the drop down list. The other attribute boxes are optional so update these if required. Then click Save. A Service is now created so next stage is to create a route variant. Click on Create New Route button. Enter a RouteID. Other attribute boxes can also be filled in if required. Then start to create the route variant stopping pattern by selecting the stops. These will need to be listed in sequence order. The sequence can be adjusted by simply selecting the added stop and moving it to a different part of the variant sequence. Click Save when the variant sequence is created. Then click Close. This will return to the previous dialog box. By selecting the variant created the TimeTable option is now available. Click this button to create Trips for the variant. Click on New Trip when the Timetable Information dialog box appears. There is a requirement to confirm the day(s) the service runs. Users can specify a start and end date for this trip, although this is not necessary. Editing an existing PT Service Click on Services in the PT Network tab. To bring up all services in the network click Search. Otherwise users can type in information, such as Service Number and Operator, and click Search to find the required service. Select the service required and double click to open its service information. Alter the information as required. Click Save to save any amendments before closing the dialog box. 20

22 Creating a new Demand Responsive Transport Service (DRT) Click on DRT Service in the PT Network tab and click the New button within the dialog box. Another dialog box opens allowing users to enter further information as follows: MANADATORY: Service Number User defined service number. MANADATORY: Operator User defined operator code. Operator Legal Name Booking Information Service Notes Restrictions Of Use Additional information regarding the operators legal name Additional information regarding information about booking this DR service Additional information regarding any other relevant information about this service Additional information indicating any other service restriction information Click Save and then click Create New Route, which now be active. This opens a DRT Route dialog box: 21

23 Users can specify the DRT route details by entering further information as follows: MANADATORY: Pickup Area MANADATORY: Drop Off Point MANADATORY: Days of Operation Vehicle Type Number of Pickups (Average) Wait time / time taken per pickup (Mins) Proportionate Speed / Set speed for each link type MANADATORY: Times Of Operation Vehicle Capacity Click the Draw button and draw the boundary that defines the coverage of the pickup area for the DRT service. Double click to set the area then click Confirm or click Cancel to redraw. Click Draw to highlight a single stop in the map window or use the Stop button to undertake a text based search to locate a particular stop. Select the days that the service operates on. Select the vehicle type from the drop down menu. This figure will be multiplied with the value in the Wait Time / time taken per pickup to create a time penalty which will be added to the final total travel time. This figure will be multiplied with the value in the Number of pickups to create a time penalty which will be added to the final total travel time. Using proportionate speed will use the proportionate speed as entered into the dialog box. Set speed, when chosen, will allow users to enter their own speeds for specific networks. Enter the time period the service operates Additional information on how many people the service can carry. Currently, this has no effect on the calculation. Maximum speed to be travelled (km/hr) This will reduce any of the speeds assigned to the road to this limit. A value of zero will have no effect on the assigned speeds. Treat all pickup areas the same Use Proportionate Speed If this is ticked then the following options are made available. In each case, all origin points in the pickup catchment will be assigned the same value: Minimum: Lowest total travel time for any point Maximum: Highest total travel time for any point Average: Average of total travel time for all point If not ticked, the value returned at each origin point is based upon the specific travel time from each point. The value entered here will use a proportion of the each road speed assigned to each link e.g. if a figure of 50% is used then a speed of 40km/hr would be reduced to 20km/hr. Click Save to finalise the DRT Service. 22

24 Editing a DRT Service Click on DRT Service in the PT Network tab. The service search dialog is provided. Enter text into the Service Number and/or Operator dialog boxes provided to locate specific services. Alternatively, leave these dialog boxes blank and just click Search to show all DRT services. Select the service then double click. Alter the information as required. Click Save to save any amendments before closing the dialog box. Deleting PT Stops and Networks To remove an unwanted PT network from a project highlight the chosen network in the PT network panel along the top. Then click Delete followed by PTNetwork from the drop down list. This will remove the PT network from the project. To remove unused stops (i.e. stops with no services assigned) highlight the chosen network in the PT network panel along the top. Then click Delete followed by Unused Stop from the drop down list. This is often used to delete unused NaPTAN stops that are imported during an import of TXC files. 23

25 ROAD NETWORK TAB This provides the functionality required to load digital road networks into a project. There are also functions available here to allow editing of existing road links, creation of new road links and updating of link speeds. It is also possible to assign Trafficmaster speeds data to a specific road network. Importing Road Networks Integrated Transport Network (ITN) The Integrated Transport Network (ITN) is a detailed vector road and path level data provided by Ordnance Survey. Data needs to be provided in a GML format. The imported data contains road restriction information which will be saved with the road links and applied to calculations. Click on ITN on the road network tab. A dialog box will open. Enter a Name for the road network. The Description field is optional. Locate the GML files containing the ITN Road Folder. If Urban Path GML files are also available then these can also be selected using the Urban Path Folder option. Urban Path data MUST be imported at the same time as the ITN data. The user needs to select the folder, in which the files are contained, not the files themselves. The GML files also need to be in the raw.gz format for the application to work. Click OK to continue. *New Feature* OS Highways BETA The Ordnance Survey will be releasing a new vector road product called OS Highways (currently in beta) as part of the Public Sector Mapping Agreement (PSMA). It will be the most detailed dataset available to councils and emergency services as of yet. Find out more information here: The data will be provided in a GML format. Like ITN, the imported data will contain road restriction information which will be saved with the road links and applied to calculations. Click on OS Highways BETA on the road network tab. A dialog box will open. Enter a Name for the road network. The Description field is optional. Locate the GML files containing the OS Highways Folder. The user needs to select the folder, in which the files are contained, not the files themselves. The GML files also need to be in the raw.gz format for the application to work. Click OK to continue. 24

26 Other road network TRACC allows the import of vector data supplied in SHP file format. Use this option to import OS Meridian2, OS Open Roads, NAVTEQ road data or other road link data which comes as a GIS vector file (SHP). Click Other on the road network tab and locate the SHP file to load. A dialog box will open. Enter a Name for the road network (otherwise leave and it will default to SHP file name). Click Next. This page directs the user to distinguish between the different road types. If the data contains a CODE field (in the case of Meridian2) then the road type column will default to use this column. The road type column is used by TRACC to identify different road and is based upon the CODE used by OS e.g = Minor Road, 3000 = Motorway etc. If no CODE column is present then select a column that has attributes that can define the road type. TRACC will then take the user through a field matching process, allowing a field matching process to take place. This page confirms the column attribute codes and matches them to the road types. Make any necessary changes here by double clicking in the boxes within the Road Type column and select from the drop down list. Otherwise click Next to continue. 25

27 Another dialog box appears allowing users to enter further information as follows: MANADATORY: Road Link Id Name Car Speed / Reverse Car Speed This is a unique ID assigned to each road link. Select the column which contains this ID. For Meridian 2 the column called OSODR is the unique link ID. Locate the field containing the road name. Useful for searching for certain roads or updating road speeds by road name. Identify a numeric column that contains car speeds (km/hr) for each road link. This will be used in preference to the DfT default car speeds (assigned by road type). There are two options: Car Speed only - identify a single column containing the car speed data which is used for both directions down a road link if Both Direction is ticked. Car Speed / Reverse Car Speed - identify two car speed columns representing different speeds for different directions down a road link. To identify two columns Both Directions must be unticked. Leave blank to allow TRACC to assign the DfT default car speeds from the internal defaults. Cycle Speed / Reverse Cycle Speed Identify a numeric column that contains cycle speeds (km/hr) for each road link. This will then be used in preference to the DfT default cycle speeds (16 km/hr). There are two options: Cycle Speed only - Identify a single column containing the cycle speed data which is used for both directions down a road link if Both Direction is ticked. Cycle Speed / Reverse Cycle Speed - identify two cycle speed columns representing different speeds for different directions down a road link. To identify two columns Both Directions must be unticked. Leave blank to allow TRACC to assign its own speeds from the internal defaults. Walk Speed /Reverse Walk Speed Identify a numeric column that contains walk speeds (km/hr) for each road link. This will then be used in preference to the DfT default walk speeds (4.8km/hr). There are two options: Walk Speed only - Identify a single column containing the cycle speed data which is used for both directions down a road link if Both Direction is ticked. Walk Speed / Reverse Walk Speed - identify two walk speed columns representing different speeds for different directions down a road link. To identify two columns Both Directions must be unticked. Leave blank to allow TRACC to assign its own speeds from the internal defaults. Number Use this to import road number information. 26

28 Click Finish to import the road network into the project. Once the import has finished, the road network will appear in the road network panel along the top. The network can be activated to be shown in the map window by double clicking on the network in the panel. Deleting existing project road networks A previously created road network data set can be removed. Select a road network data set in the list window then click the Delete button and from the dropdown list select Road Network. Importing road data from previous TRACC projects To allow previous created/imported road data to be loaded into the existing project click Import From Another Project on the Road Network tab. Select the target project name and select the dataset to import. Click Import. Remember to Activate any imported data (double click on name) before using in a calculation. 27

29 Updating Road Speeds There are numerous ways to update road speeds in TRACC, which is useful if users want to avoid using default DfT speeds and require more accurate road speeds to be assigned to links. Alternatively, users may wish to undertake what if scenarios whereby certain link speeds may be set to zero (close a road off/pedestrianise a road) or model the accessibility difference by increasing or lowering speeds for one or many road links. Trafficmaster Trafficmaster speed data that is provided by the Department for Transport can be used in TRACC. This needs to be summarised into a spreadsheet or database that contains the ITN link ID in one column, and then the summarised speed for that link in the next column, and a reverse speed in a column after that. After the data has been summarised into this format, it is ready to be used in TRACC. To import the speed data, press the Trafficmaster button, then select the appropriate file which contains the data. This will then open the following dialog box: Select the column which contains the Road Link Id, then select the columns for the speed data and press Finish. Global Edit This allows speed updates to be made for different modes of transport based upon assigning a speed for a particular road type. Link Search Allows a search to be made on road name or road type. Tick the roads that need updating then assign speeds by different modes for these road links using the dialog provided. Editing existing road links Click on the floating tool bar and this will then activate the GIS selection tools. Ensure project road layer is selected in the layer manager. Select one or more road links on the map using the different tools provided. Click Edit Selected and assign speeds by different modes for these road links using the dialog provided. 28

30 Adding a new road link Ensure the road network is activated and zoom to the specific location in the map window where the new road link should be added. Click Activate on the road network tab. This will activate the Line drawing icon. Select then draw the line on the map that represents the new link. The line is drawn by clicking where the line starts and where it ends. Once the new link has been created, double click to set the road link in the map. The edge nodes that appear can be dragged to reshape the road link. By clicking on the road link it is also possible to create additional nodes to change the shape further. To remove and redraw then road link click and start again. Once the line is set on the map the shape can be adjusted by selecting the edge nodes (circles) and dragging that part of a line to reshape it. NB: Snapping to an existing road network If the road link is to be used in a calculation it has to join properly to the existing road network. TRACC has an automated snapping function built in that will allow any link edges within a defined distance to be automatically attached (snapped) to the nearest existing link. The default snapping distance is normally 10m but this can be adjusted in the settings file if necessary (see Settings Tab for further information). Once the new link has been drawn, click then the following dialog box appears: and The following fields can then be updated: MANADATORY: Road Type MANADATORY: Link Id Road Name Number Car/Cycle/Walk speeds Use the drop down to confirm the road type Use a unique identifier can be alpha numeric Enter a road name This identifies the road number i.e. B451, A3, M25 etc. Enter speed for different modes in km/hr Click OK to continue. Editing a single road link data A single road link can be edited by right clicking over the road link and clicking Edit. Ensure that the road network to edit is selected (highlighted) in the layer manager. The attribute, speed and shape of the line can be altered using this method. 29

31 ORIGIN TAB This tab allows origin points (the start point of journeys) to be created or imported from a variety of different standard file formats or GIS data files. Importing Origin Sets Importing a GIS origin file Click on Add then choose the source MapInfo Tab or SHP file. Enter a Name for the Origin data set then click Next. The following fields can then be updated: MANADATORY: Name This identifies a column in the imported data which can be imported with the origin data. This is particularly useful in order to identify origins by name when producing a travel time or local accessibility report later on. Weight Factor This is only really used where the origin data has a numeric column providing a count for each origin. E.g. a block of flats may all have the same X,Y coordinates so it would not be very efficient for calculations to have a separate origin for each of the flats. Just one X,Y origin can be used and a numerical value provided for the number of flats. To use this in TRACC, simply select this column from the source data at through this dialog box. Click Finish and the origin dataset will be loaded to the list in the Origin tab. 30

32 Importing a CSV / Excel / Mdb / Accdb file Click on Add then choose the source CSV / Excel / Mdb / Accdb file. Enter a Name for the Origin data set then click Next. The following fields can then be updated: Geocode Dataset Select data column(s) This is used if an origin set contains no coordinate information but has a postcode. TRACC has a built in GeoCode file, so select OSCodePoint this from the drop down to use the postcodes to create points. Then select the column containing the postcode and also select a column for Name. The same column names can be used when prompted to use postcode to define the name field. This is used where coordinates columns exist and can be used to create origin points. Simply select the two numeric X,Y columns. MANADATORY: Name Weight Factor This identifies a column in the imported data which can be imported with the origin data. This is particularly useful in order to identify origins by name when producing a travel time or local accessibility report later on. This is only really used where the origin data has a numeric column providing a count for each origin. E.g. a block of flats may all have the same X,Y coordinates so it would not be very efficient for calculations to have a separate origin for each of the flats. Just one X,Y origin can be used and a numerical value provided for the number of flats. To use this in TRACC, simply select this column from the source data at through this dialog box. Click Finish and the origin dataset will be loaded to the list in the Origin tab. 31

33 Create an origin set based upon a geographic boundary file This will provide the opportunity to create a new origin data set based upon a GIS boundary layer. For example, the user may wish to use a county boundary to create a grid of origin points that are contained within this boundary. Click Add by Area Shapefile and then select the boundary file. This needs to be a SHP file and will need to have a single GIS closed polygon boundary. Enter a Name for the origin set and the Distance spacing (e.g. 250 metres) between origin points. Click OK and the new origin set will then be created and made available in the origin dataset list window. Creating an origin set using GIS tools Origin datasets can be created by drawing different objects in the map window. Click on Activate to activate the drawing tools. The bottom row of drawing tools allow the user to create different shapes on the map window or even single points as required. Drawing single points Point: click this icon and then click once in the map window to draw a single point. Continue clicking to draw more points if required. Label: The user can add labels to each point. Bin: this will clear any points the user has drawn. Save: this becomes selectable once a point has been drawn. Once all the correct points have been drawn this icon will allow the user to save the points as an origin set. Drawing a shape Draw a shape: Rectangle, Circle, Polygon (double click to finish drawing and close polygon) and Eclipse. The shape of the boundary can be adjusted by dragging the points that mark the boundary edges. Once the correct shape has been drawn click to Save the shape. The user will be prompted to specify a Name for the origin set and the Distance spacing (e.g. 250 metres) between origin points. This will allow an even spread of origin points within the shape. Click OK and the new origin set will then be created and made available in the origin dataset list window. 32

34 Import from Access An ACCESSION database can be imported into the existing project. To do this Import from access on the Origin tab. Then simply select the previous ACCESSION dataset to import. Remember to activate any imported data (double click on name) before using in a calculation. Importing origin sets from previous TRACC projects To allow previous created/imported origin datasets to be loaded into the existing project click Import From Another Project on the Origin tab. Select the target project name and select the dataset to import. Click Import. Remember to Activate any imported data (double click on name) before using in a calculation. Editing Origin Data Search for an origin point Users can search for specific origin points using the Search tool on the Origin tab. Origins can be searched for by entering a Name and/or Easting/Northings and by clicking Search. This will bring up the results from the search. The user can double click on the origin point to bring up its Origin Information. Details can be edited within this dialog box. Users must click Update to save any changes made. Delete an origin set To delete an origin set the user simply has to select the specified origin set in the panel and then click Delete in the Origin tab. 33

35 DESTINATION TAB This tab allows destination points to be created or imported from a variety of different standard file formats or GIS data files. Importing Destination Sets Importing a GIS destination file Click on Add then choose the source MapInfo Tab or SHP file. Enter a Name for the Destination data set then click Next. The following fields can then be updated: MANADATORY: Name This identifies a column in the imported data which can be imported with the destination data. This is particularly useful in order to identify destinations by name when producing a travel time accessibility report later on. String Columns Float Columns Date Columns This allows users to select additional string based columns which can be useful when creating a travel time accessibility report later on. This allows users to select additional float (numeric) based columns which can be useful when creating a travel time accessibility report later on. This allows users to select additional date based columns which can be useful when creating a travel time accessibility report later on. Description Columns This allows users to select an additional column to which can provide further information about each destination. This may be useful when using the information tool in the map window or data viewer. Click Finish and the destination dataset will be loaded to the list in the Destination tab. 34

36 Importing a CSV /Excel / Mdb / Accdb file Click on Add then choose the source CSV / Excel / Mdb / Accdb file. Enter a Name for the Destination data set then click Next. The following fields can then be updated: Geocode Dataset Use X/Y columns This is used if a destination set contains no coordinate information but has a postcode. TRACC has a built in GeoCode file, so select OSCodePoint this from the drop down to use the postcodes to create points. Then select the column containing the postcode and also select a column for Name. The same column names can be used when prompted to use postcode to define the name field. This is used where coordinate columns exist and can be used to create destination points. Simply select the two numeric X,Y columns. The Name column also needs to be selected. MANADATORY: Name This identifies a column in the imported data which can be imported with the destination data. This is particularly useful in order to identify destinations by name when producing a travel time accessibility report later on. String Columns Float Columns Date Columns This allows users to select additional string based columns which can be useful when creating a travel time accessibility report later on. This allows users to select additional float (numeric) based columns which can be useful when creating a travel time accessibility report later on. This allows users to select additional date based columns which can be useful when creating a travel time accessibility report later on. Click Finish and the destination dataset will be loaded to the list in the Destination tab. 35

37 Create a destination set based upon a geographic boundary file This will provide the opportunity to create a new destination data set based upon a GIS boundary layer. For example, the user may wish to use a site boundary to create a set of destination points that cover the boundary where access may be possible across the site boundary. Click Add by Area Shapefile and then select the boundary file. This needs to be a SHP file and will need to have a single GIS closed polygon boundary. Enter a Name for the destination set and the Distance spacing (e.g. 250 metres) between origin points. Click OK and the new destination set will then be created and made available in the destination dataset list window. Creating an destination set using GIS tools Destination datasets can be created by drawing different objects in the map window. Click on Activate to activate the drawing tools. The bottom row of drawing tools allow the user to create different shapes on the map window or even single points as required. Drawing single points Point: click this icon and then click once in the map window to draw a single point. Continue clicking to draw more points if required. Label: The user can add labels to each point. Bin: this will clear any points the user has drawn. Save: this becomes selectable once a point has been drawn. Once all the correct points have been drawn this icon will allow the user to save the points as an origin set. Drawing a shape Draw a shape: Rectangle, Circle, Polygon (double click to finish drawing and close polygon) and Eclipse. The shape of the boundary can be adjusted by dragging the points that mark the boundary edges. Once the correct shape has been drawn click to Save the shape. The user will be prompted to specify a Name for the origin set and the Distance spacing (e.g. 250 metres) between origin points. This will allow an even spread of origin points within the shape. Click OK and the new destination set will then be created and made available in the destination dataset list window. 36

38 Import from Access An ACCESSION database can be imported into the existing project. To do this Import from access on the Destination tab. Then simply select the previous ACCESSION dataset to import. Remember to activate any imported data (double click on name) before using in a calculation. Importing destination sets from previous TRACC projects To allow previous created/imported destination datasets to be loaded into the existing project click Import From Another Project on the Destination tab. Select the target project name and select the dataset to import. Click Import. Remember to Activate any imported data (double click on name) before using in a calculation. Editing Destination Data Search for a destination point Users can search for specific destinations using the Search tool on the Destination tab. Destinations can be searched for by entering a Name and/or Easting/Northings and by clicking Search. This will bring up the results from the search. The user can double click on the origin point to bring up its Destination Information. Details can be edited within this dialog box. Users must click Update to save any changes made. Delete a destination set To delete a destination set the user simply has to select the specified destination set in the panel and then click Delete in the Destination tab. 37

39 CENSUS TAB This tab is used to load in census / demographic data that can then be related to a particular set of result data to allow for demographic reports to be generated. In order to use this function the following two file types are required: MS Excel / CSV file containing the census boundary code and the demographic data counts for each row GIS census boundary file containing each of the census boundaries and their boundary code In order for this process to work, the boundary codes in each file need to match otherwise no data will be imported. Importing Census Data Click Add and locate the two files: Locate the MS Excel / CSV file containing the demographic data Locate the MapInfo Tab or SHP file (GIS layer) A data import wizard will open: Enter a Name for the census dataset. Tick First row contains column headings if the spreadsheet has column names. Then click Next. NB: the UK census spreadsheets may require some manual cleaning first before using in TRACC. The file needs to have the column names in the first row so remove any rows that have descriptive information also the summary at the bottom of the spreadsheet needs to be removed. The next dialog allows users to join these two data tables based upon the output area code contained within the Excel / CSV and GIS layer. Use the drop down box to select the column containing the area code from the available fields from both files. TRACC will show the Excel / CSV file columns at the top and GIS file columns below. Once the columns have been matched, click Next to continue. The next dialog will find any numeric fields and list them at the bottom (up to 50). These are the demographic variable fields available and it is up to the user to tick which ones to import into TRACC. Click Finish to complete the process. A Census file is now saved in the list box and can be used with any result set when producing demographic reports from calculations. This is covered later in the Result tab demographic report section. 38

40 Importing census data from previous TRACC projects To allow previous created/imported census datasets to be loaded into the existing project click Import From Another Project on the Destination tab. Select the target project name and select the dataset to import. Click Import. Remember to Activate any imported data (double click on name) before using in a calculation. Editing Census Data Delete a census dataset To delete a census dataset the user simply has to select the specified census dataset in the panel and then click Delete in the Census tab. 39

41 CALCULATION TAB The calculation tab provides three different calculators: Origin Destination: This is a network accessibility calculation which can provide travel time or distance from origin to destination by all modes of transport (public transport and walk, cycle and car). Local Accessibility: This calculation has no destinations and will access the accessibility of origin points to the surrounding public transport network. Stop Frequency: This calculation only needs the PT Network and will allow users to visualise frequency of services at PT Stop level. Origin Destination Ensure that any of the required datasets have been activated. Click Origin Destination from the Calculation tab to open the calculation wizard. Choose the required calculation from the options provided: Public Transport Calculates travel times using the activated PT Network. The walking time element of the calculation is worked out using a straight line distance between origin/destination points to the PT stops and between the PT stops Public Transport and Road Network Calculates travel times using the activated PT Network and also the activated Road Network. The walking time element is worked out using the road links in the road network between origin/destination points to the PT stops and between the PT stops Walk Provides origin to destination walking time or distance calculations using the activated road network links. Cycle Provides origin to destination cycle time or distance calculations using the activated road network links. Car Drive Time Provides origin to destination drive time or distance calculations using the activated road network links. 40

42 The next dialog box only applies to PT and PT and Road calculations. If the user is running road only calculations, this page still exists in the calculation wizard, but the options are greyed out. Simply click Next to continue to next dialog box if running road only calculations. Use the following to enter parameters for a PT and PT and Road calculation: Select PT Mode to use Choose Day/Time Period(s) Start Time End Time Set Frequency Select the different modes of transport required. Only the PT modes that have already been imported will be available for selection here. The tick box allows different modes to be switched on or off, which determines which ones are used in the calculation. Select the day that the calculation is to be based upon. Time of day from when the calculation can be run from. Time of day from when the calculation can be run to. This option is for Buses ONLY. By ticking this box and entering a minimum stop frequency, only stops which have a frequency greater than or equal to the value provided will be used in the calculation. This is often used to remove one-off services that might skew the results (e.g. rural areas with 1 service per week). NB: It is not possible to run a calculation for a particular arrival time e.g. travel to work by 9pm. Once these details have been entered correctly, click Next. The next dialog box shows further parameters which will be different depending on the type of calculation selected. The default values entered were set in conjunction with the Department for Transport. The different options are explained on the following page. 41

43 Parameters: PT Only PT and Road Road Only (Walk, Cycle, Car Drive Time) Walk Speed Walk Variance (when not on network) Max O/D Distance (as the crow flies) Time/Distance Catchment This is the walk speed when not on the PT network. It is the walk speed used to get from an origin to a PT stop, from a PT stop to a destination, and to get between stops during an interchange. This is a multiplier applied to the straight line distance between the origin point and the PT stop, between the PT stop and the destination, and going between PT stops. It accounts for any variation in the route taken, given that the route is unlikely to be an exact straight line. This is the walk speed when not on the road network. It only applies to the walk between an origin and the road network, the road and a destination, and point where a PT stop is located off a road. When a walking ON a road network, the default speeds internal to TRACC will be used. This is a multiplier applied to the straight line distance from an origin point, a destination or PT stop to the nearest point on the road network. It accounts for any variation in the route taken, given that the route is unlikely to be an exact straight line. This is the walk speed when not on the road network. It only applies to the walk between an origin and the road network, and the road and a destination. When a walking ON a road network, the default speeds internal to TRACC will be used. This is a multiplier applied to the straight line distance from an origin point or a destination to the nearest point on the road network. It accounts for any variation in the route taken, given that the route is unlikely to be an exact straight line. This is the maximum straight line distance from an origin to a destination. O/D pairs with a straight line distance greater than specified (e.g. 100km) are ignored in the calculation. Time catchment ONLY: A maximum time between origin and destination. Any O/D pairs with times greater than specified are returned as not accessible. Time catchment: can be used for the Fastest Path calculation. A maximum time between origin and destination. Any O/D pairs with times greater than specified are returned as not accessible Distance catchment: can be used for the Shortest Distance calculation. A maximum distance between origin and destination. Any O/D pairs with distances greater than specified are returned as not accessible Return Accessible Results Only Limit no. of Destinations per each Origin In many calculations the O/D results contain many non-accessible results. By selecting this option the size of result file can be reduced and only accessible O/D pairs are saved to the database. This reduces the calculation time by considering only the most accessible destinations for each origin. Once this option is ticked, the user can specify a number of destinations (X). X will be multiplied by 5, to get 5X. Then the calculation will only consider the 5X closest destinations to find the X closest destinations for each origin point. Only the most accessible (lowest time/shortest distance) X number of destinations are returned for each origin point. Caution is advised when using this option, as users will have to rerun the calculation if the user decides to get ALL of the results back. 42

44 Utilise Road Network Envelope Maximum External Connection Distance Maximum Internal Connection Distance PT Only PT and Road Road Only (Walk, Cycle, Car Drive Time) N/A N/A This is the interchange distance between PT services. This is the maximum distance the calculation allows to walk between two different PT stops mid-journey. If the Use Road Network For Internal Interchange option is ticked (see this parameter below), then this connection distance is applied to the road network. If this option is not ticked, the calculation will use a straight line distance. This option will create a square buffer around the entire origin and destination set. The edges of the square buffer will be a set distance away from the outer edges of the origin and destination sets, as defined by the user. Only road links within this buffer will be used in calculations. This is useful for reducing the amount of the road network used in calculations, thus allowing for quicker calculations. However, less accurate results could be returned if too small a value is used. This is the maximum straight line distance that is travelled from the origin to the nearest road, and from the nearest road to the destination. Access to the road network is only granted to the closest road link. N/A Interchange Penalty Stop Clustering Utilise PT Network Envelope Maximum Connection Distance to First Stop Maximum number of first stops Use Road network for Internal interchange This is a time applied when interchanging between services. This is added in the middle of the journey before boarding the next service, not at the end. Ticking this box will group together stops that are within Xm of each other. Multiple stops will be represented as one stop, but the service information is retained for all these stops. This will reduce the calculation times, but could have a negative effect on the accuracy of results. This option will create a square buffer around the entire origin and destination set. The edges of the square buffer will be a set distance away from the outer edges of the origin and destination sets, as defined by the user. Only PT networks within this buffer will be used in calculations. This is useful for reducing the amount of the PT network used in calculations, thus allowing for quicker calculations. However, less accurate results could be returned if too small a value is used. This is a straight line buffer with a radius of Xm that sits around the origin point and the destination point. Only stops within these buffers can be used as first or last stops for the journey, any of these stops can be walked to. Also, if the destination point is in the buffer of the origin, TRACC will allow walking directly to the destination point if this is the quickest route. If a road network is selected, the road network will be used to generate the walk time on the network, so be aware if you select a 2km buffer, the walk may be greater once the curvature of the road network is taken into account. This will limit each origin point to use the only the X nearest number of stops to access the public transport network. This can speed up the calculations but could return inaccuracies if too low a number if used. When ticked this will utilise the road network for interchanging from stop to stop. Once the parameters have been entered correctly, click Next. N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 43

45 The next page allows users to enter further parameters and select different calculation options: Direction Choose Calculation Type Save Full OD-Path File *New Feature* Save As CSV Name Description *New Feature* Save for future run *New Feature* Normalise road network This is the direction used when calculating the travel time or distance. Outbound will calculate from origin to destination. Inbound will calculate from destination to origin. In both cases the travel time/distance is provided for each origin. This is for ROAD ONLY calculations (i.e. walk, cycle and car drive time). Fastest Path works out the lowest travel time (quickest route) based upon the road speeds assigned to the different road links. For example, for a car drive time calculation the use of a motorway may involve travelling a greater distance than using minor roads but the speeds are that much faster on a motorway that it is quicker to get from origin to destination. Shortest distance does not take into account road speeds, but works out the shortest distance travelled for each O/D pair. This option controls whether the user can create time or distance contours within the Result tab. This option shows the different components of a journey from origin to destination. Depending upon the calculation chosen, it can show the walk time, road links used, PT stops, services and service routeing and interchange times. This option creates a CSV file for every single O/D pair in the calculation, so if you have 1000 O/D pairs then 1000 CSV files will be produced. For this reason, TRACC limits it so it only produces path reports for the first 50 origin points (though this can be changed in the calculation settings). Users should only use this option with a small set of origin points, or for testing purposes if users receive unusual results that they wish to look into further. This option slows down calculation runtimes as well. This option should be used if you ONLY want the results in CSV format. It exports the results directly to a CSV. This is useful for extremely large calculations as this option does not feed the results back into the TRACC project database, saving calculation runtime and database space. Users simply need to specify the save location for the file. Caution is advised when using this option, as users will have to rerun the calculation if the user decides to create contours/thematic maps with the results. The user needs to enter a name for the calculation. This allows the user to locate a specific result set when using the Result tab. This allows users to add further information regarding the calculation if desired. Any information will be saved with that calculation dataset to provide more information about the calculation when using the Result tab. Ticking this option will save the calculation to run later. This gives the user the option to save a number of calculations, and then set off a Batch Calculation later on (this button is available on the Calculation tab). This option is ideal if the user wants to run a number of large calculations overnight meaning the user will return to TRACC less frequently to set new calculations off. This feature removes the intersecting nodes on each road and then joins the links together by straightening out the road. The calculation continues to use the actual distance stored against each road link, but because it now considers the road as one link, this has the benefit of making the application run quicker. This is particularly useful for very large scale regional and national runs, and with very detailed road networks. 44

46 Click the Finish button to run the calculation, or to save the calculation for a Batch Calculation. Alternatively, in order to see further information regarding the number of origins and destinations that will be used in the calculation plus confirmation of parameters to be used, then click Next. Local Accessibility This calculation provides a walk distance to the closest stop. Users can define a specific time period and a level of frequency for the PT stop. Before running the calculation Activate the required PT Network and Origin Set. Also activate the Road Network if looking at access along the road. Click Local Accessibility in the Calculation tab. Select PT Mode to use Choose Day/Time Period(s) Start time End time Set Frequency Select the different modes of transport required. Only the PT modes that have already been imported will be available for selection here. The tick box allows different modes to be switched on or off, which determines which ones are used in the calculation. Select the day that the calculation is to be based upon. Time of day from when the calculation can be run from. Time of day from when the calculation can be run to. By entering a value, only stops which have a frequency greater than or equal to the value provided will be used in the calculation. The user has the option to select either: Service Frequency: This will qualify a stop that has a frequency of services greater than or equal to that specified, for the transport mode and time criteria specified. E.g. if the frequency is set to 4 per hour, then this will only look at PT stops with at least 4 different services stopping there per hour for each hour in the time period specified. Combined Stop Frequency: This will qualify a stop where the total frequency for all services added together (e.g. total number of buses that stop there) is greater than or equal to the value specified, for the transport mode and time criteria specified. Click Next to continue. 45

47 Select Road Option Use Road Network this option will consider the distance along the road network to the nearest PT stop that meets the frequency and time period criteria. Crow Flies this option will consider a straight line distance to the nearest PT stop that meets the frequency and time period criteria. Catchment Set Walk Parameters (not on the network) Utilise Road Network Envelope Name Description *New Feature* Save Parameters for Future Batch Run *New Feature* Normalise road network Specify the maximum walking distance between origin and PT stop in metres. This is used to remove any stops that are more than the maximum walking distance specified. Walk Speed: This is the walk speed when not on the network. It is the walk speed used to get from an origin to the road network and road network to the PT stop (if Use Road Network is selected), or it is the walk speed used to get from an origin to a PT stop (if Crow Flies option is selected). Walk Variance: This is a multiplier applied to the straight line distance between the origin point and the PT stop. It accounts for any variation in the route taken, given that the route is unlikely to be an exact straight line. This option will create a square buffer around the entire origin and destination set. The edges of the square buffer will be a set distance away from the outer edges of the origin and destination sets, as defined by the user. Only road links within this buffer will be used in calculations. This is useful for reducing the amount of the road network used in calculations, thus allowing for quicker calculations. However, less accurate results could be returned if too small a value is used. The user needs to enter a name for the calculation. This allows the user to locate a specific result set when using the Result tab. This allows users to add further information regarding the calculation if desired. Any information will be saved with that calculation dataset to provide more information about the calculation when using the Result tab. Ticking this option will save the calculation to run later. This gives the user the option to save a number of calculations, and then set off a Batch Calculation later on (this button is available on the Calculation tab). This option is ideal if the user wants to run a number of large calculations overnight meaning the user will return to TRACC less frequently to set new calculations off. This feature removes the intersecting nodes on each road and then joins the links together by straightening out the road. The calculation continues to use the actual distance stored against each road link (e.g. 0.5km as shown in the Figure below), but because it now considers the road as one link, this has the benefit of making the application run quicker. This is particularly useful for very large scale regional and national runs, and with very detailed road networks. 46

48 Viewing qualifying Local Accessibility stops After each local accessibility calculation the stops that met the frequency limitation are saved as a destination set. This allows users to then visualise these in the map or use these as destination points for calculations. To access these, go to the Destinations tab and then select to toggle between the standard destination datasets and these local accessibility destination datasets. As with any other destination set, double click to Activate. Stop Frequency Calculation This calculation will allow users to understand the frequency of services at each PT stop. This can be either a visual overview using thematic mapping or users can directly produce a CSV report. Click Stop Frequency in the Calculation tab. This will open a calculation wizard. Select PT Mode to use Select the different modes of transport required. Only the PT modes that have already been imported will be available for selection here. The tick box allows different modes to be switched on or off, which determines which ones are used in the calculation. Choose Day/Time Period(s) Start time Select the day that the calculation is to be based upon. Time of day from when the calculation can be run from. End time Time of day from when the calculation can be run to. Set Frequency The user has the option to select either: Service Frequency: This will provide the frequency value (number of services per hour) for the service that has the highest frequency at each stop that meet the transport mode and time criteria specified. Combined Stop Frequency: This will provide a total frequency value for all services at that stop that meet the transport mode and time criteria specified. This result is the sum of all service frequencies. Report Type Thematic: Allows users to create a thematic map to colour shade the frequency at each stop. NB: Due to the irregular distribution of stops we would advise against using the contour option and only use thematic mapping. CSV: Exports results directly to a CSV file containing the stop name, NaPTAN ID and frequency for each stop. Click Finish to run the calculation. 47

49 *New Feature* - Batch Calculation Batch Calculation is a new feature in TRACC for the Origin Destination and Local Accessibility calculations. After setting the required parameters in the calculation wizards for either of the calculations, the user has the option to tick a box which allows the user to save the calculation for a future run: Origin Destination calculation: Local Accessibility calculation: Once the option has been ticked, the Batch Calculation icon on the Calculation tab will become active. The user can set up other calculations on TRACC, with different origins/destinations/road networks/pt networks and click Save for future run. Ticking this option will save the calculation to run later. This gives the user the option to save a number of calculations, and then set off a Batch Calculation later on (this button is available on the Calculation tab). This option is ideal if the user wants to run a number of large calculations overnight meaning the user will return to TRACC less frequently to set new calculations off. Users can also set off a single Batch Calculation with both Origin Destination calculations and Local Accessibility calculations saved in it. A Batch Calculation does not have to include either Origin Destination calculations or Local Accessibility calculations. After a Batch Calculation has run, the Origin Destination and Local Accessibility results can be found in their separate result panels. 48

50 RESULT TAB This tab allows the user to choose either an origin destination or a local accessibility results file. Once a result is selected the user can: Create contour (isochrones) maps Create thematic ranges map Create contours per destination Undertake a destination s catchment assessment Export results to CSV report files Create demographic data reports Conduct results comparisons Create Contour This option will allow the user to create a contour (isochrones) or thematic map of the results. These can be saved as SHP files using the Save As option on the Home tab (see page 10). Users should not create contours with origin points such as postcodes, due to their irregular distribution. To visually see the results it is recommended to produce a thematic map instead. Select the required result file from the results panel. Click Create and then from the dropdown list click Contour. In the Result Visual Report dialog box: Contour / Thematic Number of ranges Density Row Count / Column Count Select either Contour or Thematic Specify the number of contour bands required. This option applies to contours only. It allows the user to control the interpolation process. These options will assign default values to the Row and Column count. Choose an option that most represents the extent of the origin file used in the calculation: Town City County This option applies to contours only. The row and column counts control the interpolation of the contours - how to assign travel time/distance values to the areas in between origin points. A set of invisible rows and columns are positioned throughout the extent of the origin points, and the point where these rows and columns intersect is given a travel time/distance value. This value depends on the travel time/distance of the neighbouring origin points. These values are then used to join up the edges of the contour. The higher the rows and columns values, the more detail the contour will have. However, if these values are too high the contour will break. 49

51 Boundary Click OK to produce the contour. The number of boundary entry boxes are displayed depending on the number of ranges specified. By default TRACC will display values in these boxes split evenly based upon the highest value found in the results file. Users should enter values according to the contour banding they wish to display. In the example shown in the image above the ranges are represented as follows: 20 <20 40 >20 and <40 60 >40 and <60 80 >60 and < >80 and < >100 and <120 Contour Per Destination If users want to create contours for single destinations, they do not need to run calculations for each destination separately. This Contour Per Destination option allows users to pick a destination within the results and create a contour just for that destination. Select the required result file from the results panel. Click on Create and choose Contour Per Destination from the dropdown list. This opens up a Destination Search dialog box. Click Search. This will bring up a list of all the destinations included in the result. Click on a destination, e.g. Churchill Hospital, to highlight it in blue, and then click Select at the bottom of the dialog box. This brings up the Result Visual Report dialog box. Users should fill in the box in the method described on the previous page for Contours. Once the box has been filled in the user should click OK to produce the contour for a single destination. Destination s Catchment This option only relates to Origin Destination results files. Destination s Catchment provides a quick overview of a result file, visually highlighting the origins that are most accessible to each destination. For example, this option looks at which destination is the quickest to get to or the shortest distance to travel to for each origin. NB: It is advised that this is not used for results with more than 20 destination points. Select the required results file from the results panel. Click on Create and choose Destination s Catchment from the dropdown list. TRACC will then automatically process this option, and the catchments for each destination will be presented in the map window with a key in the layer manager. 50

52 Export to CSV All result files can be exported to a CSV file. This applies to both the origin destination and local accessibility results. Select the required results file from the results panel. Click on Export to CSV and select Result from the dropdown list. A Closest Result Report dialog box will appear. By default this dialog box will show the number of destinations that were used in the calculation e.g. 14 destinations. This option allows users to save only the closest destinations for each origin point - this is closest in terms of travel time or distance, depending on which sort of calculation is run. For example, if the user entered 1 into the box, then the CSV that is exported will only contain 1 result for each origin point, which will be the closest destination to each origin point. If the user entered 3, then the CSV report will contain the 3 closest destinations for each origin point. In the CSV report values equal to indicate origins that are not accessible within the day/time periods specified. Delete Unwanted results can be deleted by selecting the required result and then clicking the Delete icon on the Result tab. Results Comparison The Results Comparison tools allows users to compare 2 sets of results. Click on Results Comparison in the Result tab. In the dialog box that appears enter a Name for the comparison result and then select the two results from the drop down lists beside Result 1 and Result 2. Select a Mode: A B this option will consider two results and will subtract the two values for each origin point. For example, if users wanted to look at the effect of a new PT service on access to a site, users can subtract two Origin Destination results from one another (before / after) showing the difference in travel times as the result of the new PT service. A + B this option will add two values together for each origin point. Min this option will compare two results reporting back the minimum value for each origin point. Max this option will compare two results reporting back the maximum value for each origin point. 51

53 Users have the option to tick Result Closest Destination Only. For each origin point this will only return a result for its closest destination point, rather than the results for every origin point to every destination point. Click Export, then the result will appear in the Result tab. Users can either create a contour map, a thematic map, or export the results of the comparison to a CSV. Demographic Data Report This function will generate reports which will compare travel time and distance results to the demographics of that particular area. For example, users could create a report for the total number of people that are within 30 minutes total travel time of the destination by public transport. Before using this option the user needs to have already imported the Census data into TRACC (see page 38 for the Census tab). The user must then select the required census set from the Census tab panel, and the required result file from the Result tab panel. The user can then click Demographic Data Report on the Result tab which will open up the Demographic Report dialog box. Users can choose from the following options depending on which sort of report to produce: Report This produces a CSV report of the demographics that live within a certain travel time or distance. Calculation Method Entire Area: Provides the total value for all selected demographic data that are within the specified threshold of any destination in the current result set. This provides just one value for the entire project area. Per Destination: Provides the total value for all selected demographic data for each destination. This provides one value for each destination. Demographic Area: Provides the total value for all selected demographic data within each geographic boundary, e.g. number of residents within each output area. This provides one value for each geographic boundary. 52

54 Calculation Output Time Breakdown Sum: Provides a total value for the selected demographic data columns. Percentage: Provides the percentage value based upon the total values contained within each demographic data column. From/To: Defines the threshold minimum and maximum. This would represent the minimum and maximum travel time or distance depending on whether the origin destination results are PT only / PT and Road / Road only. For local accessibility this would represent the minimum and maximum travel distance. Output File Dummy Origin Report Name Specify a location for the report to be saved. An MS Excel file will be created in the selected directory. This splits the demographics of each output area across the number of origin points that fall within it. Select the demographic fields to be used for this report. Click OK to produce a report. Contour This option allows users to produce a contour showing where the closest number of the selected demographic are located in relation to the destination point. This option is useful for marketing allowing users to target specific social groups. It is recommended to only use this option for 1 destination point, otherwise there can be overlap with the contours. NB: The catchments produced are only approximate and also depend on the spacing of the origin points. No Of People Contour Row / Column Thematic Catchment Report Dummy Origin Report Name Enter a number of the selected demographic. This will be used for catchment analysis to find out where the stated proportion of the demographic are situated in relation to the destination. The row and column counts control the interpolation of the contours (see page 49 for more information). This produces a CSV file containing the ID of each Destination and their X/Y coordinates. This splits the demographics of each output area across the number of origin points that fall within it. Select the demographic fields to be used for this report. Click OK to produce a contour. 53

55 PUBLISH VIEW The Publish View option is available on the Home tab. This allows users to publish maps of the publishing map view, and export them as images or directly print them from TRACC. Users should prepare style the layers within the map window before clicking Publish View. *New Feature* - Template Users have the option to creating publishing templates. Users can set the orientation, page size, and insert company logos and other images into a template file, which can be loaded when publishing within TRACC. Templates can be saved and will remain when TRACC relaunched. Print Load: select an existing template from the template panel and click Load to use its settings and saved items when publishing. Delete: select an existing template from the template panel and click Delete to delete it from the saved templates. Save: once template has been finished editing, click Save to save it as a template. The background map from TRACC will not remain in the template. Print: once the publish settings and layout have been finalised click Print to connect to a printer to print the map. Users can also use PDF printer to export maps to PDF. Print Preview: click Print Preview to preview the map before printing. Export to Image: option to Export the map as an image. File types available are: JPG, JPEG, TIFF and PNG. 54

56 Page Setup Users can change the orientation and size of the publishing map view. Changes will be shown in the map window. Orientation: users can select either Landscape or Portrait from the drop down list as the orientation of the publishing map view. Size: users can select different map view sizes (A1, A2, A3, A4) or set a custom size by entering width and height dimensions of the publishing map view, in centimetres, inches or by pixels in the Custom Size dialog box. Size also determines the quality of the image when exporting. For example, an A1 image is a higher quality than an A4 image. Insert Users can insert Images, Labels and Legends into the publishing map view. Image Clicking Image will open a dialog box allowing users to insert images, such as company logos, into the publishing map view. Once an image has been inserted, users can right click on the image to either remove it, change its order in the publishing map view, or edit the image properties. Image Resize Mode Drag Mode Path: click Browse to locate the file path of an image. Fixed: selecting this options means that the image will not be able to be resized in the publishing map view. Maintain Ratio: this option allows users to resize the image proportionally by dragging the corners of the image. Reshape: this option will allow users to reshape the image by changing either the width or height of the image. This can be done by dragging the sides of the image to the desired extent. Fixed: selecting this option means that once the image has been inserted it will remain in a fixed position and cannot be moved. Draggable: this option allows the image to be dragged freely to new positions within the publishing map view. Click OK to insert the image. 55

57 Label Clicking Label will open a dialog box allowing users to add a text label to the publishing map view. Once a label has been created, users can right click on the label to either remove it, change its order in the publishing map view, or edit the label properties. Text Resize Mode Drag Mode Font Background Mask Preview Text: enter label in the text box. Wrap Text: option allows users to move the label more freely so it does not have to be in line with other features in the publishing map view. Fixed: selecting this options means that the label will not be able to be resized in the publishing map view. Maintain Ratio: this option allows users to resize the label proportionally by dragging the corners of the label. Reshape: this option will allow users to reshape the label by changing either the width or height of label. This can be done by dragging the sides of the label to the desired extent. Fixed: selecting this option means that once the label has been added it will remain in a fixed position and cannot be moved. Draggable: this option allows the label to be dragged freely to new positions within the publishing map view. Font Name: select a font for the label. Font Colour: select a font colour for the label. Size: select a font size for the label. Border Colour: select a border colour for the label. Users can change the transparency of the border by dragging the scale on the right-hand side of the border colour dialog box. Back Colour: select a background colour for the label. Users can change the transparency of the background by dragging the scale on the right-hand side of the back colour dialog box. This gives a preview of the label with the chosen properties. Click OK to create label. 56

58 Legend The Legend button allows users to edit the legend item labels. The legend items can be reordered by selecting them individually in the list and using the arrows to the right of the list to move them up and down. Add New Edit Delete Set as Title Set as Footer Legend Title Legend Footer Legend Preview This will open the Legend Items Text Property dialog box (detailed below), allowing users to add new legend items. This will open the Legend Items Text Property dialog box (detailed below), allowing users to edit existing legend items. The legend item must be selected from the legend list before clicking edit. Allows users to delete existing legend items. Select a legend item from the legend items list and then click Set as Title to set it as the legend title. Select a legend item from the legend items list and then click Set as Footer to set it as the legend footer. Preview the legend title here. Users can click the red X to delete it. Preview the legend footer here. Users can click the red X to delete it. This shows a preview of the legend. Clicking Add New or Edit will open the Legend Item Text Property dialog box, allowing users to create or edit legend items: Label Text Font Padding Preview Label Text: enter the legend item in the text box. Font Name: select a font for the label. Size: select a font size for the label. Font Style: select one or more from Bold, Italic, Strike, and Underline. Font Colour: select a font colour for the legend item. Padding: create a buffer at the top, bottom, left and right of the label text. Used to increase line spacing between legend items. This gives a preview of the legend item with the chosen properties. 57

59 Zoom / Pan Zoom: use these buttons to zoom to different extents of selected data in the publishing map view. This will not change the size of the publishing map view. Pan: these allow the user to position the map from TRACC by moving it up, down, left and right within the publishing map view. Page Elements North Arrow: tick this to include a North Arrow on the map to be published, in order to indicate the direction to the north. Users can add their own northing arrows under the Publishing option within the Settings tab (see page 60). Scale Number: tick this to include a Scale Number on the map. Map Window Navigation Controls This provides basic map zoom/pan functionality within the Publish View in a similar way to Google maps. The top control allows the user to move the entire publishing map up, down, left and right within the Publish View window. The slider represents the zoom scale allowing the user to zoom in and out of the publishing map view. If using a mouse with a wheel then this will also allow zooming in and out through movement of the wheel forward and backwards. Close Publish View Map scale information is provided at the bottom left-hand corner of the publishing map view. Click this to close the publishing view. Any changes will not be saved unless a template is created. 58

60 SETTINGS TAB This tab provides the following functions: Settings This allows users to set their own default settings for calculations, contour generation and road editing. Users should enter settings by selecting the relevant tab from the menu on the left-hand side of the dialog box. The following lists the options: General Default Country: users can set a country which will appear as a default option when creating a new project. Application Projection: users can set an application projection which will appear as a default option when creating a new project. New PTNetwork Styling: when this is enabled TRACC will display each transport mode in a different colour in the map window. If users receive an error such as Problems grouping layer then this option needs to be disabled these errors are received if there is too much PT data to display in unique styling. Calculation Users can set their own default parameters for the Origin Destination calculation, such as days of operation, start/end time etc. Once saved, these settings will automatically appear in the calculation wizard when running Origin Destination calculations. *New Feature* Number of concurrent processes: this allows users to control the number of CPUs used in TRACC. Users should reduce the number of concurrent processes if TRACC causes the rest of machine to run slowly, or if out of memory error messages are received. By default TRACC will leave always leave two CPUs free. Local Accessibility Calculation Users can set their own default parameters for the Local Accessibility calculation, such as days of operation, start/end time etc. Once saved, these settings will automatically appear in the calculation wizard when running Local Accessibility calculations. Contour Users can specify their own default settings for producing contours. Level: this is the number of bands the contour will have (number of ranges). Row and Column Counts: these control the contour interpolation process (see page 49 for more detail). Once saved, these settings will automatically appear in the Result Visual Report dialog when producing contours. 59

61 Road Editing Snapping: this allows users to change the distance at which new road links automatically meet the existing road network within a specified distance in metres. Map Type Users can add a Bing or Google Maps key to the map background which can be used to locate features for drawing, or to give imported data context. Type: select either Bing Map or Google Map Mode: select either Road, Birdseye with/without labels, Aerial with/without labels. Web Proxy (URI/Host) (OPTIONAL): within corporate IT environments users might have to enter the proxy address here. This will allow users to go through the proxy server and access the sites required to host Bing or Google maps. Web Proxy (Port) (OPTIONAL): users might need to enter a specific port here, if one has been set up for the proxy server. Map Key: users should paste the map key in here. See the Bing or Google Maps guide available on forum.basemap.co.uk to find out how to obtain a map key. Suppress WMS Server Exceptions (OPTIONAL): if users receive error messages when using a Map Key, then this option can be used to stop repeated error messages from being displayed. As a result, the Bing or Google map will not show in the map window. Origin Destination Default Grid Spacing: users can control the default grid spacing when creating origin grids or destination grids by changing this value. This value is in metres. Publishing Northing arrow: this allows users to add their own northing arrow to be used in TRACC. Managing Scales Zoom Level: the user can select either Default, Small, Medium or Large as the zoom level. This determines the extent it is possible to zoom in on an area. Generally, large scale is used for large areas (counties), and small scale is for small areas (towns). Scales: the user can manually change the extent of the scales. There are 20 divisions within one scale. Database Settings Database option: users can select either SQL Server Express or LocalDB Bulk copy number of rows: controls the number of rows imported into TRACC/exported out of TRACC at one time. This value will depend on the power of the machine/server being used. 60

62 Instance Name (OPTIONAL): users will have to enter an Instance name if their version of SQL is named something different. Username / Password (OPTIONAL): these details might be required to access a corporate SQL server. Connection String: this specifies information that is used to connect the databases to TRACC. This can be changed if users wish to connect to a corporate SQL Server. Test Database Connection: users should use this to test the database connection when switching between databases. If the selected database is connected the user will receive a message stating Test Connection Succeeded. Backup/Restore This allows the user to make a copy of their entire project database. This means projects can be backed up or other TRACC users can then load these project databases to their TRACC software. Backup List of projects: select the project to backup from the drop down list. Saving address: specify a location for the project to be saved to. Backup Settings (OPTIONAL): selecting this will backup the settings used for this project. When this project is restored the user has the option to restore these settings in TRACC as well. Backup Projections (OPTIONAL): selecting this will backup the projections used for this project. When this project is restored the user has the option to restore the projections in TRACC as well. Restore Backup file: specify the backup file location. Project name: enter a name for the project. Restore Settings (OPTIONAL): selecting this will allow the user to restore the settings for the project, if they were saved when the project was backed up. Restore Projections (OPTIONAL): selecting this will allow the user to restore the projections for the project, if they were saved when the project was backed up. Suspended Items This allows any public transport, origin and destination data that has been suspended when using different functions to be easily viewed. Users can use this option to unsuspend data if required. 61

63 Projections This allows users to set up different project projections if they wish to undertake TRACC projects that use different map projections to the ones listed by default. To add a new projection users must click New, and enter the name of the Country, the Name of the projection, and the ESPG and SRID numbers of the projection. Users will also have to specify whether the projection Is Grid Based by ticking/unticking this option. To delete a projection users should select the projection and click Delete which will then be active. Dr TRACC This is an administration tool that is used to licence software and ensure that the correct third party components are installed in order to use TRACC. Users are asked to send over a screenshot of Dr TRACC to help diagnose any issues they may be having with the software. 62