Creating the Location

Standard
Track Centerline

Macros

File/Data Manipulation Process

1. Lat/Lon values only ( .CSV)
2. Shift Coordinates

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3. Convert Lat/Lon to google earth (.KML)

4. Clean Google Earth File.
5. Organize/Remove bad coordinates in Excel (.CSV)
6. Check data points in Google Earth (.KML)

Shifting Test Vehicle Data

Automated vehicles position the

GPS receiver over one rail:
Because most Railroads have a
GIS database with Centerlines.
In order to note vehicle
direction.

To build the baseline for

track center this data
needed to be shifted.

Cleaning Data in Google Earth

Manually adding Missing Coordinates from GPS

Issues.

The GPS units used in most automated testing vehicles are

some of the highest civilian grade units on the market.
Still have trouble with vertical obstructions.

Organize Points
Combine all Cleaned Files from one Railroad Subdivision
Sort points by ascending mileposts using latitude and longitude so they can
form an organized string of points.
LON 42

LAT 102

LON 40

LAT 100

Coordinates are a numeric system but

M
when there are two points on the
10 P
same latitude or longitude special
care must be taken in these locations.

P
M

File/Data Manipulation Process

1. Lat/Lon values only ( .CSV)
2. Shift Coordinates
3. Convert Lat/Lon to google earth (.KML)
4. Clean Google Earth File.
5. Organize/Remove bad coordinates in Excel (.CSV)
6. Check data points in Google Earth (.KML)

Iterative Process to finalize each Railroad

Subdivision.