Home

Welcome to the mfhrn_programs wiki!

Setup

1. Ensure you have ArcGIS installed on your computer. (I have a Basic license.)
2. Clone this repository onto your computer, in your local disk. Do NOT clone it into a network drive as this will run very slowly!
3. Ensure you have access to a clean, up-to-date copy of the MHN.

I personally use the environment arcgispro-py3 which comes installed with ArcGIS.

Usage

The concept of this repository is that it reimagines mhn_programs (the original repository for processing the MHN) in a modern way which also acknowledges its role in freight and travel modeling. Essentially, this repository is designed to be the first step in a process which could later involve the MFN and MRN in later steps.

Directory Structure

The input and script folder structures mirror each other. Ex. the input in input/1_travel will be processed by the scripts in scripts/1_travel.

docs 
`-- images
input
`-- 1_travel
`-- 2_freight
scripts 
`-- 1_travel
`-- 2_freight
templates

• images - this folder contains images which are shown in the README.md and the wiki.
• input - this folder contains data which the programs use as input.
  • 1_travel - this contains input which is specific to travel modeling and involves the MHN/MRN.
  • 2_freight - this contains input which is specific to freight modeling and involves the MFN.
• scripts - this folder contains scripts for running the programs.
  • 1_travel - this contains scripts which are specific to travel modeling and involves information from the MHN/MRN.
  • 2_freight - this contains scripts which are specific to freight modeling and involves information from the MFN.
• templates - contains template input files.

After running the scripts, a folder called "output" will be created automatically. This will contain the output for the scripts.