Finding Useful Detours in Geographical Databases

Tetsuo SHIBUYA  Hiroshi IMAI  Shigeki NISHIMURA  Hiroshi SHIMOURA  Kenji TENMOKU  

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems   Vol.E82-D   No.1   pp.282-290
Publication Date: 1999/01/25
Online ISSN: 
DOI: 
Print ISSN: 0916-8532
Type of Manuscript: PAPER
Category: Algorithm and Computational Complexity
Keyword: 
geographical databases,  car navigation,  shortest paths,  detour query,  

Full Text: PDF>>
Buy this Article



Summary: 
In geographical databases for navigation, users raise various types of queries concerning route guidance. The most fundamental query is a shortest-route query, but, as dynamical traffic information newly becomes available and the static geographical database of roads itself has grown up further, more flexible queries are required to realize a user-friendly interface meeting the current settings. One important query among them is a detour query which provides information about detours, say listing several candidates for useful detours. This paper first reviews algorithms for the shortest and k shortest paths, and discusses their extensions to detour queries. Algorithms for finding a realistic detour are given. The efficiency and property of the algorithms are examined through experiments on an actual road network.