Isochrones and Two-Hour Parking Spots

Our methodology for the isochrone generator has slightly changed since our last post. It’s functionality will be similar to what was previously stated, but we have decided to put more order into the generator. This order comes from a grid that will basically replace the points in the previous generator. We will create a grid of squares and the center of the squares will act the same way that the points acted in the first version. To reiterate, a certain origin point and time can be entered. All the grids will be checked to see if they are accessible within the given time using google maps API. The ones that are accessible will be displayed, resulting in a specific isochrone. In addition to this alteration, we will also be integrating the isochrone generator with the current system used by the VPC. This will entail using javascript instead of python and utilizing different graphical packages, such as angular.

We were also able to determine a criteria for narrowing down parking spots to select specific spots for 2-hour parking in Venice. The criteria includes selecting spots that are not along very narrow canals, and selecting spots that have three or more stores within a small radius of the spot. We have also eliminated spots if there are two that are very close to one another. We will be doing some hands on work at this point to test the spots that we picked. We have chosen spots surrounding San Marco to go out and visually determine what spots would be ideal. We can also compare those spots to the auto-generated spots.

Blue: All Spots / Green: Two-Hour Parking (Suggestions based on criteria)