Recently axial lines are also used in agent-based modeling to implement researches on seeking correlations between human moving behavior and street networks, as is the case with the simulation of the traffic flows in urban street networks (Jiang and Jia 2011; Jiang, Yin and Zhao 2009). Therefore it is required for us as GIS students to be acquainted with axial lines study, especially in the area of human movement simulation.

This tutorial walks you through a step-by-step process of generating the urban street network with axial lines, then conducting agent-based simulations with the generated axial lines and finally sharing the model over the Internet. It aims to provide a general guidance to help you basically understand how to use agent-based modeling application and web technique to work on the simulation of street networks based on axial lines.