Author ORCID Identifier
Date Available
11-28-2021
Year of Publication
2021
Degree Name
Master of Civil Engineering (MCE)
Document Type
Master's Thesis
College
Engineering
Department/School/Program
Civil Engineering
First Advisor
Dr. Nikiforos Stamatiadis
Abstract
A Context Classification System based on context attributes of the area surrounding a roadway provides detailed information about the environment of a roadway corridor, while enabling practitioners to cater roadway projects to the community they are within. This study sought to create a system that would automatically classify roadway segments into the correct context, using data sources that are available nationwide. The proposed approach was tested by classifying the roadways in Highway District 7 of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. This process would make context classification approachable to more organizations, as it would reduce the amount of time required to apply a classification to a large network and would increase the consistency within a district- or state-wide classification. Measures evaluated include population density, employment density, building density, intersection density, street density, and block length.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2022.214
Recommended Citation
Wright, Laura, "Context Classification of Roadways Using Nationally Available GIS Data" (2021). Theses and Dissertations--Civil Engineering. 120.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ce_etds/120
