Python Geospatial Analysis Cookbook

Creating an indoor route from room to room

Routing from room A to room B in an indoor routing web application over multiple floors with routing types brings together all our work up to this point. We will import some room data and utilize our network to then allow a user to select a room, route from one room to the next, and select a type of route.

Getting ready

We need to import a set of room polygons for both the first and second floor as follows:

1. Import a Shapefile of the first floor room polygons as follows:

   ogr2ogr -a_srs EPSG:3857 -lco "SCHEMA=geodata" -lco "COLUMN_TYPES=name=varchar,room_num=integer,floor=integer" -nlt POLYGON -nln ch11_e01_roomdata ...