[sumo-user] Modelling Parking Areas and Parking Spaces in SUMO

[Marc Zofka <zofka@xxxxxx>]

Dear Sumo-Community,

 

we are currently modelling a parking garage level in sumo. This floor or level is made up of several rows of parking spaces, at each side of a driveable passage. During the modelling we came across the definition of Parking Areas, see [1]. Therefore, the question arose, to what extent a Parking Area is meant semantically and logically:

·         Does every parking space has to have a parent element of a Parking Area?

·         What’s the difference between parking space definitions, using the attribute tags of a <parkingArea> instead of modelling it as child tags, with separate <space …/>-tags. Is there a logical or semantical difference?

·         When should which parking spaces be combined into a common parking area? Is it meant to be used row-, or even level-wise?

·         How are Parking Spaces and Parking Areas handled in SUMO logically?

 

Thanks for your support.

 

Best regards,

Marc

 

[1] https://sumo.dlr.de/docs/Simulation/ParkingArea.html