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Analyzing Railroad Accidents Using Geographic Information Systems
Subhay
manandharSlide2
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
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System
designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of spatial or
geographical
data
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- GIS consists of 3 components
Digital Data
Computer Hardware
Computer Software Slide3
Data Source
FRA Equipment Accident Database
http://
safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/on_the_fly_download.aspx
Consist of records of accident which damage cost is greater than $10,000
Using data from 2010 to 2016 for this project Slide4
Computer Software
- Using QGIS software
- Open source software used for graphical information systems
- Create a new spatial information to add to a map and analysis the railroad accidents Slide5
Techniques
Geographic Information System
Plotting Accidents + accidents cause over the map of North America
Finding clusters and trends on specific Geographic Location Slide6
Analysis of the accidents
Track Failure
Kinks
Welded Rails
Broken Rails
Train Cars Failure
Hazardous Chemical spills
Wheels failure