Existing and Historical Orders

Normally, ParkMap shows all current traffic orders. It handles waiting and loading restrictions, parking places, loading bays, bus stop clearways and other kerbside controls, as well as moving traffic measures such as pedestrian zones, prohibited movements, bus lanes, lorry bans and speed limits. Orders may be located and displayed by type, street, times of operation, date and order reference. A mouse click reveals the information relating to that restriction, and the order document, photographs and sign images that are accessible. To answer historic enforcement and legal enquiries, orders may be shown as they were on a particular date.

Powerful Order Making

Any number of proposals may be worked on independently of the permanent data, with password protection to prevent unintentional changes. Proposed orders may be modified or abandoned following consultation without compromising the confirmed orders. There is no need to input data a second time to update the permanent inventory: once an order commences the details are transferred automatically to the main database.

Rapid Data Entry

A restriction is drawn by marking its start and end points. Kerb and centre lines are followed automatically, and setting-out and measuring tools are available. Terminal marks and boundaries of individual bays are added if needed. The same quick data entry technique can create diagrammatic lines, shade in carriageway areas and produce accurate road marking drawings. Data may be added immediately after drawing, or proposals may be purely illustrative.

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Rapid Data Entry (cont)

Selecting from pre-set options and copying previous entries saves time and ensures consistency. ParkMap may be used for on-site data capture using tablet computers.

Traffic Order Production

Two optional modules produce, store and manage complete traffic order documents, either traditional text schedules of with maps as the definitive record. ParkMap handles the creation, security and retrieval of these documents, keeping superseded documents available for answering enquiries relating to specific dates. For map schedules, ParkMap manages a master grid of map tiles and labels restrictions intelligently using its stored data. ParkMap minimises the possibility of errors or omissions in all types of document and provides the flexibility to manage traffic orders in the way authorities prefer.

Open Systems

ParkMap has facilities to connect to other systems and to link to external data sources. It is a member of the TraffMap suite of traffic engineering systems that enable many types of information to be viewed simultaneously on the same base map. ParkMap can work seamlessly with the UK's leading notice-processing packages. Base mapping may be read from most GIS servers without replication or conversion. Data import and export to standard formats protects the security and value of the investment made in assembling traffic order data, as well as providing interoperability with almost any other GIS including internet and intranet systems. An NSG-compliant or other gazetteer may be linked, and its references automatically incorporated into ParkMap data.