county skims table structure

county skims table structure#

The county skims table contains the travel distance between each of the counties within the modelled region. It is used by the CRISTAL freight model for high-level movement synthesis.

Table Structure#

Field

Type

NULL allowed

Default Value

Foreign key

Description

county_orig

INTEGER

NO

0

The origin county FIPS code

county_dest

INTEGER

NO

0

The destination county FIPS code

gcd_miles

REAL

YES

0

The great circle distance (in miles) between the two counties

hwy_miles

REAL

YES

0

The shortest routable highway distance (in miles) between the two counties

(* - Primary key)

The SQL statement for table and index creation is below.

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "County_Skims" (
    "county_orig" INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
    "county_dest" INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
    "gcd_miles"   REAL             DEFAULT 0,
    "hwy_miles"   REAL             DEFAULT 0
);