Route data base generation procedures and systems, processes and products relating thereto

A method of generating a data base of a traversable route comprising:

• moving an assembly over the route, said assembly having a pair of rotatable components that are spaced apart in ground contact and rotatable about a horizontal axis, and means for detecting the distance traveled by each of said components,
• generating and compiling data definitive of the route and which is based on a division of the route into a plurality of linear segments that are interconnected and arranged in an end-to-end serial order with each segment having a determined length, orientation and location in the serial order, said generating and compiling data including measuring the distance traveled by each component during traversal of a segment by the assembly,
• determining the difference in distance traveled by the components during such traversal of the segment, and
• determining the orientation of the segment in the order based on the difference in distance determination.

A method of generating a data base of a traversable route comprising:

• moving an assembly over the route, said assembly having a pair of rotatable components that are spaced apart in ground contact and rotatable about a horizontal axis and means for detecting the distance traveled by each of said components,
• generating and accumulating data definitive of the route and which is based on a division of the route into a plurality of linear segments that are interconnected and arranged in an end-to-end serial order with each segment having a determined length, orientation and location in the serial order, said generating and accumulating data including continually and incrementally measuring the distance traveled by each rotatable component as the assembly traverses a linear segment wherein incremental distance traveled is predetermined,
• continually determining the difference in distance traveled by the rotatable components as the assembly traverses a linear segment,
• continually comparing the current difference in distances traveled to a predetermined threshold different distance value as the assembly traverses a linear segment, and
• determining the length, heading and end point coordinate data of a traversed linear segment upon the occurrence of a match between said difference in distances traveled by the rotatable components as the assembly traverses the linear segment and said predetermined threshold value, and
• storing the length, heading and end point coordinate data in said data base as the accumulated data definitive of the traversed linear segment.

A method of generating a data base of a traversable route comprising:

• moving an assembly over the route having a pair of rotatable components that are spaced apart in ground contact and rotatable about a horizontal axis that is common to both of the components and means for detecting predetermined incremental distance movements of travel by the respective components,
• generating data definitive of the route and accumulating the data in said data base on a basis contemplating a division of the route into a plurality of linear segments that are interconnected and arranged in an end-to-end serial order over the course of the route,
• receiving and successively storing the generated data that is relevant to the location and orientation of said linear segment components in the serial order of the successive traversals thereof by said assembly,
• determining the coordinates of a starting end point for movement of said assembly over a linear segment component of the route, said starting end point being the terminal end point of a route component previously traversed by the assembly,
• determining the change in heading of said assembly in moving from said starting end point to the terminal end point of the linear segment component,
• determining the length of the linear segment component on the basis of the distance movements detected by said means for detecting, and
• determining the coordinates of the terminal end point of the linear segment component based on the change in heading and length determinations thereof.