Technique for shifting network points or linear facilities in a network plan

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• receiving a set of data regarding a layout of a network, where the data specifies an interconnection of linear facilities, and where the data specifies at least one location associated with a network point that is disconnected from the network;
• determining a closest one of the linear facilities to the at least one network point based on the set of data;
• modifying the layout of the network to connect the at least one network point to the network, where modifying the layout of the network includes:
• shifting the at least one network point to connect the at least one network point to the network based on a distance between a vertex associated with the closest one of the linear facilities and the at least one network point and a first threshold value;
• and
• shifting the closest one of the linear facilities to connect the at least one network point to the network based on a distance associated with a linear projection from the at least one network point to the closest one of the linear facilities relative to a second threshold value;
• and
• providing a visual representation of the modified layout of the network, where the visual representation of the modified layout includes the shifted network point or the shifted one of the linear facilities.

A system comprising:

• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media to store instructions and to store a first threshold value and a second threshold value;
• a processing unit that executes the stored instructions to:
• receive a set of data regarding a layout of a network, where the data specifies an interconnection of linear facilities and a location associated with a network point that is disconnected from the network,
• determine a closest one of the linear facilities to the network point based on the set of data,
• modify the layout of the network to determine a modified layout, where, when determining the modified layout, the processing unit is to:
• shift the network point to connect the network point to the network based on a comparison between a distance between a vertex associated with the closest one of the linear facilities and the network point and the first threshold value, and
• shift the one of the linear facilities to connect the network point to the network based on a comparison between a distance associated with a projection from the network point to the closest one of the linear facilities and the second threshold value;
• and
• an output device to provide a visual representation of the modified layout of the network, where the visual representation of the modified layout includes the shifted network point or the shifted one of the linear facilities.