SYNOPTRA

Here you see the planning process on a concrete project. The task was to trace the overhead line between to give points with a distance of approx. 11 km. The optimisation should take care of all three criteria costs, visibility and approval ability.

The optimisation process only took some minutes!

Costs

Not surprisingly a most direct link between starting and ending point was mostly suited concerning costs. That is why most individuals (i.e. variants of overhead lines) are focused in small corridor between these two points. The best variant has only few span poles!

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Approval ability

In this example a direct way is also well suited for that criterion - as an existing trace (a motorway) could be used to cross most of the distance.

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Visibility

The distribution of visibility was calculated with synoptraANALYSE. It shows an area in the south with very low values of total visibility. The optimisation process thus yields variants that are focused on this corridor between starting and ending point. It becomes obvious that the best variant of the final population cleverly circumnavigates points with higher visibility and offers the best result possible,

To see a sequence of pictures click here.

Final optimisation

All three optimisation criteria were equally weighted in this project. The course tends to one of approval ability and costs. This is logical as those two criteria (with comparable "good corridors") combine their weight and gain the victory against visibility. The best variant once again does almost without span poles thus reducing costs and visibility.

To see a sequence of pictures click here.