Tools/Sumolib

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sumolib is a set of python modules for working with sumo networks, simulation output and other simulation artifacts. For a detailed list of available functions see the pydoc generated documentation. You can browse the code here.

importing sumolib in a script#

To use the library, the <SUMO_HOME>/tools directory must be on the python load path. This is typically done with a stanza like this:

import os, sys
if 'SUMO_HOME' in os.environ:
    tools = os.path.join(os.environ['SUMO_HOME'], 'tools')
    sys.path.append(tools)
else:   
    sys.exit("please declare environment variable 'SUMO_HOME'")

usage examples#

import a network and retrieve nodes and edges#

# import the library
import sumolib
# parse the net
net = sumolib.net.readNet('myNet.net.xml')

# retrieve the coordinate of a node based on its ID
print net.getNode('myNodeID').getCoord()

# retrieve the successor node ID of an edge
nextNodeID = net.getEdge('myEdgeID').getToNode().getID()

compute the average edge speed in a plain xml edge file#

speedSum = 0.0
edgeCount = 0
for edge in sumolib.output.parse('myNet.edg.xml', ['edge']):
    speedSum += float(edge.speed)
    edgeCount += 1
avgSpeed = speedSum / edgeCount

compute the median speed using the Statistics module#

edgeStats = sumolib.miscutils.Statistics("edge speeds")
for edge in sumolib.output.parse('myNet.edg.xml', ['edge']):
    edgeStats.add(float(edge.speed))
avgSpeed = edgeStats.median()

locate nearby edges based on the geo-coordinate#

This requires the module pyproj to be installed. For larger networks rtree is also strongly recommended.

net = sumolib.net.readNet('myNet.net.xml')
radius = 0.1
x, y = net.convertLonLat2XY(lon, lat)
edges = net.getNeighboringEdges(x, y, radius)
# pick the closest edge
if len(edges) > 0:
    distancesAndEdges = sorted([(dist, edge) for edge, dist in edges])
    dist, closestEdge = distancesAndEdges[0]

parse all edges in a route file#

for route in sumolib.output.parse_fast("myRoutes.rou.xml", 'route', ['edges']):
    edge_ids = route.edges.split()
    # do something with the vector of edge ids

parse vehicles and their route edges in a route file#

for vehicle in sumolib.output.parse("myRoutes.rou.xml", "vehicle"):
    route = vehicle.route[0] # access the first (and only) child element with name 'route'
    edges = route.edges.split()

parse all edges in a edge data (meanData) file#

for interval in sumolib.output.parse("edgedata.xml", "interval"):
    for edge in interval.edge:    
        # do something with the edge attributes i.e. edge.entered

coordinate transformations#

net = sumolib.net.readNet('myNet.net.xml')

# network coordinates (lower left network corner is at x=0, y=0)
x, y = net.convertLonLat2XY(lon, lat)
lon, lat = net.convertXY2LonLat(x, y)

# raw UTM coordinates
x, y = net.convertLonLat2XY(lon, lat, True)
lon, lat = net.convertXY2LonLat(x, y, True)

# lane/offset coordinates
# from lane position to network coordinates
x,y = sumolib.geomhelper.positionAtShapeOffset(net.getLane(laneID).getShape(), lanePos)
# from network coordinates to lane position
lane = net.getNeighboringLanes(x, y, radius) (see "locate nearby edges based on the geo-coordinate" above)
lanePos, dist = sumolib.geomhelper.polygonOffsetAndDistanceToPoint((x,y), lane.getShape())

see also TraCI/Interfacing_TraCI_from_Python#coordinate_transformations

Further Examples#

The runner.py files in the test subfolders of <SUMO_HOME>/tests/tools/sumolib provide additional examples for sumolib use.