The invention relates to a multi-aircraft
route planning method based on a hydrological model. The method is characterized by comprising the following steps of 1) selecting DEM data of a research area, and realizing DEM re-sampling by applying ArcGIS
data management; 2) extracting a
river network and contour lines, establishing a geometrical network through superposition of the
river network and the contour lines, and carrying out topology analysis and topology
error processing, more specifically, (1) extracting the
river network formed by valley lines through hydrological analysis, (2) generating the contour lines based on an ArcGIS three-
dimensional analysis technology, (3) superposing the valley lines and the contour lines to generate the geometric network, and (4) carrying out topologyanalysis, topology
error processing and geometric network trimming; 3) carrying out local path searching, and determining the planning range of an aircraft in the geometric network; and 4) determining a
route planning model, and computing an
optimal route. According to the method, the
optimal route selection problems such as
flight safety, flight range, aircraft performance and the like are considered, the model is simple, the mature ArcGIS
spatial analysis technology is utilized, the design is rapid and convenient, non-professionals can also easily complete, and the application range is wide.