A method for aligning measured track data collected from a railroad track
to correct geographic location information for geometric parameters in
the measured track data includes steps for (a) obtaining track geography
data for use as reference data in data alignment; (b) reconstructing the
track geography data to simulate in form and in coverage of length the
measured track data to be aligned; (c) comparing the reconstructed
reference data to the measured track data to identify a relative
misalignment value between the data types; and (d) using the value
identified through comparison to correct the geographic location
information contained in the measured track data.