ArcGIS Network Analysis - Solving transportation problems

44 Pages·2013·1.64 MB·English

Route Closest Facility Service Area
ArcGIS Network Analysis
Solving transportation problems
Vehicle Routing Origin-Destination
Location-Allocation
Problem Cost Matrix
Where do you get street data?
• Included with ArcGIS • Government data
- Data and Maps media - TIGER
- North America ready-to-route
dataset

• Community data

- OpenStreetMap
• Vendor data
- OSM to NDS tools
• Vendor street data processing

tools

• No street data at all

- Network analysis services on
• Your own data
ArcGIS online
Build Routes tool
• Network Analyst extension not needed
• Simple point to point routing with barriers and time!
Network Analyst Workflow

Second:
Create a Route Layer
First:
Add Street Data
Network Analyst – Creating a Route NA Layer

New Route Layer in
the NA Window
Network Analyst – Setting Analysis Properties

Route Layer Properties:
Set Impedance Attribute
Network Analyst – Load Locations

Map fields to load
additional attributes
Add more fields such as ID’s
to NA sub-layers and
map them here
Network Analyst – Solving a Route

Solve
Network Analyst – Analyze the results

¼ Mile Buffer
Network Analyst solver settings
• Barriers – scaled or restricted
- Point, line and polygon
• Restrictions
- One-way, height, weight, left-turn, etc
• Accumulations
- Pick a list of attributes to accumulate and report
• Output Shape type
- Measures – enables linear referencing
• Hierarchy
- For fast performance with very long routes (nationwide)