Calculating service area

The Service area tool allows to:

• Create service areas for one or several points

• Specify different remoteness values

• Perform calculation considering barriers.

 

 

To calculate service area, specify one or multiple source points:

• Add point to map –  to add new source point to the map, click the pushpin icon in the Service area dialog, then left-click the required point on your map. The point coordinates will be added to the field and the bubble icon will appear on the map.

• Add point by address – to add point by address, enter the address in the field and select the required address from the drop-down list. The mark of the point will be shown in the appropriate place on the map.

 

To delete the source point, click the Remove point button near the point. To delete all points, click the Remove all source points and barriers button.

To calculate service areas, the remoteness value must be indicated. The remoteness value is a parameter, that allows to estimate the territory in terms of time spent to cover the service area or distance from specified point. The remoteness can be specified by the route length (in meters) and by time required to reach the destination point (in minutes). To add new remoteness value, click the Add remoteness value button. The new element will be added to the list of values. Enter the required remoteness value to the field.

As a result, the service area will be shown on the map according to specified parameters.

 

 

Barriers

To be able to mark road obstructions on your route (e.g., road closures), add the barrier parameter to your search. To add new barrier, select its type. The system allows creating point, polyline and polygon barriers:

• To add point barrier, select the Draw barrier by point option and left-click the point on the map and the point barrier will be created.

• To add polyline barrier, select the Draw barrier by polyline option. Draw barrier nodes by left-clicking in the appropriate map places, finish the drawing by double left-click. The polyline barrier will be created.

• To add freehand polyline barrier, select the Draw barrier by freehand polyline option. Draw the barrier by dragging the cursor on the map with the left mouse button. Release the mouse button and finish editing. The barrier will be created.

• To add polygon barrier, select the Draw barrier by polygon option. Draw the barrier nodes by left-clicking in the appropriate map places, and double click to finish drawing. The barrier will be created.

• To add freehand polygon barrier, select the Draw barrier by freehand polygon option.  Draw the barrier on the map by dragging the cursor on the map with the left mouse button. Release the mouse button and finish editing. The barrier will be created.

To delete all barriers, click the Remove button.

 

Options and restrictions

 

Different services and their remoteness values can be used for creating service areas in the system. All combinations of services and remoteness values are shown in the list. By default the first set of parameters from the list is used for the area calculation. To calculate areas by other set of parameters, click it in the list. It's important to take into account that not all services provide the barriers consideration option.

 

 

To consider different options and services restrictions when calculating the service area, click the Options and restrictions button and select the required options and restrictions in the appeared window:

 

 

To add all service areas parameters to favorites click the Favorites button. To zoom to the map and show the whole service area, click the Zoom button.