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The document introduces network analysis tools and concepts. It defines a network as an interconnected set of points and lines that represent some type of flow. Network analysis in GIS allows modeling of real-world networks to solve problems related to routing, service areas, closest facilities, and origin-destination matrices. It provides examples of network analysis applications in transportation and health care. Network Analyst is the ESRI extension that performs these analyses using network datasets that incorporate connectivity, flow rules, and cost metrics.

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NA2 Module PDF

The document introduces network analysis tools and concepts. It defines a network as an interconnected set of points and lines that represent some type of flow. Network analysis in GIS allows modeling of real-world networks to solve problems related to routing, service areas, closest facilities, and origin-destination matrices. It provides examples of network analysis applications in transportation and health care. Network Analyst is the ESRI extension that performs these analyses using network datasets that incorporate connectivity, flow rules, and cost metrics.

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Network Analysis Tools

GIS III: GIS Analysis


Learning Objectives

• Introduce basic components of a


network

• Understand general network


analysis concepts

• Offer a few examples of current


application

• Introduce network analysis in


ArcGIS

2
What is a Network?

• Interconnected set of points


(nodes) and lines (edges)

• Examples
- Information networks
- Social networks
- Stream networks
- Transportation networks

• Connectivity allows for


analysis/problem solving
Networks and GIS

• A set of interconnected line


entities whose attributes
share some common theme
primarily related to flow

• Network lines define


relationships between nodes

• Flow types:
- Data
- Objects
- Materials
Networks and GIS

• Rules dictate how objects can move


through the network

• Types
- Direction – one way streets
- Barriers
- Time of day
- Node restrictions – stroke centers
- Sequence – stop 1 then stop 2
Networks and GIS

• Cost:
What is the impact of an object
flowing through the network?
• Types
- Time
- Distance
Based on connectivity, flow, and
rules
Network Basics

• Set of nodes connected by lines

• Represent some type of flow

• Incorporate flow rules

• Rules determine cost


Network Analyst

• Network analysis is a set of analysis


techniques used with networks

• Network Analyst is the ESRI


extension that performs network
analysis in ArcMap

• Network Analyst uses network


datasets

• Types of analysis:
- Route
- Service areas
- closest facility
- Origin-destination cost matrix
Network Analyst

• Route:
- Can be simple – finding driving directions between two points
- More complex – best route between 10 different stops
• “Best” can mean different things:
- Shortest distance
- Quickest
- Most scenic
- No highways
Network Analyst

Service areas:
• Calculate an area based on time or distance from an input
• Good for estimating populations
• Different than a simple buffer
Network Analyst

Closest facility:
• Calculate the nearest X number of
facilities to an incident or point of
interest
• Closest can be based on network
distance or time
• Set up a cutoff
- Find all the hospitals within 5
minutes of an accident
- Find all the clinics within 2 miles
of a home address
Network Analyst

Origin-destination cost matrix:


• Creates a cost matrix from
multiple origins to multiple
destinations
• Good for calculating distance
or time between multiple start
and end points
Useful Examples

Driving times and distances to hospitals with percutaneous intervention in the United
States: Implications for prehospital triage of patients coronary with st-elevation
myocardial infarction Circulation 2006;113;1189-1195

Brahmajee K. Nallamothu, Eric R. Bates, Yongfei Wang, Elizabeth H. Bradley, and


Harlan M. Krumholz

Access to primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation


myocardial infarction in Canada: a geographic analysis Open Medicine
2010;1(1):e21

Alka B. Patel, Jack V. Tu, Nigel M. Waters, Dennis T. Ko, Mark, J.Eisenberg, Thao
Huynh, Stéphane Rinfret, Merril Knudtson, and William A. Ghali
Getting Started with NA

• Network locations

• Network Analyst workflow

• Useful analyses
- Routes
- Service areas
- Closest facility
- Origin destination cost matrices
Review and New Terms

• A network is made up of edges and nodes


- Edges are the “lines” of the network
- Nodes are physical locations

• Edges for all cases discussed in this module will be roads

• Types of locations (nodes)


- Stops
- Barriers
- Facilities
- Incidents
- Origins
- Destinations
Network locations
• Adding your own network locations to a network
• Create Network Location tool
• Load Locations tool
• Find tool
Network locations

• Finding network locations


• Search tolerance
• Snapping environment
Network Analyst workflow

1. Create network analysis layer


2. Add network locations
3. Set analysis properties
4. Perform analysis and display results

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