Dear Tim,
Please find details below of a tool which can address your needs in regard
to Routing. There are already a range of fire brigades in the UK who are
working with RouteView Pro.
RouteView is a popular routing and catchment area analysis tool. RouteView
is completely data independent and allows you to process any link and node
data.
RouteView can quickly calculate and display shortest or fastest routes
between different points in the order you want to visit them. It also
enables you to find the optimum route based on route types and speeds.
RouteView also contains a function enabling you to calculate catchment areas
based on time (isochrones) or distance (isodistances). These regions are
critical for marketing and demographic analysis.
RouteView Pro contains all the features of RouteView plus some extra
analysis tools for the more demanding user. RouteView Pro has user-defined
restrictions such as impassable, one-way and other road restrictions. You
can also set variable road speeds for different times of the day and print
out detailed directions including names, distances between each section,
direction and which way to turn. RouteView Pro allows editing of roads so
you can create short cuts that would not normally be available in datasets
(ideal for calculation of walking distances) and includes a powerful
territory builder which allocates regions or points to the closest resources
(warehouses, sales offices etc.) by drivetime. An origin-destination utility
allows you to analyse an existing customer database to determine average
drivetimes and distances.
Data bundles are also available. Please refer to www.mapcentric.co.uk for
more details or feel free to contact me directly.
Very Best Regards,
Kirsten Burrows
Channel Manager.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tim Rood
Sent: 18 January 2000 18:56
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Subject: MI Fire Station Location
I've received an inquiry about locating fire stations based on the travel
time to properties in its vicinity. I don't know the exact problem they
need to solve, but it's of the nature of "We need to site a fire station
so that its coverage territory minimizes the overlap with the coverage
territory of other stations we have and is within five minutes travel on
the street network of any property in its coverage territory." I haven't
done this kind of analysis before and it would seem like the street network
data would have to be somewhat richer than your standard street centerline
data; it might include road width, lanes, signals (not that fire trucks
would stop for them, but....), traffic direction (i.e., one way streets,
etc.) and other things that might have an impact on moving one or many fire
trucks around town. Of course, responding is not the only aspect of site a
fire station, but I think I'm more well-prepared to deal with the land use,
zoning and development issues involved than with the time/distance part.
If you know a little bit about this subject, I would appreciate your advise
on applications and data sources for doing this kind of analysis.
Thanks,
Tim Rood
Ravenna Planning Associates
5417 21st Avenue NE
Seattle, WA 98015-2408
phone: (206) 527-3181
fax: (305) 489-6478
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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