Working with ArcGIS Network Analyst
Audience : Urban Planning, Transportation, Logistics, Tracking
Prerequisites : Completion of course on Introduction to ArcGIS 9
Duration : 16 hours
Course Contents: Network Analyst basics and the Route solver: Network analysis workflow; the Network Analyst toolbar and Network Analyst window; Network layers vs. network analysis layers; Network locations—stops, barriers, and routes; Network analysis layer properties—impedance, turns, restrictions, and time windows; Route solver concepts; Route solver types; Route outputs and direction reports
Additional network solvers: Closest Facility solver, options and results; Service Area solver, options and results; Origin-Destination Cost Matrix solver, options and results
Advanced network analysis options: Setting network locations; Network location attributes; Network location analysis properties; Time windows; Curb approach; Edge hierarchy; Exact vs. hierarchical routes
Preparing data for network analysis: Workflow for network analysis; Allowable data sources; Data quality requirements; Feature coincidence, connectivity, and the Integrate tool; Network attributes; Migrating coverage and shapefile networks to the geodatabase.
Network dataset connectivity: Connectivity groups, policies and elevations; Connectivity with sources and subtypes; Connectivity requirements; Multiple connectivity groups; Connectivity between groups; Edge and junction connectivity policies; Elevation levels and connectivity; Modeling intersections and overpasses; Creating multimodal networks; Multimodal networks and connectivity groups; Multimodal analysis
Network attributes: Edge, junction, and turn attributes; Network attribute properties; Network attribute types; Cost attributes; Restriction attributes; Hierarchy attributes; Descriptor attributes; Edge directionality attributes; Setting network element attributes with Evaluators.
Creating and building network datasets: Workflow for building a network; Selecting sources; Setting connectivity; Setting turns; Setting network attributes; Setting direction properties; Building network datasets for geodatabases, shapefiles, or StreetMap datasets.
Network Analyst and geoprocessing: Geoprocessing framework review; Network Analyst Tools toolbox; Network Analyst tools; Network solvers in ModelBuilder
