Communication availability in network analysis in heterogeneous spaces

Elżbieta Lewandowicz
ORCID: 0000-0001-8847-2835
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
Faculty of Geodesy, Geospatial and Civil Engineering
Poland

Paweł Flisek
ORCID: 0000-0003-2922-5839
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
Faculty of Geodesy, Geospatial and Civil Engineering
Poland

Abstract

GIS applications offer many analytic tools which support solutions of issues related to spatial management. It is often necessary to determine the communication availability of the, so-called, service areas. The authors have used the network analyses package offered by Esri in order to determine the communication availability in Olsztyn. Experiments were performed for two variants. In the first variant the homogenous space was assumed which was divided by the road network only. In the second variant the heterogeneous space was assumed and spatial barriers, such as rivers and railway tracks, were considered. The results did not consider the spatial barriers according to the authors' expectations. In this situation the authors decided to develop the original algorithm to determine the service areas. The basic objective of this paper is to present the original methodology and to verify the results.

Received 23.05.2017 Accepted 7.09.2017 Published 30.12.2017

Keywords:

GIS; network analysis; service area; spatial barriers

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