topic How to perform supply demand calculation while using closest point as the crow flies? in ArcGIS Network Analyst Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-network-analyst-questions/how-to-perform-supply-demand-calculation-while/m-p/111194#M1066 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The problem I am trying to solve is allocating pigs from a sow farm (400 farms) to a nursery farm (600 farms) using the closest nursery location as the crow flies and not a real road network.&nbsp; I am using the arcscript that uses the COIN algorithm and a real road network based on length as cost.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>How do I use shortest distance as the crow flies for my transportation cost?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>My first thought is to create a line network using pointdistance command and addxy coords o generate my road network for shortest distance as the crow flies.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any help would be appreciated.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>David</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:37:24 GMT davidwray 2011-02-23T19:37:24Z How to perform supply demand calculation while using closest point as the crow flies? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-network-analyst-questions/how-to-perform-supply-demand-calculation-while/m-p/111194#M1066 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The problem I am trying to solve is allocating pigs from a sow farm (400 farms) to a nursery farm (600 farms) using the closest nursery location as the crow flies and not a real road network.&nbsp; I am using the arcscript that uses the COIN algorithm and a real road network based on length as cost.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>How do I use shortest distance as the crow flies for my transportation cost?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>My first thought is to create a line network using pointdistance command and addxy coords o generate my road network for shortest distance as the crow flies.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any help would be appreciated.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>David</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:37:24 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-network-analyst-questions/how-to-perform-supply-demand-calculation-while/m-p/111194#M1066 davidwray 2011-02-23T19:37:24Z