topic Re: Best Network Analyst tool to use... in ArcGIS Network Analyst Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-network-analyst-questions/best-network-analyst-tool-to-use/m-p/169093#M1748 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You just have a shortest route analysis,</P><UL><LI>type 1:&nbsp; multiple origins to one destination... this will give you the drive path and times from home to work.</LI><LI>type 2:&nbsp; one origin to multiple destinations... this will give you the drive path and times from work to home.</LI></UL><P>Note that the paths to, paths from work need not be the same. And if you intend to model travel time into the analysis, it will get very complicated.</P><P></P><P>To simplify the above... particularly if you only want a rough estimate, then you could do a sequential service area analysis, away from work say in increments of 1 km, to get an idea which people live within each service area ring (make sure rings are separated and not overlapping)</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:51:22 GMT DanPatterson_Retired 2016-02-17T14:51:22Z Best Network Analyst tool to use... https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-network-analyst-questions/best-network-analyst-tool-to-use/m-p/169092#M1747 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi folks,</P><P></P><P>A really simple query for you all. I have a dataset of offices (n=50) and a dataset of staff home locations and which office they belong to (n=circa 4500). I want to calculate driving routes and distances from each employees home to their office. What is the best network analyst tool to use for this task?</P><P></P><P>Many thanks,</P><P></P><P>Aaron</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 17 Feb 2016 13:58:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-network-analyst-questions/best-network-analyst-tool-to-use/m-p/169092#M1747 AaronPrice 2016-02-17T13:58:12Z Re: Best Network Analyst tool to use... https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-network-analyst-questions/best-network-analyst-tool-to-use/m-p/169093#M1748 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You just have a shortest route analysis,</P><UL><LI>type 1:&nbsp; multiple origins to one destination... this will give you the drive path and times from home to work.</LI><LI>type 2:&nbsp; one origin to multiple destinations... this will give you the drive path and times from work to home.</LI></UL><P>Note that the paths to, paths from work need not be the same. And if you intend to model travel time into the analysis, it will get very complicated.</P><P></P><P>To simplify the above... particularly if you only want a rough estimate, then you could do a sequential service area analysis, away from work say in increments of 1 km, to get an idea which people live within each service area ring (make sure rings are separated and not overlapping)</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:51:22 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-network-analyst-questions/best-network-analyst-tool-to-use/m-p/169093#M1748 DanPatterson_Retired 2016-02-17T14:51:22Z