topic Road Network Buffer and Lease Roads in ArcGIS Network Analyst Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-network-analyst-questions/road-network-buffer-and-lease-roads/m-p/174466#M1776 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have been asked to create road network buffers around a service yard. We are wanting to calculate the distance from our yard to a well site using this buffer. Only problem is a lot of well sites are off the main roads, some .5-5 miles off the main roads. What buffer is best to use general or detailed? If they are wanting a 25 mile buffer, do I need to create a 22.5 mile buffer to calculate for the possible off road mileage?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:42:34 GMT brittanyschamaun1 2013-07-18T12:42:34Z Road Network Buffer and Lease Roads https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-network-analyst-questions/road-network-buffer-and-lease-roads/m-p/174466#M1776 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have been asked to create road network buffers around a service yard. We are wanting to calculate the distance from our yard to a well site using this buffer. Only problem is a lot of well sites are off the main roads, some .5-5 miles off the main roads. What buffer is best to use general or detailed? If they are wanting a 25 mile buffer, do I need to create a 22.5 mile buffer to calculate for the possible off road mileage?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:42:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-network-analyst-questions/road-network-buffer-and-lease-roads/m-p/174466#M1776 brittanyschamaun1 2013-07-18T12:42:34Z Re: Road Network Buffer and Lease Roads https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-network-analyst-questions/road-network-buffer-and-lease-roads/m-p/174467#M1777 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If you are unsure of what buffer distance to use. I suggest that you use the </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//00080000001q000000">Near</A><SPAN> function. This will help you draw a histogram from the result and you can see how the wells are spread, and then you can make a more informed guess as you have some numbers to discuss.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>regards,</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 18 Jul 2013 15:09:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-network-analyst-questions/road-network-buffer-and-lease-roads/m-p/174467#M1777 RamB 2013-07-18T15:09:13Z