topic Extracting zip codes within a drive time radius? in Business Questions

Extracting zip codes within a drive time radius?

EmmaWimberley — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 16:46:51 GMT

How do I export zip codes contained within a drive time radius?

Re: Extracting zip codes within a drive time radius?

JoeBorgione — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 17:25:37 GMT

Your question is a little vague, so that gives me some wiggle room to make assumptions:

Assumption 1: You have a network created that allows you determine your desired drive time

Assumption 2: You have a feature class of some sort of Zip codes

You can either do a drive time service area and perform a spatial selection such that the Zip Codes intersect the service area or use the actual drive time routes and spatially select the Zip Codes.

Re: Extracting zip codes within a drive time radius?

PraveenSrivastava — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 07:54:12 GMT

Hello Emma - Are you trying to do this in Business Analyst Web App?

Re: Extracting zip codes within a drive time radius?

deleted-user-qpvAI3Fo0MKR — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 15:08:18 GMT

Joe Borgione has the right idea.

I would add a word of caution about Zip Codes -

These are amorphous, and they are not true polygons as explained in much detail here; they are delivery routes, and the Postal Service can and does change them regularly. I understand managers want to leverage these as predetermined service areas but it's a nearsighted approach.

Re: Extracting zip codes within a drive time radius?

JoeBorgione — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 15:31:09 GMT

Joshua Schwartz‌ brings up a good point; we as GIS practicioners look at them as polygons, but the Postal service actually maintains them as routes....