Hello everyone, welcome back to another episode of TGI5, I am Jon Lauer, a solution engineer here at Esri. In today’s episode, I wanted to show how you can leverage Open Street Map data to create a network dataset and use it to model proposed fiber routes within one of our Telecom ArcGIS Solutions, Network Path Planner.
In a connected world, access to reliable broadband communications service is essential. To close existing coverage gaps and increase overall broadband speeds, public and private funding is pouring into the communications market and driving expansion of existing communications networks.
Every day, communication organizations are building out broadband infrastructure to reach new customers and businesses. Before construction begins, communication organizations must design effective networks that balance capital costs with customer service. Simple tools that provide an efficient route to a proposed site reduce costs and increase revenue opportunities.
Within our catalog of ArcGIS Solutions for telecommunications, the Network Path Planner tool provides an accurate, repeatable process to design a new communications network. The goal is to use existing network datasets plus spatial analysis to find the closest network locations and daisy chain them to our target locations therefore reducing the amount of cable needed for the build out.
Network Path Planner Solution
ArcGIS Living Atlas: OSM Highway Data
ArcGIS StreetMap Premium
