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Network Analyst - Extension
Extension available for ArcGIS Pro, ArcMap and ArcGIS Server to answer questions like: what is the quickest way to get from point A to point B?, what houses are within five minutes of our fire stations? what market areas does our business cover?, etc.
Table of contents
Introduction
ArcGIS Network Analyst is an Extension available for ArcGIS Pro, ArcMap and ArcGIS Server to answer questions like:
- What is the quickest way to get from point A to point B?
- What houses are within five minutes of our fire stations?
- What market areas does our business cover?
- What is the nearest coffee shop from my current location?
- Which patrol cars can respond the quickest to these incidents?
- How can we route our fleet of delivery vehicles to minimize overall transportation costs and improve customer service?
- Where should we open a new branch of our business to maximize market share?
- Our company needs to downsize, and which stores should we close to maintain the most overall demand?
- What are live or historical traffic conditions like, and how do they affect my network analysis results?
- etc.
Training
- What is the ArcGIS Network Analyst? - ArcGIS Pro
- What is the ArcGIS Network Analyst extension? - ArcMap
- Overview of Network Analyst in ArcGIS for Server
- Network analysis services on: Linux and Windows
- Network Analyst at esri.com/training
Videos / Technical talks
Network Analyst channel (short video tutorials):
| Title | Length |
|---|---|
| Creating Network datasets using ArcMap: Cost Attributes and Evaluators | 6min 33secs |
| Creating Network Datasets: Evaluators for Time-Based Cost Attributes | 3min 38secs |
| Creating Network Datasets: Restriction Attributes | 5min 13secs |
| Creating Network Datasets: One-Way Streets | 7min 42secs |
| Creating Network Datasets: Maximum Weight Limits | 10min 12secs |
| Vehicle Routing Problem Example: Appliance Delivery | 12min 30secs |
On video.esri.com you will find many technical talks and slides from proceedings.esri.com.
| Event | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| DevSummit 2015 | 3D Routing in a Web Browser | 42min 49secs |
| UC 2013 | Network Analyst—Creating Network Datasets | 1h 16min 22secs |
| UC 2013 | Network Analyst: An Introduction | 1h 2min 16secs |
| UC 2013 | Network Analyst: Performing Network Analysis | 1h 16min 32secs |
| UC 2013 | Network Analyst: Designing Your Network Analyst Workflow | 26min 59secs |
| UC 2013 | Network Analyst: Automating Workflows with Geoprocessing | 1h 7min 56secs |
| UC 2013 | Network Analysis with ArcGIS Online and On-Premise Services | 1h 19min 6secs |
| UC 2013 - Lighting talk | Routing Wrong Way Drivers Using ArcGIS 10.1 Network Analyst | 5min 4secs |
| UC 2012 | Network Analyst: Performing Network Analysis | 1h 17min 4secs |
| UC 2012 | ArcGIS Network Analyst—Creating Network Datasets | 1h 3min 19secs |
| UC 2012 | Network Analysis with ArcGIS for Server | 1h 09min 41secs |
| Tutorial 2010 | Network Analysis | 8min 36secs |
| UC 2010 | Network Analyst - An Introduction | 1h 11min 0secs |
People you should know
Please find the ArcGIS Experts (story tellers and developers) on this topic here: https://esri-es.github.io/arcgis-experts/?topic=Network%20Analyst
They don't work on the support team and some may even not work at Esri, but they are opening some projects and sharing insights related to this technology so we recommend you to follow them.
Community
Other resources
Probably not all the resources are in this list, please use the ArcGIS Search tool looking for: "network alayst".
Featured resources:
- ArcGIS Network Analyst Tutorial Data: This desktop application template is simply a zip file containing the Network Analyst tutorial and workflow data referenced in the documentation.
News
Licensing
- Licensing and the ArcGIS Network Analyst extension - ArcMap
- ArcGIS Network Analyst for Server is included with ArcGIS Enterprise Advanced and available for ArcGIS Enterprise Standard.