Advanced Display Controls: Passive Network

There are cases where multiple networks may need to be viewed at once. Display Passive Networks allows users to do this as well as performing two functions, these being:

  • Proximity Analysis - Find active locations within a certain distance (km). This can also be inverted.

  • Trade Area Analysis - Find active locations within up to 10 passive location’s Trade Areas via “Select Multiple Locations”.

Users can avoid the limitation of the 10 passive location’s for the Trade Area Analysis through the “Footprint Report”, which provides a more comprehensive analysis with no limit on the number of locations, read more here.

Enabling and Customising Passive Network - Step by Step

  1. Select the Active Network of choice.

  2. Check on “Display Passive Networks” below “Display Controls”.

  3. Choose the Passive Network of choice in “Select a Network”

  4. Customise the Passive Network Icons by selecting the cog icon inside the Passive Network folder. This will pop up the display settings for the Passive Network, this functions the same as seen in “Network Display Controls: Settings” read more here.

Function: Proximity Analysis - Step by Step

Proximity Analysis allows users to filter Active Network’s locations that are within a certain radius of the Passive Network. Visualising this, its as if the Explorer is drawing a straight line from the passive locations to the active locations and measuring the distance between them. Below is an example of what happens in the back end of the explorer. NOTE: This does not appear on the display.

Visualising this concept, to calculate the distance between the two points a straight line is drawn between them. Here the green pin represents the active location of “Cannon Hill” and the purple pin the passive location.

If the distance set for Proximity Analysis was 5km, then in the above example Cannon Hill site would sit within the Passive Networks radius and would therefore be displayed. If the distance was 4 km Cannon Hill would just be outside the required distance and would not be displayed.

To do this with the selected Passive Network:

  1. Enter a value in the km of Passive Network Location, hit enter.

  2. Optional - Find the Inverse. To find the opposite of active locations within the distance check the Invert Selection.

EXPORTING - After filtering for these active locations users can now export them by choosing to:

  • Export all active locations within distance of passive locations as a CSV file. This will provide a list of each passive location by each active location within the conditions given, if a passive location has no active locations it won’t be included.

  • Save the active locations as a new Network that are within the conditions given.

Function: Inside Trade Area Analysis - Step by Step

At times using the radius around a location may not be as accurate of a measurement. A more accurate measurement of distance could be the Drive Time Trade Area from the Passive Network.

Note: This can be used on up to 10 passive locations, for a large number of passive locations use a “Footprint Report” read more here.

To achieve this with the selected Passive Network, see above on how to select a Passive Network. NOTE: When performing Inside Trade Area Analysis the Passive Network’s locations are used, follow the below to perform this analysis:

  1. After loading a Passive Network ensure the “Network on Top:” under “Display Controls” is assigned to the Passive Network being used.

  2. Customise the Passive locations Icons using the Display Controls to help distinguish them from the Active Locations.

  3. Choose the passive locations to perform this analysis, by using “Select Multiple Locations” read more here.

  4. Select Inside “Trade Area Analysis” underneath “Display Passive Networks”.

  5. Check the boxes for the Trade areas to be used for the Passive Locations (Primary, Secondary or Tertiary).

  6. Click “Analyse.”

EXPORTING - After filtering for these active locations users can now export them by choosing to:

  • Export all active locations within the passive networks trade area as a CSV file. This will provide a list of each passive location by each active location within the conditions given, if a passive location has no active locations it won’t be included.

  • Add Tags to the select locations that are still displayed after filtering.