Travel distance between two addresses

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02-23-2011 12:35 PM
BarryDurand
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My apologies for posting this in multiple forums but I was not sure where to post it.
I am very new to GIS - 3 weeks.

After over a week of fighting with it, I have figured out how to find the "as the crow flies" distance between two addresses.

I have written up instructions on how to do it. If anyone needs these instructions, just contact me and I will send them to you.


Now what I need to do, is something similar but get route distance (via roads) and if possible route time. This needs to be done in a many-to-one address relationship. For example, I need to find out how far driving distance it is from multiple specific addresses (which will be geocoded) to one specific address. More specific example, I need to know how far it will be for specific people to drive to a hospital or something similar. FYI, can't really use nearest facility because the destination address will be specified.

I have been looking for something similar to PointDistance_analysis but I can not find anything. Is what I am trying to do even possible? Is there a function similar to PointDistance_analysis or will it be much more complicated, as it looks like it may. If there is a function what is it? If it will be more complicated, a link to an example or something similar would be appreciated.

Thank you,


Barry Durand
UA School of Social Work
bpdurand@sw.ua.edu
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JoeBorgione
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Three words: Network Analyst Extension.

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That should just about do it....
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BarryDurand
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Thank you. I will check into this.
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