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How to calculate distance for retail location to each census tract. In ESRI ArcGIS, you can use the Near Tool and select each retail store individually. Is there similar tool in MapInfo or what sort of query I can use?

  • 1.  How to calculate distance for retail location to each census tract. In ESRI ArcGIS, you can use the Near Tool and select each retail store individually. Is there similar tool in MapInfo or what sort of query I can use?

    Posted 08-15-2018 23:58

    I have attached link with details of the process I want to do the only part from it I cant do is distance calculation https://gisgeography.com/huff-gravity-model/



  • 2.  RE: How to calculate distance for retail location to each census tract. In ESRI ArcGIS, you can use the Near Tool and select each retail store individually. Is there similar tool in MapInfo or what sort of query I can use?

    Posted 08-16-2018 03:37

    You can use the Distance Calculator tool that ships with MapInfo:

    http://support.pitneybowes.com/SearchArticles/VFP05_KnowledgeWithSidebarHowTo?id=kA180000000CuVoCAK&popup=false;&lang=en_US

     



  • 3.  RE: How to calculate distance for retail location to each census tract. In ESRI ArcGIS, you can use the Near Tool and select each retail store individually. Is there similar tool in MapInfo or what sort of query I can use?

    Posted 08-26-2018 20:59

    Thank you Greg, that did help. Do you know if you can you use drive -time to calculate distance?



  • 4.  RE: How to calculate distance for retail location to each census tract. In ESRI ArcGIS, you can use the Near Tool and select each retail store individually. Is there similar tool in MapInfo or what sort of query I can use?

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    Posted 08-27-2018 02:20

    Dinar,

    MapInfo Pro 17.0 has a tool that allows you to create drivetime regions. Would that be helpful?

    You ca read more about it here: https://li360.pitneybowes.com/LI360/s/article/Using-the-Drivetime-Tool-in-MapInfo-Pro-17-0