Open AccessAPPLICATION OF CATCHMENT AREA METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF POST OFFICE ACCESSIBILITY USING GIS FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS
Author(s) -
Petar Feletar,
Zvonko Kavran,
Katarina Mostarac
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
geoadria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.118
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1848-9710
pISSN - 1331-2294
DOI - 10.15291/geoadria.2828
Subject(s) - catchment area , geographic information system , computer science , drainage basin , service (business) , spatial analysis , transport engineering , geography , remote sensing , cartography , business , engineering , marketing
Accessibility of postal access points is an important part that service providers, as well as regulatory bodies should take into account when planning post network capacities. This is important for the provision of the universal postal service. In this paper, accessibility of post offices is determined by application of Two Step Floating Catchment Area method (2SFCA). Geographic Information System (GIS) has been used for spatial analysis of post network, locations, calculation of distances, application of the method and presentation of the results. Current regulatory framework is validated by using catchment area derived from the regulatory criterion.