Routing along your own network data — not a public road API, your actual survey lines, trail network, or drainage layer — needs real graph construction under the hood: every line segment connected into a proper network, with small digitizing gaps handled so the routing doesn't silently break at a gap that should have been a junction. Network Analysis builds that graph automatically from an uploaded line layer.
What you need before you start
Any line/polyline layer representing a connected network — GeoJSON, Shapefile (zipped), GeoPackage, KML/KMZ, or a spreadsheet with coordinates. Roads, footpaths, drainage channels, or any linear network works the same way.
Two kinds of analysis
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Shortest Path
Click a start and end point on the map. Get the real shortest route along your network's actual geometry, and its exact distance — not a straight-line estimate.
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Service Area
Click an origin and set a maximum distance. See everything on the network genuinely reachable within that range — useful for coverage studies and facility planning.
What this doesn't do
This is distance-based analysis along your network's real geometry — not a driving-directions engine. One-way restrictions, speed limits, and turn restrictions aren't modeled. If you need real routing with those factors built in on top of your own network data, that's a service we can build.
Exporting your results
Both the shortest-path route and the service-area's reachable network export as GeoJSON, Shapefile, or KML — ready to bring into a report or another GIS workflow.
Have a network you need to route or analyze?
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