Maptitude - http://research.umbc.edu/~roswell/maptitude.html

Peter:
Thanks for your response and explanation.  So are you suggesting that Maptitude
users go out and invest $9,995 in Transcad to generate a map to view it with a
$395 program they already have?  Your response is also silent on the existence
of this functionality within GIS+.  Is this a compatible solution to achieve
the plotting of desire lines, be they one-way or bi-directional?

Kevin

"Peter H. Van Demark" wrote:

> Maptitude - http://research.umbc.edu/~roswell/maptitude.html
>
> Kevin:
>
> >I believe this functionality already exists within Caliper's Transcad
> >program because of its value for displaying spatial interaction...so it
> >wouldn't seem to be a big development issue to add it to the Maptitude
> >toolbox.
>
> You are right. They are called desire lines and are based on a geographic
> file created from a matrix. A dual-bandwidth scaled-symbol theme gets
> created by the Tools-Geographic Analysis-Desire Lines command to show the
> AB and BA values for the lines in the geographic file that connect the
> origins and destinations.
>
> The matrix data structure and dual-bandwidth scaled-symbol themes are not
> available in Maptitude, so it would be a big development issue to add this
> capability to Maptitude. However, a desire line geographic file created by
> TransCAD could be displayed by Maptitude with a regular scaled-symbol theme
> for just one value, such as the flow from or to the origins.
>
> Peter
>
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