ArcGIS Network Analyst allows you to create and manage sophisticated network data sets and generate routing solutions.

ArcGIS Network Analyst is a powerful extension for routing, and will provide a whole new framework for network-based spatial analysis (i.e., location analysis, drive time analysis, and spatial interaction modeling). This extension allows ArcGIS Desktop users to model realistic network conditions and scenarios.

With ArcGIS Network Analyst you can conduct

• Drive-Time Analysis
• Point-to-Point Routing
  Route Directions
• Service Area Definition
• Shortest Path
• Optimum Route
• Closest Facility
• Origin Destination

ArcGIS Network Analyst enables ArcGIS users to solve a variety of problems using geographic networks. Tasks such as finding the most efficient travel route, generating travel directions, finding the closest facility, or defining service areas based on travel time become greatly simplified.

This product will be available second quarter of 2005.