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SUBMIT YOUR IDEAMy solution only requires a single tool:
I was caught out to start with due to the W direction. I'm not particularly experienced with the mapping tools, so I'm not sure if there was a more efficient way to remove outlying sectors.
Done!
Very useful challenge!
Hi @LukeM the secret is to tick on "Eliminate Overlap" in the Trade Area tool and by feeding in some co-ordinates south of the river it creates trade areas with no overlaps.
Please see my completed challenge attached. Thanks!
Hello Joe @JosephSerpis ; that is a good technique, and it helps to visualize how all those individual points keep from over-lapping each other.
The key is to generate trade areas that do not overlap each other.
When filtering the other trade areas, the remaining trade area retains the 4 borders of the overlapping points' trade areas.