As a part of my EPQ, I aim to create a GIS showing the reasons why my local co-operative has chosen to position itself where it is. This will accompany a case study of what was done by co-operative when they chose their location.
To do this I must first consider the contributing factors:
- Transport links and infrastructure in place
- Catchment area (1m radius for local stores)
- Competition (Other local shops in the Maghull area)
- Distance from suppliers
I will have to represent these things with a multitude of different vectors and rasters. Beginning with a radius of 1 mile around the co-operative shop. To do this I must as a circle feature to my map my a radius of one map starting from the Co-op shop. To do this I first had to download a more advances form of GIS. I then used ArcGIS Help page on the website along with a Durham University Guide to understand how to input data onto the map.
This I found far more difficult than I expected from something so simple. In my opinion this is down to the fact that the software isn't very user friendly. After playing around for a while with coordinates I was able to figure out a way to represent a catchment area with a shape. This allowed me to show that a large estate lay within this catchment meaning that in positioning the shop at -2.932462 : 53.515710 the company is able to provide a service to thousands of people meaning that profits will be greater here than in other areas.
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