What is meant by Catchment areas?
The term "catchment areas" refers to geographic regions defined by specific features or criteria, such as the area from which a business attracts customers or the geographical area of a river where water is collected. In business and geographic information systems, understanding catchment areas is important for site analyses, market analyses, and resource management.
Typical software functions in the area of "catchment areas":
- Geographic Analysis: Creating and analyzing maps that visualize catchment areas.
- Data Integration: Integrating demographic, geographic, and economic data for catchment area analysis.
- Customer Analysis: Identifying and analyzing customers within a specific catchment area.
- Market Segmentation: Segmenting markets based on catchment area analyses.
- Site Selection Optimization: Supporting the selection of new locations through catchment area analysis.
- Buffer Zone Analyses: Creating buffer zones around central points to identify potential customers.
- Reporting Functions: Creating reports on the characteristics and performance of catchment areas.
- Visualization Tools: Tools for graphically representing catchment areas in maps and charts.