APPLICATION OF CATCHMENT AREA METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF POST OFFICE ACCESSIBILITY USING GIS FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS

Abstract

Accessibility of postal access points is an important part that service providers, as well as regulatory bodies should take into account when planning post network capacities. This is important for the provision of the universal postal service. In this paper, accessibility of post offices is determined by application of Two Step Floating Catchment Area method (2SFCA). Geographic Information System (GIS) has been used for spatial analysis of post network, locations, calculation of distances, application of the method and presentation of the results. Current regulatory framework is validated by using catchment area derived from the regulatory criterion.