A matrix service refers to a computational process that generates a matrix containing distances or travel times between all pairs of specified coordinates or locations. This matrix, often referred to as a distance matrix or travel time matrix, provides a comprehensive overview of the spatial relationships and accessibility between various points in a geographical area.
In transportation planning and logistics, a distance or travel time matrix serves as a fundamental dataset for route optimization, network analysis, and decision-making. By calculating and visualizing the distances or travel times between origins and destinations, transportation planners can identify optimal routes and estimate travel costs. This enables organizations to optimize resource allocation, service coverage, and customer accessibility based on geographical considerations.
Strues-maps.lt provides a matrix REST API enabling you to perform more sophisticated and customized solutions in route calculation and logistics planning.
Matrix services can be used in transportation and logistics planning. By utilizing distance and time matrices, transportation planners can optimize route planning for fleets of vehicles, such as delivery trucks or mobile on-site workforces.
These matrices enable organization planners to calculate the most efficient routes between the origin and destination points, taking into account factors like traffic conditions, road network topology, and vehicle capacities.
Matrix services find applications in retail and location-based services, enabling businesses to analyze customer accessibility and market coverage. Retailers can utilize distance matrices to evaluate the proximity of their stores to target segments and optimize store placement. By analyzing travel times between stores and potential customer locations, retailers can identify underserved areas and tailor their marketing and distribution accordingly.
A distance or travel time matrix serves as a fundamental dataset for route optimization. It can be used in logistics planning, or retail and location-based services store placement. This service provides businesses with the ability for more advanced and customized solution building.