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Site Selection Tool

GIS-based site suitability analysis using POIs, buffers, and location intelligence

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Site Selection Tool

Analyze any location using nearby POIs, accessibility, competition, services, and GIS buffer analysis.

Click on the map, choose radius and site type, then analyze the location suitability score.

Suitability score Accessibility 30% Nearby services 25% Competition 20% Urban activity 15% Green area 10%
Interactive Analysis

Select and score a candidate site

OpenStreetMap POIs are fetched only for the selected point and radius. No search is stored.

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What is a Site Selection Tool?

A site selection tool helps users evaluate whether a location may be suitable for a business, facility, investment, or planning project. This GIS tool checks nearby points of interest, services, competitors, accessibility indicators, and green spaces inside a buffer around the selected point.

The score is an initial GIS-based indicator, not a final business decision. Users should also verify field conditions, population data, traffic, zoning, and market demand.

How the Site Selection Score is Calculated

The score combines five explainable components: accessibility, nearby services, competition, urban activity, and green/open area. Accessibility uses transport and parking related POIs. Nearby services uses hospitals, schools, mosques, shops, banks, pharmacies, and public services. Competition checks POIs related to the selected use type. Urban activity uses total POI density, and green/open area uses nearby parks and open spaces.

Who Can Use This Tool?

This tool can support GIS analysts, real estate planners, business owners, urban planners, students, researchers, and site selection consultants who need a fast first look at location context using live OpenStreetMap data.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is a site selection tool?

It is a GIS-based tool that helps compare a selected location against nearby services, competitors, accessibility, activity, and environmental context.

How is the suitability score calculated?

The score uses weighted components: accessibility 30%, nearby services 25%, competition 20%, urban activity 15%, and green/open area 10%.

Does this tool use live GIS data?

Yes. It requests nearby OpenStreetMap POIs through the Overpass API when the Analyze button is clicked.

Can I use this tool for business decisions?

Use it as an initial indicator only. Final decisions should also consider field checks, market demand, zoning, traffic, demographics, and financial feasibility.

Why are some POIs missing from the map?

OpenStreetMap is community maintained. Some areas have incomplete, outdated, or differently tagged POIs.

Can this tool be used for real estate planning?

Yes. It can provide a quick overview of nearby services, activity, green spaces, and access indicators around candidate real estate sites.