Walk-time maps—the walking version of drive-time area maps—show where and how far pedestrians can travel from a specific point in a certain amount of time. These maps are based on a predefined walking speed (usually 5 kilometers or 3.1 miles per hour ) and paths and roads that allow pedestrian traffic.
In this tip, you’ll learn how to make a walk-time map with ArcGIS Online.
To create walk-time areas, you’ll need privileges to create content, publish hosted feature layers, and perform spatial and network analyses. If you don’t have these privileges, contact your administrator or get a free ArcGIS trial.
Find the Start Location on a Map
Step 1: Sign in to ArcGIS Online with your ArcGIS account and click Map.
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Step 2: On the Settings (light) toolbar, click the Search icon, type your start address in the search bar that appears, and choose from the suggested addresses.
The map displays a pop-up with your search result.
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Step 3: At the bottom of the search result pop-up, click Add to new sketch.
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A new sketch layer is added to the map.
A layer is a logical collection of geographic data—for example, roads, rivers, or boundaries such as ZIP codes. When you create a map, you can combine many layers. For this map, the new layer that you created contains one data point: your chosen address.
Step 4: From the Contents (dark) toolbar, click Layers, click Rename, and rename Sketch to something more specific. For this tip, rename your layer “Home.”
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For this tip, you will create three walking areas: 10 minutes, 15 minutes, and 20 minutes.
Step 5: From the Settings toolbar, click Analysis, then click Tools.
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Step 6: Type “walk time” in the search bar, and click Generate Travel Areas.
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Step 7: For Input layer, click Layer and choose Home.
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Step 8: For Travel mode, choose Walking Time.
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Step 9: For Cutoffs, type 10 and click Add. Repeat, typing 15 and then 20.
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Step 10: For Cutoff units, choose Minutes.
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Step 11: For Travel direction, Departure time, and Overlap policy, keep the defaults.
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Step 12: Type a unique name for your output layer (such as “Walking areas from my house,” if starting from your home address). Click Run.
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When the analysis is done, your walk areas appear on the map and a new layer appears in the Layers list.
Step 13: From the Contents toolbar, click Layers, click options next to your travel area layer name, and click Zoom to.
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Now you can see all the areas that are walkable from your starting point in 10-, 15-, and 20-minute increments.
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Apply a Smart Mapping Style
You can change the default colors for the travel areas. Use smart mapping to apply a different style to the travel area layer.
Step 1: Click Show properties from your travel area layer options.
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Step 2: On the Settings toolbar, at the bottom of the Symbology section (where you see your walking areas), click Edit layer style.
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Step 3: In the Styles pane, scroll to Types (unique symbols), and click Style options.
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Step 4: Click the Symbol style color ramp to change colors.
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Step 5: Click fill color, choose a ramp category, and choose a color ramp. From the Category drop-down menu, you can filter color ramps based on your needs and preferences.
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You can use this walk-time map to plan your route from a given point.
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More Information
- Create sketch layers (help topic)
- Analysis Basics (video)
- Generate Travel Areas (help topic)
- Apply styles (help topic)
- Get started with ArcGIS Online (tutorial)