Define the decision
The analysis starts with the real question: which place is best, what area is served, where are the constraints, or what route or asset needs attention.
Location analysis consulting
Location intelligence consulting for site selection, service areas, and better spatial decisions.
CartoCodeGIS provides location intelligence and location analysis consulting for planners, utilities, field teams, nonprofits, developers, and growing organizations that need to compare places, understand constraints, measure access, and explain where investment or action should happen.
Outcomes
What this helps you do
- Compare sites, parcels, routes, service areas, assets, constraints, and opportunity zones.
- Turn scattered location data into analysis that stakeholders can understand and technical teams can trust.
- Create defensible maps, tables, and summaries for planning, operations, grant work, and public communication.
- Document assumptions and source data so the analysis can be reviewed, updated, and reused.
Approach
Designed for practical use
Build the spatial method
Relevant layers are cleaned, compared, weighted, mapped, and checked so the result is more than a pretty map. It becomes a method people can follow.
Deliver usable outputs
Results can be delivered as decision maps, suitability scores, service area summaries, ranked locations, web maps, dashboards, or GIS-ready data packages.
Fit
Common project types
- Site suitability
- Service area analysis
- Route and access review
- Constraint mapping
- Opportunity scoring
- Asset prioritization
- Public planning maps
- Utility planning
- Grant and report exhibits
Examples
Useful ways this work shows up
Site suitability analysis
Compare parcels or candidate locations using access, zoning, utilities, hazards, demographics, nearby assets, and other decision factors.
Service coverage review
Map who is served, where gaps exist, and how travel distance, response time, or network access changes across a project area.
Constraints and opportunity mapping
Combine environmental, infrastructure, ownership, parcel, and operational layers to show where a project is feasible and where risk is higher.
Project scope
Clear deliverables for the people using the work
Typical deliverables
- Ranked site or parcel comparison with documented criteria
- Service-area, drive-time, access-gap, or coverage maps
- Constraint and opportunity overlays with GIS-ready layers
- Decision maps, summary tables, and stakeholder-ready exhibits
- Methods documentation describing sources, assumptions, and limitations
Teams we support
- Local governments and planning organizations
- Utilities and infrastructure teams
- Nonprofits and community-service providers
- Developers, site selectors, and growing businesses
- Field operations, asset managers, and grant teams
Questions
What teams usually ask
What is location analysis consulting?
Location analysis consulting uses GIS data, maps, and spatial methods to answer where-based questions about sites, service areas, access, constraints, assets, routes, and opportunities.
What kinds of decisions can location analysis support?
It can support site selection, facility planning, utility work, service coverage, routing, public engagement, field operations, grant applications, and project prioritization.
Can you work with incomplete or messy data?
Yes. Many projects start with spreadsheets, shapefiles, PDFs, field notes, or partial GIS layers. The first step is usually reviewing what can be trusted and what needs cleanup.
Do you provide maps or the underlying data too?
Both are possible. Deliverables can include maps, summaries, ranked tables, GIS layers, documentation, dashboards, or repeatable workflows for future updates.
Related reading
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Need a defensible answer to a location-based question?
Schedule a conversation about the sites, service areas, constraints, data, and decision your team needs to evaluate.