Catchment Area API – Plan Coverage & Delivery
Placematic leverages HERE Catchment Area tools to map service regions and customer reach. Understand drive-time zones, retail radius and market potential with precision. As a HERE Gold Partner, we support your growth with expert mapping and analytics.
Different types of vehicle
Check what area you can cover by moving a car, truck, foot or bicycle at a defined time or distance. The HERE Catchment Area API is commonly used in retail site selection, geomarketing, and accessibility analysis. Moreover, the API supports scalable analysis across large geographic areas.
Time and distance
Calculate for a defined time or distance.
Current traffic
Calculate taking into account the current traffic situation or for a defined time based on historical data.
Better decisions
Use in business applications. Plan your delivery areas. Skillfully plan your sales locations, avoiding cannibalization. Using the Catchment Area API, teams can analyze how far customers or vehicles can reach within a given time. As a result, analysts can better understand location accessibility.
Why Use Catchment Area API?
- 🚚 Plan Accurate Coverage Zones – define true reach for your vehicles & travel modes
- ⏱ Time & Distance Boundaries – customize by time or distance slice
- 📉 Dynamic with Traffic Insights – use real-time or historical traffic data
- 💼 Reduce Overlap & Waste – avoid overlapping service zones, prevent cannibalization
Why HERE vs Google Maps?
- Dynamic travel modes (truck, walk, bike) ✅ / ❌
- Traffic-aware boundaries ✅ / ❌
- Enterprise-grade support & SLA ✅ / ❌
- Bulk processing & scalability ✅ / ❌
API & Feature Details
- Supports multiple travel modes: truck, car, walking, biking
- Time & distance based catchment calculation
- Incorporates current traffic / historical patterns
- Scalable: large batch processing / many seed points
- REST / JSON API, easy integration 🔗
Estimate Your Catchment Area API Costs
Quickly estimate your monthly usage costs for the Isochrones API based on your expected request volume.
Partner with Placematic – trusted HERE Gold Partner
Placematic is a certified HERE Gold Partner, trusted by enterprises worldwide for delivering high-quality HERE solutions. In addition, our team combines deep technical expertise with hands-on experience to help businesses in logistics, mobility, retail, and real estate successfully adopt and integrate HERE Maps and Location Services.
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