Credit Calculation
How Total Road Network Length is Calculated
Region-Based and Flow-Links OD
Road network length FRC 0-5 within a convex hull that encloses the user-defined regions + 10 km external region (where applicable)
Example:
You can add up to 4 date ranges in a single study. For example, if you want to run separate reports for weekends, weekdays, and two seasons for an area with a 4,000 km road network, the total distance would be:
4,000 km
i.e., the multiplier of 4 does not apply in an OD study as opposed to a Traffic Stat study.
Selected Link/Region OD
For Selected Link analysis, the kilometers (or miles) are calculated as:
Road network length at functional road classes 0-5 (major roads) within the first 10 km defined radius of analysis area + Road network length at functional road classes 0-2 (highways) for the remaining defined radius (between 10 and 50 km) by user.
Example
If a user wants to present OD Selected Link analysis data for 10 links in two directions, with each link including trips within a 10 km radius and containing 50 km of road network at FRC 0–5, the total kilometers would be:
2 × 10 × 50 = 1,000 km
How iNode Credit Usage is Calculated
iNode uses a credit-based system to track distance-based usage.
- 1 iNode credit = 1 mile (1.61 km).
- For example:
- 2,000 miles = 2,000 credits
- 2,000 kilometers ≈ 1,242 credits
The platform converts distance to credits automatically, so users always know the cost in advance.