Currently, I am studying a project about electric charge station location selection. I can't find a trial version of ArcGIS Pro for Mac and I don't know if ArcGIS online has the capability to conduct an MCDA project. Is there anybody who has an experience with MCDA with ArcGIS online or can you suggest me a free tool for this problem?
Within Qgis there are tools called Multicriteria Overlay Analysis, which allow to integrate the information of said components. In its version 3.28 it is compatible with MacOS, I have even previous versions
I'd stick with QGIS as it is 100% free. There are examples on Google about MCDA using QGIS, for example: (https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/25976/performing-multicriteria-analysis-using-qgis). Generally speaking, it's a good practice to work with raster layers when performing MCDA.
Hi Zeynep,
For ArcGIS, you can add an extension for the AHP method (check this link: https://digital-geography.com/ahp-arcgis-10-x-using-python/) or you can google AHP online, there are multiple websites that provide up to 50 criteria. However, if you want other methods such as TOPSIS, VIKOR, etc. you can download Matlab/python codes and modify them. It might sound a bit scary but it is straightforward. Just turn all your layers/data into point shape file (raster to point; all should have the exact coordinates and dimensions). Then feed them to the codes, get the output and again map it within the ArcGIS.
Good luck,
Fardad
We are about to release an MCDA analysis you can use within a free trial period. Please let me know if it is still of interest.
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