Assignment: assignment of objects to a sector.
Geographic entity: polygon that divides up a territory (town, Post Code…)
Envelope: material definition of a sector’s border (contour).
Geocoding: assignment of geographhic coordinates (longitude/latitude) to a postal address.
Road network: road network model applied to route calculations.
Indicator: value or formula applied for the purpose of balancing sectors.
Object: geographic point or entity.
Districting: divide up, balance, or organise a territory into sectors of intervention, sales activity, or any aspect of daily living… as a function of constraints inherent to business or administrative objectives.