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Table 5 Comparison of travel time with Euclidean and friction surfaces methods

From: Improving geographical accessibility modeling for operational use by local health actors

Time estimation methoda

Sample of fieldwork routes (N = 168)

All routes (N = 41,426)

Absolute difference (minutes)

Relative difference (%)

PHC

CHS

Absolute difference (minutes)

Relative difference (%)

Absolute difference (minutes)

Relative difference (%)

Fieldwork

Reference

Reference

–

–

–

–

OSRM + statistical model

3.6

4.27

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Euclidian distance + 5 km/h speed

31.22

40.5

47.54

36.89

13.27

34.47

Friction surfaces + custom speed values

22.57

29.81

26.31

19.88

7.86

25.35

  1. aAbsolute values are used to allow for consistent average estimations. The distribution of differences (with signs to reflect underestimation or overestimation) is shown in Additional file 7