Analyze

Analyze in the left-hand menu gives you tools to draw an area on the map and pull out figures for building stock, land use and demographics directly, without opening individual properties. Analyze does not require an active project.

How to open it

Click Analyze in the left-hand menu. The panel opens on the left. An open property panel stays in place, so you can compare analysis results with data from a single property in the same view.

Workflow

1. Draw an area with one of the drawing tools (see the table below).
2. Choose an analysis from the list in the panel.
3. Read the results in the panel and as a coloured overlay on the map.
4. Adjust the drawing to see how the figures change.
5. Remove drawings with R when you are finished.

Drawing tools

Tool	Shortcut	Function
Draw area	Q	Freehand polygon drawing. Click corners, double-click to close.
Draw screen	W	Rectangular selection. Click and drag.
Hide drawing	E	Hides drawn areas temporarily without deleting them.
Clear drawing	R	Deletes the active drawn area.

Q is the most flexible. W is quick when you want to check a square around a single property.

Available analyses

Name	What you get	Typical use
Floors (building)	Number of floors per building, colormap by highest floor, statistics for avg, median and max.	Find buildings with development potential in areas with high permitted land use.
UFA m² (building)	Use area per building in m².	Assess the size of the building stock and the split between small and large buildings.
UFA% (plot)	Use area as a share of the plot area.	Measure how densely an area is built up; identify underused plots.
BYA% (plot)	Built-up area as a share of the plot area.	Cross-check against the BYA allowance in the municipal master plan (kommuneplan); find zoning headroom for extensions.
Demographics (area)	Population, age distribution, income, household composition. Source: Statistisk sentralbyrå (SSB) via Geodata.	Assess purchasing power, demographic profile and potential customer base for retail.

The colormap is calibrated dynamically based on the values inside the drawn area. Colour use is relative, not absolute, and shows differences within the area.

The table can be exported and filtered by building type (for example Enebolig). BYA is shown as the calculated built-up share of the plot, not as the maximum permitted BYA from the planning provisions; maximum permitted land use is still checked against the zoning plan for each plot.

BYA and comparison against zoning plan requirements

The BYA% analysis adds up the footprint of all buildings on the plot and divides by the plot area. That gives the actual degree of land use, not the maximum permitted.

Finding the maximum BYA in the zoning plan

The maximum permitted BYA is not a structured dataset; it sits in the planning provisions as text. Here is how to find it:

1. Open the property in the map and click the Overview tab in the property panel.
2. Scroll down to the Zoning section and click the link to the plan document.
3. Search for "BYA", "bebygd areal" or "utnyttelsesgrad" in the text of the provisions.
4. Alternatively: turn on the Zoning Plans map layer to see plan boundaries directly in the map.

Calculating zoning headroom

1. Read the plot area from the Overview tab (m²).
2. Read the actual BYA from the BYA% analysis (m² and %).
3. Read the maximum %BYA from the plan document.
4. Calculate: plot area × maximum %BYA / 100 = maximum permitted BYA in m².
5. Zoning headroom = maximum permitted BYA minus actual BYA.

Example: plot 1,200 m², zoned for 40% BYA, actual BYA 320 m². Maximum permitted: 1,200 × 0.40 = 480 m². Zoning headroom: 160 m².

See Glossary: BYA for the definition and calculation rules.

Demographics search

Demographics search is a quick circular version of the Demographics (area) analysis. You draw a circle and the panel shows population statistics immediately.

1. Click the Demographics search button (the circle icon) in the map toolbar.
2. Click and drag on the map to draw the circle.
3. The Demographics overview panel opens with figures for population, age, income and households.

The income and wealth figures in the panel are aggregated per grunnkrets (SSB's smallest statistical area), not individual data from the tax authorities. Skatteetaten's annual tax settlement is the basis, SSB compiles and publishes the figures per grunnkrets, and Geodata AS distributes them to Placepoint. The figures follow SSB's most recently published statistical year: see Income and Wealth for how to find which year applies.

For a full demographics report tied to a specific property, use Reports from the property panel. See Report: Demographics.

Travel distance

Travel distance is not available in Placepoint Fusion yet. When the feature is released, it will appear in the Analyze panel and this page will be updated. See catchment area methodology for the definitions and assumptions that will apply to the tool.

Geometric analysis tools (right rail, 3D only)

When you work in 3D mode, further tools are available in the toolbar along the right edge of the map. These tools are separate from the Analyze panel.

Tool	Function
Measurements	Measure distance and area directly in the 3D scene.
Daylight	Simulate daylight for a property at a chosen point in time.
Shadow	See how shadows from nearby buildings fall over time.
Elevation Profile	Draw a line and see the terrain profile along the line.
Line of Sight	Check whether two points have a clear line of sight.
Viewshed	Show everything visible from a point within an angular sector.

Switch to 3D with the 3D button at the top right of the map. See Overview of the interface for a walkthrough of the map controls.

Common use cases

Zoning and land use assessment. Draw the area around a property of interest, run BYA% and UFA%, and compare with the provisions of the municipal master plan (kommuneplan) via the Zoning Plans map layer.

Retail mapping. Draw an area around a retail unit, run Demographics, and get figures on purchasing power and age profile. Compare with alternative locations.

Portfolio screening. Draw screen (W) around a district, run Floors (building), and identify low buildings in areas with high permitted land use.

Tips

• Analyze does not require a project and suits exploratory mapping well.
• The results are an overlay; hide and show them via the Analyze panel to inspect the background data without distractions.
• The shortcuts save time when you draw many analyses one after another.
• For structured output, use Reports. Analyze is built for exploration.