Creating catchment area maps is now fast and easy.
The Crosscut App was designed for the non-expert and is the fastest and easiest way to create catchment area maps. We have taken what used to be a months or weeks long project led by experts and created an online service that you can use to create catchment area maps in minutes.
The Crosscut App uses public datasets to instantly generate accurate catchment area maps.
A catchment area is the geographic area served by a particular site. But how do you determine which area is served by which site? Answering this question involves sophisticated geospatial modeling to assign every parcel of land in the country to its nearest site.
The Crosscut App considers data from a wide variety of public sources to consider various factors, including:
Land cover
Rivers and bodies of water
Roads, bridges, tunnels
Elevation
Administrative boundaries
Settlements
Free Features
The Crosscut app is currently available in 43 countries (and counting) and 3 languages. Creating an account is free and easy, and it gives you access to numerous features
Analyze catchment areas
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Visualize travel time and population heatmaps
Identify hard-to-reach settlements
Plan supplies for health campaigns
Make it your own
Easily edit catchment area borders
Add custom points of interest
Integrate and Share
Integration with DHIS2 and Google Earth
Print catchment area maps and download geojson
Understand populations
See the latest population and building estimates from all available public sources
Load your own population estimates to see how they compare
Enterprise Features
For those organizations interested in tailoring the application to specific use cases, we offer an Enterprise version with enhanced features and support. Below are some examples.
Add custom map layers
(e.g. disease prevalence, survey data, etc.) and administrative boundaries
White-label integration
White-label integration of app capability with country systems
Heatmapping
Predicted prevalence heatmaps and survey optimization
Advanced Forecasting
Embed continuous forecasting algorithms directly in your existing system
Inventory Projections
See batch-level inventory projections based on forecasts and upcoming orders
Supply Chain Design
Diagnostic network optimization and last-mile direct delivery modeling made easy
Use Cases
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Immunization
Session planning and routine immunization
Supplemental immunization activity planningr
Identification of vaccination posts
Coverage estimation
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Primary Care
Placement of community health workers
Identifying outreach outposts
Determining number and location of health services
Ambulance referral linkages
Malaria
Indoor residual spray campaigns
Insecticide-treated net distribution
Seasonal chemoprevention campaigns
Coverage estimation
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Diagnostics
Measuring patient accessibility to the lab network
Sample referral linkages
Neglected Tropical Disease
Mass drug administration campaigns
Coverage estimation
Let's get started
The Crosscut App is and always will be free to use. It takes less than a minute to register and get started.
