Moving Point Features within Polygon Features

Question

Please note that I only have a ArcGIS Standard Licence. I have posted the following "Python Near Analysis (No Advanced Licence)"​ . Dan Patterson has provided me with some 
 homework, which I'll be going through. I have another question that builds onto of the following. Once I've determined the shortest distance between each point feature. I'd like to filter out the point features that are within 3m or less of each other. I'm then looking for proximity techniques of being able to move the point features away from each other until they are over 3m away from each other, but still within the blue polygons. Any suggestions and workflows using Python will be appreciated.

DanPatterson_Retired · Answer

Luckily, both points are centroids or label points of polygons.  Their areas are large and the bounding rectangles have extents that the threshold distance is in the same order of magnitude as the threshold distance.  Hence, one only need extend one or both point along the vector formed by their connection.  Consider two points separated by 3.1 m, the vector formed by their connection creates a line, just 'project' one point along the vector so that it isn't on the line by 0.11m, if it falls within the polygon, you are done (in all cases it does.  Also, switching from centroid to another measure of centrality often solves the problem (ie median centre, weighted mean center, sometimes labelpoint  etc etc).  The tests are trivial and not time consuming by any stretch of the imagination, even if one did this using arcpy...which I am not

PS  I should point out that rather than projecting along the 'vector', one can project normal to one of the points (it is sometimes simpler) because Pythagorean theorem ensures that the hypotenuse of the triangle will be longer than its base

Hornbydd · Answer

How will you deal with the scenario if you move a point in any direction it places it within 3m of another point?

PeterWilson · Answer

Hi Dan

Thanks for getting back to me on the following. By the way, I'm currently working through the NumPy Einsum Distance documentation that you provided me with as well as through the Numpy Reference Documentation to better understand how the following works.

With regards to the moving of the points within the polygons. The following is only part of the rest of the algorithm that I'm currently busy developing. It's important that the points are at least 3m apart from each other but still within the polygon as they are going to refer back to the polygon once I have completed developing the following algorithm. The Building Footprints should not overlap each other, if they do its an topology error which I fix before running the following. I'll provide you an updated polygon and point dataset tonight, after I've ensured its clean of any topology errors. Thanks Dan for all the help and guidance.