topic Near analysis help in 911 GIS Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/911-gis-questions/near-analysis-help/m-p/835994#M515 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I need some help. I am trying to do Near analysis in ArcGIS 10.1.&nbsp; All my layers are set to GCS_WGS 1984 and my map distance and search radius to kilometers. But when I generate my near table, the values are too small, e.g. 0,05345 kilometers. I've tried setting all distances to meters, but with the same result. How can I fix this so that my distance values make sense? </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 31 Mar 2016 09:25:33 GMT MariettePretorius 2016-03-31T09:25:33Z Near analysis help https://community.esri.com/t5/911-gis-questions/near-analysis-help/m-p/835994#M515 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I need some help. I am trying to do Near analysis in ArcGIS 10.1.&nbsp; All my layers are set to GCS_WGS 1984 and my map distance and search radius to kilometers. But when I generate my near table, the values are too small, e.g. 0,05345 kilometers. I've tried setting all distances to meters, but with the same result. How can I fix this so that my distance values make sense? </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 31 Mar 2016 09:25:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/911-gis-questions/near-analysis-help/m-p/835994#M515 MariettePretorius 2016-03-31T09:25:33Z Re: Near analysis help https://community.esri.com/t5/911-gis-questions/near-analysis-help/m-p/835995#M516 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>your distances are in decimal degrees because your coordinates are in decimal degrees</P><P>from the help</P><P><EM>The distance between the input and near feature. The value is in the linear unit of the input features coordinate system, or Meters when the <SPAN class="uicontrol">Method</SPAN> parameter is set to GEODESIC and the input is in a geographic coordinate system. If no near feature is found, the value will be -1.</EM></P><P><A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/tools/analysis-toolbox/near.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/tools/analysis-toolbox/near.htm">Near—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A> </P><P>so change your method</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 31 Mar 2016 09:39:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/911-gis-questions/near-analysis-help/m-p/835995#M516 DanPatterson_Retired 2016-03-31T09:39:13Z Re: Near analysis help https://community.esri.com/t5/911-gis-questions/near-analysis-help/m-p/835996#M517 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>resolved?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 14 Apr 2016 12:27:48 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/911-gis-questions/near-analysis-help/m-p/835996#M517 DanPatterson_Retired 2016-04-14T12:27:48Z