topic Extracting points near to points in ArcGIS Analyse Questions

Extracting points near to points

StaceyMoore — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 21:35:48 GMT

Hi there.

I have a two point shape files. One of which contains thousands of points, the other a small number of points. I would like to select and extract the data of the nearest point only to the second data set.

can anyone please suggest a way to do this?

many thanks.

Re: Extracting points near to points

DanPatterson — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 21:48:11 GMT

Near (Analysis)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation will help you or spatial join

Re: Extracting points near to points

StaceyMoore — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 22:38:37 GMT

Hi, thanks for the advise. Running the ‘near’ tool only gives me a proximity. When I’m after a selection or an extraction.

In the image, the yellow points are my location and I’m trying to select the nearest purple point only to each yellow.

Re: Extracting points near to points

DanPatterson — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 00:00:12 GMT

unfortunately there is no "select the closest" without some work.

If you had a threshold distance value to work with then

Select Layer By Location (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

"within a distance of" would do the job.

Otherwise, Near does the work and finding the closest from the result will provide the data.

Also, what about ties?

maximum distance to consider?

What if two points share the same closest? is that ok?

Re: Extracting points near to points

RachaelMurtaugh — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 18:18:49 GMT

Do a spatial join and choose the option of Closest.