https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/search-by-location-analog-with-arcgis-python-api/m-p/1372416#M9549 <P>Hello everyone,&nbsp;</P><P>The following script uses Search by Location on a polygon feature class to select points within a given threshold. The selected points then record the name of the polygon feature in a field called "Assoc_Polygon".&nbsp;</P><LI-CODE lang="python">def update_points_association(point_fc, polygon_fc, distance_threshold, field_name): # Iterate through each polygon feature with arcpy.da.SearchCursor(polygon_fc, ["Name", "SHAPE@"]) as polygon_cursor: for polygon_row in polygon_cursor: polygon_name = polygon_row[0] polygon_geometry = polygon_row[1] # Use SelectLayerByLocation to select points within the specified distance of the current polygon feature arcpy.SelectLayerByLocation_management(point_fc, "WITHIN_A_DISTANCE", polygon_geometry, distance_threshold) # Update the specified field in the selected points with the current polygon name with arcpy.da.UpdateCursor(point_fc, ["SHAPE@", field_name]) as point_cursor: for point_row in point_cursor: point_row[1] = polygon_name point_cursor.updateRow(point_row) # Remove the selection arcpy.SelectLayerByAttribute_management(point_fc, "CLEAR_SELECTION")</LI-CODE><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I know I can buffer polygons and then spatial join, but that seems cumbersome and uses credits. Is there any other way? Thanks!</P> Fri, 19 Jan 2024 18:44:51 GMT Have_You_Seen_My_Rabbit 2024-01-19T18:44:51Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/search-by-location-analog-with-arcgis-python-api/m-p/1372416#M9549 <P>Hello everyone,&nbsp;</P><P>The following script uses Search by Location on a polygon feature class to select points within a given threshold. The selected points then record the name of the polygon feature in a field called "Assoc_Polygon".&nbsp;</P><LI-CODE lang="python">def update_points_association(point_fc, polygon_fc, distance_threshold, field_name): # Iterate through each polygon feature with arcpy.da.SearchCursor(polygon_fc, ["Name", "SHAPE@"]) as polygon_cursor: for polygon_row in polygon_cursor: polygon_name = polygon_row[0] polygon_geometry = polygon_row[1] # Use SelectLayerByLocation to select points within the specified distance of the current polygon feature arcpy.SelectLayerByLocation_management(point_fc, "WITHIN_A_DISTANCE", polygon_geometry, distance_threshold) # Update the specified field in the selected points with the current polygon name with arcpy.da.UpdateCursor(point_fc, ["SHAPE@", field_name]) as point_cursor: for point_row in point_cursor: point_row[1] = polygon_name point_cursor.updateRow(point_row) # Remove the selection arcpy.SelectLayerByAttribute_management(point_fc, "CLEAR_SELECTION")</LI-CODE><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I know I can buffer polygons and then spatial join, but that seems cumbersome and uses credits. Is there any other way? Thanks!</P> Fri, 19 Jan 2024 18:44:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/search-by-location-analog-with-arcgis-python-api/m-p/1372416#M9549 Have_You_Seen_My_Rabbit 2024-01-19T18:44:51Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/search-by-location-analog-with-arcgis-python-api/m-p/1372718#M9560 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://community.esri.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/745094">@Have_You_Seen_My_Rabbit</a>&nbsp;</P><P>You are using ArcPy in this example and not the ArcGIS API for Python, as such there is no credit consumption as ArcGIS Pro (or ArcMap) is performing the geoprocessing and not ArcGIS Online.</P> Sun, 21 Jan 2024 08:29:56 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/search-by-location-analog-with-arcgis-python-api/m-p/1372718#M9560 Clubdebambos 2024-01-21T08:29:56Z