topic Path distance between 2 matched points in ArcGIS Network Analyst Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-network-analyst-questions/path-distance-between-2-matched-points/m-p/746360#M7144 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am trying to calculate the distance between 1 specific origin and 1 specific destination using the network analyst OD cost matrix.&nbsp; Specifically, I have a file with about 9,000 geocoded home addresses of individuals and another file with their (same individuals) 9,000 geocoded work addresses. I have two problems.&nbsp; I only want to calculate the path distance from each persons home address only to their specific work address.&nbsp; Currently, I cannot figure out a way to not calculate the distance between an individual and every work address.&nbsp; This wouldn't be such a big deal if I was able to identify (each person has a unique identifier in each file) the individual by querying on their id and finding those that match in the resulting 'lines' file.&nbsp; But I cannot figure this out either.&nbsp; Even if I join the unique identifiers to the origin and destination file, the resulting lines file does not generate these fields.&nbsp; Does anyone have any suggestions?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 07 Sep 2013 13:51:34 GMT EvanSorg 2013-09-07T13:51:34Z Path distance between 2 matched points https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-network-analyst-questions/path-distance-between-2-matched-points/m-p/746360#M7144 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am trying to calculate the distance between 1 specific origin and 1 specific destination using the network analyst OD cost matrix.&nbsp; Specifically, I have a file with about 9,000 geocoded home addresses of individuals and another file with their (same individuals) 9,000 geocoded work addresses. I have two problems.&nbsp; I only want to calculate the path distance from each persons home address only to their specific work address.&nbsp; Currently, I cannot figure out a way to not calculate the distance between an individual and every work address.&nbsp; This wouldn't be such a big deal if I was able to identify (each person has a unique identifier in each file) the individual by querying on their id and finding those that match in the resulting 'lines' file.&nbsp; But I cannot figure this out either.&nbsp; Even if I join the unique identifiers to the origin and destination file, the resulting lines file does not generate these fields.&nbsp; Does anyone have any suggestions?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 07 Sep 2013 13:51:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-network-analyst-questions/path-distance-between-2-matched-points/m-p/746360#M7144 EvanSorg 2013-09-07T13:51:34Z Re: Path distance between 2 matched points https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-network-analyst-questions/path-distance-between-2-matched-points/m-p/746361#M7145 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">I am trying to calculate the distance between 1 specific origin and 1 specific destination using the network analyst OD cost matrix.&nbsp; Specifically, I have a file with about 9,000 geocoded home addresses of individuals and another file with their (same individuals) 9,000 geocoded work addresses. I have two problems.&nbsp; I only want to calculate the path distance from each persons home address only to their specific work address.&nbsp; Currently, I cannot figure out a way to not calculate the distance between an individual and every work address.&nbsp; This wouldn't be such a big deal if I was able to identify (each person has a unique identifier in each file) the individual by querying on their id and finding those that match in the resulting 'lines' file.&nbsp; But I cannot figure this out either.&nbsp; Even if I join the unique identifiers to the origin and destination file, the resulting lines file does not generate these fields.&nbsp; Does anyone have any suggestions?</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Nevermind.&nbsp; I found this.... for those who who stumble upon this post: </SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/63446-Network-Distance-of-Students-to-School" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/63446-Network-Distance-of-Students-to-School</A></BODY></HTML> Sat, 07 Sep 2013 18:58:35 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-network-analyst-questions/path-distance-between-2-matched-points/m-p/746361#M7145 EvanSorg 2013-09-07T18:58:35Z