idea Calculate Circular Mean Statistics Option in ArcGIS Pro Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/calculate-circular-mean-statistics-option/idi-p/929975 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It would be nice if the mean of circular data could be calculated using the basic table statistics function.&nbsp; For example, when aspect values are extracted to point locations, the arithmetic mean is useless because the data are circular (e.g., azimuths 1 and 359 are both nearly due north, but their arithmetic average is 180...due south).&nbsp; It can be very frustrating trying to understand/explain the correct formula to calculate the "average" slope direction to students or less-than-savvy GIS users and I suspect many reports have included erroneous results.</P><P></P><P>A simple option to calculate circular mean in the 'Data' tab of the chart properties in ArcGIS Pro after clicking statistics for an attribute table field would be great.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 02 Dec 2019 17:31:57 GMT JonathanFleming 2019-12-02T17:31:57Z Calculate Circular Mean Statistics Option https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/calculate-circular-mean-statistics-option/idi-p/929975 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It would be nice if the mean of circular data could be calculated using the basic table statistics function.&nbsp; For example, when aspect values are extracted to point locations, the arithmetic mean is useless because the data are circular (e.g., azimuths 1 and 359 are both nearly due north, but their arithmetic average is 180...due south).&nbsp; It can be very frustrating trying to understand/explain the correct formula to calculate the "average" slope direction to students or less-than-savvy GIS users and I suspect many reports have included erroneous results.</P><P></P><P>A simple option to calculate circular mean in the 'Data' tab of the chart properties in ArcGIS Pro after clicking statistics for an attribute table field would be great.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 02 Dec 2019 17:31:57 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/calculate-circular-mean-statistics-option/idi-p/929975 JonathanFleming 2019-12-02T17:31:57Z