topic Re: Euclidean Distance between XY Coordinates in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Euclidean Distance between XY Coordinates

KathrynDoh — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 23:24:40 GMT

I would like to calculate the Euclidean Distance between two points using ArcGIS Pro Desktop. My data set contains X, Y Coordinates for "ID" as well as X, Y Coordinates for "BUILDING". I successfully ran the XY to Line tool which created a table with a "Shape_Length" field. However, I am not sure what unit of measurement that is or how to translate it into miles.

ID ID_X ID_Y BUILDING BUILDING_X BUILDING_Y

1 A

2 A

3 B

Re: Euclidean Distance between XY Coordinates

NeilAyres — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 07:54:17 GMT

Well you need to know what coordinate system you are dealing with. Presumably (may be not always the case), the XYs and the length are in those units.

Re: Euclidean Distance between XY Coordinates

KathrynDoh — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:26:28 GMT

When I Geocode my "ID" address table and "BUILDING" address table I use my organization's Input Locator. When I run the XY to Line tool I use line type "Geodesic" and Spatial Reference "GCS_WGS_1984". Does this answer your question? Thanks!

Re: Euclidean Distance between XY Coordinates

KathrynDoh — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:46:31 GMT

My organization's Input Locator uses "GCS WGS 1984" as its Geographic coordinate system.