topic Re: Distance calculation error in ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Questions

Distance calculation error

JoeLenon — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:38:25 GMT

Hello,

I am trying to calculate straight line distances from a raster layer but i keep getting errors.
In the spatial analyst toolbox, i clicked Spatial analyst>Distance>straight line.

When i click ok i get an error message:

ERROR 010328: Syntax error at near symbol NEW-LINE
ERROR 010267: Syntax error in parsing grid expression

I've been have been having this error for a week or so and i don't see a way out.
Some people suggested to me that i had to remove spacings from file directories but that didn't help me solve the issue.

Please, any tip would be welcome.

Thank you

Re: Distance calculation error

DanPatterson_Retired — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:49:01 GMT

detailed specifics are needed..aka source files...destination location and anything else you can provide...looks like a user error so far since I can't find any NIM's relating to this issue so far

Re: Distance calculation error

JoeLenon — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:51:15 GMT

The file is located in C:\ArcGIS\GIS__Introduction\8_Raster_Analysis\8_Raster_analysis\house

The output raster is actually temporary but it doesn't work either when i specify a path.

Hope this would enlighten you.

Re: Distance calculation error

BradenBurkholder — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 02:39:22 GMT

For future reference: It looks like there's a restriction on the path length with spatial analyst. Use a shorter or temporary path name, e.g. C:\GIStemp.

I had these same errors and this fixed it.

Edit: also select the features of interest prior to executing the command

Re: Distance calculation error

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