topic Problem with data projection and Spatial Join in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/problem-with-data-projection-and-spatial-join/m-p/311457#M17782 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have two point feature classes for the midwest USA that I geocoded.&nbsp; Shapefile 1 has 150 locations and shapefile 2 has 4 locations.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have used a spatial join to calculate the closest location for all shp1 points to the nearest shape 2 points. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Everything seems to have worked perfectly, except that the distance field that is being output by the shapefile appears to be in decimal degrees.&nbsp;&nbsp; I need to calculate the distance in feet or meters.&nbsp;&nbsp; I realize that this is a projection issue based on the geocoding output.&nbsp; How can I fix this to be able to calculate the distance between these points??</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Shp1 and shp2 are currently in GCS_WGS_1984.&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><STRONG>All help is greatly appreciated!!!</STRONG></BODY></HTML> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 10:58:24 GMT MichaelKolody 2010-11-09T10:58:24Z Problem with data projection and Spatial Join https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/problem-with-data-projection-and-spatial-join/m-p/311457#M17782 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have two point feature classes for the midwest USA that I geocoded.&nbsp; Shapefile 1 has 150 locations and shapefile 2 has 4 locations.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have used a spatial join to calculate the closest location for all shp1 points to the nearest shape 2 points. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Everything seems to have worked perfectly, except that the distance field that is being output by the shapefile appears to be in decimal degrees.&nbsp;&nbsp; I need to calculate the distance in feet or meters.&nbsp;&nbsp; I realize that this is a projection issue based on the geocoding output.&nbsp; How can I fix this to be able to calculate the distance between these points??</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Shp1 and shp2 are currently in GCS_WGS_1984.&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><STRONG>All help is greatly appreciated!!!</STRONG></BODY></HTML> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 10:58:24 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/problem-with-data-projection-and-spatial-join/m-p/311457#M17782 MichaelKolody 2010-11-09T10:58:24Z