topic Why does 'select within a distance' produce a differrent result than 'buffer/clip'? Shouldn't these 2 functions produce the same result? Red circles indicate date that should be in the result. All shape files and data frame are in the same projection. in Developers Questions

Why does 'select within a distance' produce a differrent result than 'buffer/clip'? Shouldn't these 2 functions produce the same result? Red circles indicate date that should be in the result. All shape files and data frame are in the same projection.

REMYSYLVE — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 14:45:30 GMT

Re: Why does 'select within a distance' produce a differrent result than 'buffer/clip'? Shouldn't these 2 functions produce the same result? Red circles indicate date that should be in the result. All shape files and data frame are in the same projecti

IanMurray — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 15:23:50 GMT

I would guess it would have something to do with the projection you are using, and whether you used a planar or Geodesic Buffer when you used the Buffer tool. If you are working with a geographic coordinate systems instead of a projected coordinate system, it does not take into account the curvature of the earth when calculating distances with the select by location(within a distance).

http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/131766/why-the-select-by-location-analysis-calculates-distance-in-a-wrong-way

Re: Why does 'select within a distance' produce a differrent result than 'buffer/clip'? Shouldn't these 2 functions produce the same result? Red circles indicate date that should be in the result. All shape files and data frame are in the same projecti

REMYSYLVE — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 18:10:35 GMT

Good deal. Thank you.