topic How to calculate the nearest point? in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/how-to-calculate-the-nearest-point/m-p/384643#M13100 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am using ArcGIS 10.3.1. I have two layers: buildings (points) and plots (polygons). I need to calculate how close are the building one to another. I used the function "Point Density" and it gave me all the distances from one building to all other buildings. I need only the distance from each building to the nearest building. I tried to use the tool Near but it calculates only 0 when I indicate the buildings as the Input feature and Near feature. What are other possible solutions?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 Apr 2018 11:54:17 GMT IgaSolecka 2018-04-17T11:54:17Z How to calculate the nearest point? https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/how-to-calculate-the-nearest-point/m-p/384643#M13100 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am using ArcGIS 10.3.1. I have two layers: buildings (points) and plots (polygons). I need to calculate how close are the building one to another. I used the function "Point Density" and it gave me all the distances from one building to all other buildings. I need only the distance from each building to the nearest building. I tried to use the tool Near but it calculates only 0 when I indicate the buildings as the Input feature and Near feature. What are other possible solutions?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 Apr 2018 11:54:17 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/how-to-calculate-the-nearest-point/m-p/384643#M13100 IgaSolecka 2018-04-17T11:54:17Z Re: How to calculate the nearest point? https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/how-to-calculate-the-nearest-point/m-p/384644#M13101 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Use <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/tools/analysis-toolbox/generate-near-table.htm"><STRONG>Near as Table</STRONG></A> but specify Closest as 'ALL' and 'closest_count' as some number other than 1 because the closest will obviously be itself so if you want the next closest, then specify 2.</P><P>I am moving this to Geoprocessing since Spatial Analyst is for raster data</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Apr 2018 00:11:29 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/how-to-calculate-the-nearest-point/m-p/384644#M13101 DanPatterson_Retired 2018-04-30T00:11:29Z