topic Measuring distance from a point inside a polygon to the frontier in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/measuring-distance-from-a-point-inside-a-polygon/m-p/1034169#M25265 <P>Dear community,</P><P>I am trying to measure the distance from points inside a polygon to polygon’s frontier. &nbsp;tried the Near Distance command but it only measures the distance for points outside the polygon. For the features that are inside, it returns 0. What command should I use?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 08 Mar 2021 21:16:41 GMT JPANOMX 2021-03-08T21:16:41Z Measuring distance from a point inside a polygon to the frontier https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/measuring-distance-from-a-point-inside-a-polygon/m-p/1034169#M25265 <P>Dear community,</P><P>I am trying to measure the distance from points inside a polygon to polygon’s frontier. &nbsp;tried the Near Distance command but it only measures the distance for points outside the polygon. For the features that are inside, it returns 0. What command should I use?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 08 Mar 2021 21:16:41 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/measuring-distance-from-a-point-inside-a-polygon/m-p/1034169#M25265 JPANOMX 2021-03-08T21:16:41Z Re: Measuring distance from a point inside a polygon to the frontier https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/measuring-distance-from-a-point-inside-a-polygon/m-p/1034177#M25266 <P>I would <A href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/data-management/polygon-to-line.htm" target="_self">convert the polygon to polyline</A> first, then run the Near Distance tool.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 08 Mar 2021 21:27:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/measuring-distance-from-a-point-inside-a-polygon/m-p/1034177#M25266 jcarlson 2021-03-08T21:27:31Z Re: Measuring distance from a point inside a polygon to the frontier https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/measuring-distance-from-a-point-inside-a-polygon/m-p/1034191#M25267 <P><A href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/data-management/feature-vertices-to-points.htm" target="_blank">Feature Vertices To Points (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation</A></P><P><A href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/analysis/generate-near-table.htm" target="_blank">Generate Near Table (Analysis)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation</A></P><P>if you are doing analysis beyond a simple shortest distance to the perimeter analysis</P> Mon, 08 Mar 2021 21:45:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/measuring-distance-from-a-point-inside-a-polygon/m-p/1034191#M25267 DanPatterson 2021-03-08T21:45:01Z