topic Near Tool Help in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/near-tool-help/m-p/273846#M9445 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have created two layers with coordinates for homes in one and coordinates for a different structure in the other.&nbsp; I have been using the near tool to find the nearest structure to each house, but the distance it gives is the euclidean distance between the coordinates.&nbsp; How do I change this where it will give me the distance in miles or feet?&nbsp; I had the same question when using the point distance tool.&nbsp; I can find all structures within 1 mile of each house but I need the distance to be in miles or feet.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The second question is about the unique-id that arcmap assigns.&nbsp; Each house has a unique mls number and each tower has a unique registration number.&nbsp; Is the a way to use these as the unique id in arcmap so I can export this and merge the nearest towers information with the housing data? (Basically I want the Near_fid to be the registration number)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any help would be much appreciated.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:18:29 GMT StephenLocke1 2011-04-13T16:18:29Z Near Tool Help https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/near-tool-help/m-p/273846#M9445 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have created two layers with coordinates for homes in one and coordinates for a different structure in the other.&nbsp; I have been using the near tool to find the nearest structure to each house, but the distance it gives is the euclidean distance between the coordinates.&nbsp; How do I change this where it will give me the distance in miles or feet?&nbsp; I had the same question when using the point distance tool.&nbsp; I can find all structures within 1 mile of each house but I need the distance to be in miles or feet.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The second question is about the unique-id that arcmap assigns.&nbsp; Each house has a unique mls number and each tower has a unique registration number.&nbsp; Is the a way to use these as the unique id in arcmap so I can export this and merge the nearest towers information with the housing data? (Basically I want the Near_fid to be the registration number)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any help would be much appreciated.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:18:29 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/near-tool-help/m-p/273846#M9445 StephenLocke1 2011-04-13T16:18:29Z