topic Example Script to calcuate nearest point distances in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/example-script-to-calcuate-nearest-point-distances/m-p/1021227#M59678 <P>Hello....I am a newbie to ArcGIS API for Python.&nbsp; I would like to write a script a that queries a feature layer to find the 8 closets points from a given location and output the results as a json object.&nbsp; Does anyone have any references or sample scripts they could point my way to start me on my journey?&nbsp; Your input is much appreciated.&nbsp;</P> Thu, 28 Jan 2021 20:11:49 GMT PaulMarano 2021-01-28T20:11:49Z Example Script to calcuate nearest point distances https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/example-script-to-calcuate-nearest-point-distances/m-p/1021227#M59678 <P>Hello....I am a newbie to ArcGIS API for Python.&nbsp; I would like to write a script a that queries a feature layer to find the 8 closets points from a given location and output the results as a json object.&nbsp; Does anyone have any references or sample scripts they could point my way to start me on my journey?&nbsp; Your input is much appreciated.&nbsp;</P> Thu, 28 Jan 2021 20:11:49 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/example-script-to-calcuate-nearest-point-distances/m-p/1021227#M59678 PaulMarano 2021-01-28T20:11:49Z Re: Example Script to calcuate nearest point distances https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/example-script-to-calcuate-nearest-point-distances/m-p/1021233#M59679 <P>Check out <A href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/analysis/generate-near-table.htm" target="_self">Generate Near Table</A>. You can specify the&nbsp;<SPAN><FONT face="courier new,courier">closest_count</FONT> parameter to how many results you want; 8 in your case.</SPAN></P> Thu, 28 Jan 2021 20:19:00 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/example-script-to-calcuate-nearest-point-distances/m-p/1021233#M59679 BlakeTerhune 2021-01-28T20:19:00Z Re: Example Script to calcuate nearest point distances https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/example-script-to-calcuate-nearest-point-distances/m-p/1021245#M59680 <P>For the second part of the process,&nbsp; you can probably join that table back onto the features and then use Features To Json to create your Json object.</P><P><A href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/conversion/features-to-json.htm" target="_self">FeaturesToJson</A>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 28 Jan 2021 20:37:21 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/example-script-to-calcuate-nearest-point-distances/m-p/1021245#M59680 Anonymous User 2021-01-28T20:37:21Z