https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-find-the-2-or-3-nearest-points/m-p/1412583#M70405 <P>Check out<A href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/analysis/generate-origin-destination-links.htm" target="_self">Generate origin destination links</A>&nbsp;</P><P>It may fit your use case - it creates a ‘spider diagram’</P> Sat, 20 Apr 2024 01:33:01 GMT Dale_Honeycutt 2024-04-20T01:33:01Z https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-find-the-2-or-3-nearest-points/m-p/1412441#M70393 <P>Good afternoon,</P><P>I am looking for a way to find the 2 or the nearest facilities from a point.</P><P><SPAN>Is there a way to get more than one candidate using arcpy.analysis.Near?</SPAN></P><P>Regards</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 19 Apr 2024 17:59:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-find-the-2-or-3-nearest-points/m-p/1412441#M70393 SanchezNuñez 2024-04-19T17:59:14Z https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-find-the-2-or-3-nearest-points/m-p/1412463#M70394 <P>Never tried to do this but thinking in my head...</P><P>Using a Loop...</P><UL><LI>Do a near analysis and get the OID of the nearest feature.</LI><LI>Then make a feature layer but def query to display all features EXCEPT the OID returned</LI><LI>Run Near Analysis again against the queried feature layer to get the 2nd closest feature</LI></UL> Fri, 19 Apr 2024 18:18:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-find-the-2-or-3-nearest-points/m-p/1412463#M70394 Tom_Laue 2024-04-19T18:18:25Z https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-find-the-2-or-3-nearest-points/m-p/1412469#M70397 <P>Try <A href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/analysis/generate-near-table.htm" target="_self">Generate Near Table</A> and specify the&nbsp;<FONT face="courier new,courier">closest_count</FONT><SPAN> parameter as <FONT face="courier new,courier">2</FONT></SPAN></P> Fri, 19 Apr 2024 18:35:15 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-find-the-2-or-3-nearest-points/m-p/1412469#M70397 BlakeTerhune 2024-04-19T18:35:15Z https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-find-the-2-or-3-nearest-points/m-p/1412583#M70405 <P>Check out<A href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/analysis/generate-origin-destination-links.htm" target="_self">Generate origin destination links</A>&nbsp;</P><P>It may fit your use case - it creates a ‘spider diagram’</P> Sat, 20 Apr 2024 01:33:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-find-the-2-or-3-nearest-points/m-p/1412583#M70405 Dale_Honeycutt 2024-04-20T01:33:01Z https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-find-the-2-or-3-nearest-points/m-p/1413437#M70407 <P>Thank you&nbsp;<a href="https://community.esri.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/191789">@BlakeTerhune</a>&nbsp; &nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://community.esri.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/603981">@Dale_Honeycutt</a>&nbsp; for your answers.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 22 Apr 2024 11:19:43 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-to-find-the-2-or-3-nearest-points/m-p/1413437#M70407 SanchezNuñez 2024-04-22T11:19:43Z