I have about 50 points and I need to find the nearest distance of 1 polygon. I tried to used proximity in the toolbox but when I generated the distance it only gave me decimal degrees when I tried to generate miles from calculate geometry. I am wondering if anyone could help me out with this. I just need to find the nearest distance of the 50 points to the 1 polygon.
either the dataframe or the data have their units in decimal degrees or set to decimal degrees, since that is what you first indicated, can we get that straightened out first, If you can at least establish meters (the most common) or perhaps feet (common in the U.S but not guaranteed), it is a simple solution to convert to feet.
are you using Near—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop ? or what tool? You should be using projected data unless you are working with very very large distances. You might want to project your data and ensure that the data frame is set to the same projection of the layer in question... regardless of the method/tool you are using.
either the dataframe or the data have their units in decimal degrees or set to decimal degrees, since that is what you first indicated, can we get that straightened out first, If you can at least establish meters (the most common) or perhaps feet (common in the U.S but not guaranteed), it is a simple solution to convert to feet.
