Definition of the nearest object

[AnatoliiTerentiev]

Dear Guru!
Is there some tool in arcgis API for silverlight for identifying the nearest town (or other object) with the definition of distance and azimuth to it?

[AsserSwelam1]

Hi,

You can use Find Nearest Geoprocessing Task as here http://resources.esri.com/help/9.3/arcgisserver/apis/silverlight/help/find_task.htm and after you get your nearest feature you can show its attributes.

Or you can create a buffer with the distance you want for your center feature and using this buffer polygon to get any other feature (town) intersects with this buffer.

Thanks,
Asser

[AnatoliiTerentiev]

I need to solve the problem  programmatically. I use the C#  and arcgis API for silverlight, MSSQL server 2012. To the x,y - event in the x,y-table  is necessary to find the nearest settlement and similar tasks.

[AnatoliiTerentiev]

I found:
http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/11345-Find-the-nearest-geometry-to-the-point
http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/84886-How-to-get-nearest-feature-from-Buffer

Are there any other variants?