Measuring distance from a point inside a polygon to the frontier

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03-08-2021 01:16 PM
JPANOMX
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Dear community,

I am trying to measure the distance from points inside a polygon to polygon’s frontier.  tried the Near Distance command but it only measures the distance for points outside the polygon. For the features that are inside, it returns 0. What command should I use?

 

 

 

 

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jcarlson
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I would convert the polygon to polyline first, then run the Near Distance tool.

 

- Josh Carlson
Kendall County GIS

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jcarlson
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I would convert the polygon to polyline first, then run the Near Distance tool.

 

- Josh Carlson
Kendall County GIS
DanPatterson
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Feature Vertices To Points (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Generate Near Table (Analysis)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

if you are doing analysis beyond a simple shortest distance to the perimeter analysis


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