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Does find nearest use geodesic when calculating distances?

eltorr0
7 - Meteor
‎11-15-2017 06:25 AM

Determining true distances accounting for earth curvature, does anyone know if the find nearest tool use a geodesic approach for determining distance from one spatial object to the next?

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StephenR
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‎11-16-2017 04:23 AM

@RobertB or @JeradR might be able to answer your question.

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Stephen Ruhl
Principal Customer Support Engineer

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RobertB
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)
‎11-16-2017 06:56 AM

 

Yes.  Distance calculations in the FindNearest tool (as well as the Distance tool and formula function) use great-circle distance.

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