Projecting the world flat - distance tool

Question

Hi,

I was just checking the distance between two points and thought i could use Pythagoras with x, y coordinates when using projections for example EPSG:25832

But the distance calculated by distance tool is different.

If you put in these coordinates

id;x,y

1;724640;6178680

2;724940;6179080

They should be 500m apart using Pythagoras, but distance tool calculate them to be 498,5m

Even for just 1m difference the distance tool says 0,996m

id;x,y

1;724640;6178680

2;724641;6178680

Is it a setting I'm missing or something else causing this difference?

There is a workflow attached

Thanks

Lars

DistanceTool.yxmd

KaneG · Accepted Answer

Hi Lars,

Check out the explanation on calcs by @RobertB in this post. It explains how Alteryx calculates those distances and so may give you an idea as to why you are getting something different.

Kane