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Spatial Calculation doesn't match Mapping program

Mark_Lurie
8 - Asteroid

I have latitude and longitude of a starting and ending point:

 

COUNTYSTART_ZIPSTART_LATSTART_LONTARGET_ZIPTARGET_LATTARGET_LON
MOHAVE8640935.46429-114.0328644135.56205-114.304

 

When I create the CENTOID points for the coordinates using the point tool and then finding the distance between the two CENTOIDS my results is 16.68 miles.

 

Using Google Earth, I calculated the straight line distance between the two zip codes and it is way farther than what I am getting in the Distance Tool.

Is the distance tool calculating the distance between to the two edges of each of the CENTOIDS? Should I be doing something else?

 

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alexnajm
18 - Pollux
18 - Pollux

Can you confirm what lat long values are being used by Google Earth? I assume they are different then what you have in Alteryx - I would calculate by the exact points in Google Earth

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