how to create bounding box with spatial tools

[jackdaniels]

I have been given a list of lat and lon co-ordinates in "WGS-84" but cannot work out how to make bounding boxes / polygons.

can anyone help?

[TravisR]

Hi @jackdaniels

I recommend you look into the PolyBuild tool for turning your points into a polygon. 

https://help.alteryx.com/2018.3/PolyBuild.htm

To get the Bounding Rectangle of that polygon - you'll want to use the Spatial Info tool.

https://help.alteryx.com/2018.3/SpatialInfo.htm

[jackdaniels]

Hi @TravisR

I am struggling to generate points as I have 2 pairs of lat and lon.per item.

[TravisR]

@jackdaniels Can you provide a small sample of the data you're working with?

[jackdaniels]

@TravisR

Basically I have been given a set of IDs with 4 coords in pairs, like this.

A: (51.310290, 4.591236, 51.30188, 4.567900)

[TravisR · Accepted solution]

@jackdaniels

Does my attached workflow accomplish roughly what you are looking for?

[kat · Accepted solution]

Hi  @jackdaniels

does the attached help?

[jackdaniels]

Thanks @TravisR. I will take a close look.

[jackdaniels]

Hi @kat Thanks for the suggestion. I will take a look.