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Challenge #77: Extending Spatial Lines

JoshuaM
9 - Comet

Had to come back to this one after refreshing on some spatial tools. Good exercise though!

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CailinS
Alteryx
Alteryx

These always stump me (I'm practicing for the Expert exam currently). I once again tried to calculate the exact X,Y of the new start and end points...which I KNOW IS POSSIBLE but finally gave up and got creative.

 

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So, I identified the region that the theoretical new X,Y points would be (about 5 miles from the start and end point of the original line) by building a 'donut' trade area and then putting it into grids (I tried a normal trade area and breaking that into points but it didnt get close enough for my liking). Then, once I had the closes grid within that donut, I found its centroid and made that my new end point and start point and connected those lines.
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Cailin Swingle
Customer Experience
tammybrown_tds
9 - Comet
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mikeprice17
8 - Asteroid

That was fun

Tokimatsu
12 - Quasar

Solved.

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TraceyD
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

Interesting challenge!  Here's my solution:

BeginnerMindset
8 - Asteroid
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clmc9601
13 - Pulsar
13 - Pulsar

My solution

dombaikamilla
8 - Asteroid
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Sashikumar
8 - Asteroid
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