Used by sales, operations, and marketing to create visual buffers, calculate distance, or find the nearest neighbor to a location
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A proximity analysis tool enables you to analyse spatial relationships between your geographic features, based on distance or proximity.
So for example, I want to find the nearest 10 customers to my depot within 10 miles.
It's that simple and the details are shown in the table below.
A proximity analysis tool enables you to analyze spatial relationships between geographical features based on their proximity or distance.
Proximity analysis tools are indispensable for operations teams. They provide insights into how geographic features interact and help make informed decisions based on spatial relationships. Proximity analysis tools usually include functionalities such as:
Creating a buffer zone around specific geographic features, such as points, lines, or polygons, within a specified distance. It helps visualize and analyze areas within a certain proximity of a feature.
Calculating distances between points on a map.
Identifying the nearest geographic feature to each feature in a dataset based on distance.
Calculating the density of features within a specified area, often using techniques like kernel density estimation.
Select the point you wish to do a nearest point analysis from.
Select Nearest.
The filter window will then appear where you should enter the following:
Select the enter key [↵] to filter the dataset.
The dataset table displays only the nearest number of points.
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