An overview of the Use Proximity toolset

The Use Proximity toolset contains tools for answering the spatial analysis question, What is near what?

This toolset uses distributed processing to complete analytics on a GeoAnalytics Server.

Note:

These tools are available when you have an active ArcGIS Enterprise portal that has a GeoAnalytics Server configured for the Feature Analysis - GeoAnalytics Tools setting. To access and run the tools, you must have spatial analysis privileges. The tools will not work if your active portal is ArcGIS Online.

These tools can be accessed from either the Analysis ribbon or the Geoprocessing pane's Portal tab.

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Tool	Description
Create Buffers	Creates buffers around input features to a specified distance.
Group By Proximity	Groups features that are within spatial or spatiotemporal proximity to each other.
Snap Tracks	Snaps input track points to lines. The time-enabled point data must include features that represent an instant in time. Traversable lines with fields indicating the from and to nodes are required for analysis.
Trace Proximity Events	Traces events that are near each other in space (location) and time. The time-enabled point data must include features that represent an instant in time.