Neighborhood Selection (Geostatistical Analyst)

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Available with Geostatistical Analyst license.

Summary

Creates a layer of points based on a user-defined neighborhood.

Neighborhood Selection tool dialog box
The output layer contains the selection set of 10 selected blue points.

For example, you might wish to create a selection of points in a circular neighborhood around a location defined by the Input point. The illustration above demonstrates that the output will be the 10 points, colored blue, that fall within the circle.

Usage

Parameters

LabelExplanationData Type
Input point features

Points used to create a neighborhood selection.

Feature Layer
Output layer

Layer to store the neighborhood selection.

Feature Layer
Input point

The neighborhood center's x,y coordinate.

Point
Maximum neighbors to include

The number of points to use in each sector. If a sector has the required number of points, all points in that sector are used.

Long
Include at least

The minimum number of points to use in each sector. If the minimum number of required points are not available in any given sector, the nearest available point outside the sector will be selected.

Long
Minor semiaxis

Size of the minor semiaxis of the search neighborhood.

Double
Major semiaxis

Size of the major semiaxis of the search neighborhood.

Double
Angle

The angle of rotation of the neighborhood axis.

Double
Shape type
(Optional)

The geometry of the neighborhood.

  • One sector Single ellipse
  • Four sectors Ellipse divided into four sectors
  • Four shifted sectors Ellipse divided into four sectors and shifted 45 degrees
  • Eight sectors Ellipse divided into eight sectors
String

Environments

Licensing information

  • Basic: Requires Geostatistical Analyst
  • Standard: Requires Geostatistical Analyst
  • Advanced: Requires Geostatistical Analyst

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