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I have two point shapefiles and I want for each point in the 1st shapefile to get the 3 closest (based on air distance) points from the 2nd shapefile.

If possible, it would be great to have each of the three as a new column (as if a variable name) and the value is the distance.

Thanks a lot!

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What software are you using? – Fezter Feb 1 at 2:43
ARCMAP 10.1 Thanks – Mohamed Feb 1 at 2:58
anyone can help please? – Mohamed Feb 4 at 23:46
Here's some rather old VBA code. – Kirk Kuykendall Feb 5 at 17:56

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Depending on how many points you have and your extensions, you can generate a near table. You can use this parameter to limit it to the nearest three:

closest_count (Optional) Dialog Reference Find only the specified number of closest features. This parameter will not be used if the Find only closest feature option is checked.

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Good idea! Thanks :) – Mohamed Feb 27 at 4:26

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