Input

Find Nearest locates the geometries that are the nearest to a given location.

Table 1. Find Nearest Input
Field Name Description
Search Table  
Named table Select a named table to search from the repository.
Input Geometry Specify the input as either the name of an existing geometry field or create a point from a pair. The Geometry and X/Y fields are mutually exclusive (you must choose one or the other).
Geometry Select the geometry field that is provided by previous stages.
Longitude/Latitude (X/Y) Select the Longitude (X) and Latitude (Y) fields that are provided by previous stages. The drop-down lists contain all the fields of type string and numeric.

By default, the coordinate system is set to WGS84. If required, change the coordinate system to match the input X and Y fields.

Input From Previous Stage You can view these input fields from the previous stage by clicking the channel between the stages to open the Field Transform Options dialog box.
MaxCandidates The maximum number of points of interest to return.

By default there is no value assigned to this field. A field must be matched from a previous stage to the MaxCandidates field. If you specify a value in this field, you will override the default value specified in the Limit the number of returned records setting in the Find Nearest stage.

MaxDistance The radius of the search area in which to look for nearby points of interest.

By default there is no value assigned to this field. A field must be matched from a previous stage to the MaxDistance field. If you specify a value in both this field and the MaxDistanceUnit field, you will override the default value specified in the Limit the search distance setting in the Find Nearest stage.

MaxDistanceUnit The unit of measure of the MaxDistance value (accepted values are miles, centimeters, feet, inches, kilometers, meters, or yards).