Finding average distance and/or maximum distance between pairs of features from two different layers

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DebdattaSinha_Roy
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I am using the Advanced version of ArcGIS desktop. In my GIS file I have two layers. One layer is data about streets and the other layer is about customer locations. I need to have the average distance and/or the maximum distance between each customer and street segment pair. Using the "Generate Near Table" tool in the "Proximitiy" toolset, I could only manage to get the minimum distance between each customer and street segment pair. Please help me out.

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DanPatterson_Retired
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You have an origin (customer) and a destination (street).  Do you want to get the distance from every origin to every possible destination?  If so, there is no possible solution that is going to be easy or reasonable.... particular the maximum distance, since an individual could conceivably drive around aimlessly never reaching a destination.  Some constraints are going to have to be specified.

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DebdattaSinha_Roy
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Dan Patterson​ I have street segments, so each street segment has two end points. But the street segments may have differenet curvatures. I want to find the maximum distance between each pair of customer and street segment.

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DanPatterson_Retired
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There are no options to find the maximum route length because the heuristics can't be defined.  You can find the shortest route between each customer and each destination ... but I think that is a different question than one you want answered

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DebdattaSinha_Roy
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I need the maximum Euclidean distance between each customer and street segment pair. Dan Patterson

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DanPatterson_Retired
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Need:     I need the maximum Euclidean distance between each customer and street segment pair.

Options: You cannot find the maximum. (Euclidean or otherwise)

Other Options:  You can find the minimum. (Euclidean plus other distance options)

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DebdattaSinha_Roy
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Can I find anything other than the minimum Euclidean distance if not the maximum one. I mean the average distance, etc. Dan Patterson

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