NEAREST: Stata module to calculate nearest neighbours from point coordinates

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: nearest calculates the distance from each point to its nearest neighbour given planar point coordinates. Distance is calculated as straight-line (crow-fly) Euclidean or Pythagorean distance. Optionally, the identity (observation number in current sort order) of the nearest neighbour may also be generated.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 7.0
Keywords: distance; neighbour; neighbor; spatial (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: Written 2003-01-10
Note: This module may be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install nearest". Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.

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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/n/nearest.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/n/nearest.hlp help file (text/plain)

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