Pairwise vs Classic Geoprocessing Tools

[@joefrancis759]

I wish ESRI would explain what the term 'pairwise' is supposed to mean and how it applies to the tools named with it, that would help - but muddying the water with weird terms is kinda their thing, esp in the license realm.

[@GISChops]

Yeah, I had no clue what it meant either. It refers to multi threading the process - in pairs I guess.

[@JeremyZimmerman]

Wait a minute, morning coffee, a video from Jeff, and I'm first?

[@GISChops]

You’re my number one fan. 😂🤣

[@JeremyZimmerman]

@@GISChops I wear the GIS Chops shirt and my ESRI hat to work sometimes and spread the gospel of Jeff's GIS Chops. Is it getting creepy yet? Hahahah

[@michaelandrade1736]

Excellent video Jeff!

[@GISChops]

Ha ha! I’m glad the larger real estate is the chops merch! Not creepy at all! I wish I had a thousand subscribers like you.

[@GISChops]

Thanks Michael! I think I got a few more interviews because of you.

[@c0rm4c]

thank you

[@GISChops]

You are very welcome, thanks for commenting.

[@jeffjames15]

Have you ever tested the pairwise clip tool with large polygon dataset. it was a big performance improvement to me.

[@GISChops]

That’s good to hear. It must be that multithreaded processing.

[@jeffjames15]

@@GISChops probably. I’ve tested the regular clip with multi-threaded processing, and it was still not as fast as the pairwise clip…

[@GISChops]

That’s what I learned as well.

[@coltonphillips5698]

I tested the PW clip tool with a 13 polygon feature class and ~73,000 line feature class and the PW clip did not clip all of the lines within the polygon but the OG Clip tool did. Not sure why.

[@GISChops]

That is weird.