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Creating new points/nodes along a line that bends.

  • Oct 18, 2024 10:52 AM UTC
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jaosakkeimr
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So, in the context of pipelines we run camera inspections registering different damages and features along the pipeline. We have registered pipelines by ID in a larger gis database. I already have a script running that reads the information and returns all the registerd freatures in the camera inspections and draws it in a arcgis. The issue is that sometimes the lines have bends even with the same ID. making it hard to create new points at the specified distance. 

So what i need is something that creates a point at a specific length from the starting point ID, that takes into account the geometric changes of the line.  

 

in the example picture under, i want to draw a point at the POI. I have the distance(70m) from start. But there does not seem to be obvious functionality for this in FME. Any ideas?

 

 

 

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dustin
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  • Oct 18, 2024 11:00 AM UTC

There is a custom transformer in FME Hub that should do this for you. https://hub.safe.com/publishers/safe-lab/transformers/distancemarker


jaosakkeimr
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  • Oct 18, 2024 11:23 AM UTC

There is a custom transformer in FME Hub that should do this for you. https://hub.safe.com/publishers/safe-lab/transformers/distancemarker

 

Will this make it possible to draw multiple symbols along the same line?


dustin
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  • Oct 18, 2024 11:26 AM UTC

FME doesn’t symbolize features per se, but yes, it should create multiple points along the line from which you could symbolize in the platform you are working in.