Hello,
I am interested in how to get a given point distnce with FME.
I have points arranged by counter (pontID is ascending) and I want to get the next point's distance. I tried NeighborFinder, but the problem is that sometimes an other point is closer,so it gives a wrong distance.
Thanks!
Best answer by ebygomm
Another way, if the points are in order
Lots of different ways, but one way could be
+44Another way, if the points are in order
Lots of different ways, but one way could be
i tried this way, but I got in trouble to match the points with the line attributes, cause the line builder gets only the first point's datas...
i tried this way, but I got in trouble to match the points with the line attributes, cause the line builder gets only the first point's datas...
Can you post a small sample dataset here? Or at least post some screenshots that details the issue?
+26Like so. Use LineBuilder to also act kind of like a Chopper by pairing the Points first by making a copy of the Points with ID incremented by +1, and then creating Line segments. The LengthCalculator will the measure the distance between the line vertices.
*EDIT* And just realised how similar this solution is to the concepts from @david_r and @ebygomm! Without meaning to, I ended up sketching a hybrid of the 2 solutions. In theory @ebygomm 's solution will be a bit more efficient, although I'm not sure whether NeighborFinder's distance is a Geographic or Cartesian calculation? I went to building Lines instead to make sure the right length for the coordinate system could be extracted. I think the Help implies it is a Cartesian distance only whereas I think the solution you wanted was a Geographic distance that accounted for surface curvature?
