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How to place points on polyline (If I know distance value of point)

  • July 14, 2014
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I have a table with two fields - Road_ID and distance. And also I have a polyline shapefile with roads (wich also has a Road_ID field).

 

How can I make a point shape file according to this data
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takashi
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  • July 14, 2014
Hi,

 

 

Merge distance attribute to each shape line (FeatureMerger, Join On: Road_ID), and use the Snipper with these settings.

 

Snipping Mode: Distance (Value)

 

Starting Location: <distance attribute>

 

Ending Location: <distance attribute>

 

 

Takashi

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  • July 14, 2014
Hi, great. Thank you much!