Polyline length (from gpx)

GlenShennan

Hi,

I'm trying to create a line(s) feature(s) from gpx data (it's a walking track) in order to make a stack profile. I import the gpx with the GPX to Features tool, which works fine. There are no lat/lon fields in the attribute table but the points are all in the right locations.

I then use Points to Line to make a polyline from the points, which I then pass to Stack Profile with the DEM to get the profile. This is all good except the polyline length is extremely short, 0.059... when the actualy trail is about 13km long.

How do I get the line to have the correct length. I've tried exploding the line, but that doesn't work because it's a single part feature.

 

ArcPro 2.7, Win 10 64

Anonymous User

@GlenShennan there is a new tool called Points to Track Segments which produces a series of output paths, the "track segments", from sequential data such as GPS points. Velocity and distance are also appended to the output. Might be worth looking into.