Fish Habitat Tool

Question

In ArcToolbox, there is a Fish Habitat toolbox with a SnapAndSplit tool, but when I open that tool I get the message "This tool has no parameters." I was hoping I would be able to use this tool to measure distances between successive tracking locations for a fish along several rivers where the fish's movement was tracked.

Thanks for any help you can give.

JayantaPoddar · Answer

Hi Jody,

For this you can use linear referencing. First convert the River polylines to routes using the create Route tool ArcGIS Help (10.2, 10.2.1, and 10.2.2) , and then use the Locate features along routes tool ArcGIS Help (10.2, 10.2.1, and 10.2.2)  to write the route and measure information to a new event table.

Note: Use the measurements same as the unit of the coordinate system of your map.

Thanks,

Jay

JodyCamille · Answer

Thanks, Jay. The fish location points are in order and they are in a projected coordinate system. The river (polyline) is in the same projected coordinate system.

If I calculate in a distance field of the fish location attribute table using your code, is a Euclidean distance calculated? I need to calculate the distance between successive points along the river.

Jody

DanPatterson_Retired · Answer

Your code requires proper indentation, use the advanced editor and select python syntax after highlightlng the code block