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Stationing lines in ArcGIS Pro

JustinJohnston — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 20:00:26 GMT

In ArcMap there are apparently tools for stationing lines. See here: Adding linear events by station measures—Help | ArcGIS Desktop

Is there a similar process for ArcGIS Pro? I have figured out a bit of a workaround that gets me close by using $measure with the symbol property connection enabled for the route. But it doesn't give true "stationing" in the format of 4+03.12 for instance. It displays 403.12 instead. Is there a way to get true stationing in ArcGIS Pro?

Cheers,

Justin

Re: Stationing lines in ArcGIS Pro

DanPatterson — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 20:22:41 GMT

A quick tour of ArcGIS Roads and Highways—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

is in Production Mapping

Re: Stationing lines in ArcGIS Pro

Robert_LeClair — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 23:39:18 GMT

I know this can be done with the ArcGIS Enterprise Roads and Highways available via the Location Referencing extension with the workflow listed here but I'm not seeing a similar page for ArcGIS Pro. I'd recommend tagging this post to the Roads and Highways Esri Community page. Perhaps folks in that group may know more.

Re: Stationing lines in ArcGIS Pro

JustinJohnston — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:40:18 GMT

Marketing wise, calling it "Roads and Highways" leaves out about 3/4 of the community that uses linear tools. Pipelines, electric lines, water lines, sewer lines, all the other linear projects out there that need the tools and they just call it "Roads and Highways".

Re: Stationing lines in ArcGIS Pro

Robert_LeClair — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 15:08:13 GMT

Justin - there is another product, ArcGIS Utility Network, that focuses on the types of networks you mentioned. You can learn more about this product and it's capabilities here.

Re: Stationing lines in ArcGIS Pro

JustinJohnston — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 18:01:34 GMT

To all those that are following and looking for a good answer that doesn't require purchasing additional extensions or products to display stationing. I came up with the following arcade syntax to label stationing on routes.

var Station = $measure+25950
//$measure gets the length from the route feature
//If start station is not zero, start station should
//be added to the $measure to set the start station.
var ModStation = Station%100
//ModStation returns the remainder after
//dividing by 100
var Start = Text((Station-ModStation)/100,"##.##")
//Start gets the value before the + sign
IF(ModStation == 0){
var End = "00"
} ELSE {
var End = Text(ModStation, '##')
}
//The function above is required to display 00 if
//the remainder is 0. Otherwise would only display
//a single 0 at 100 foot intervals
var labelStation =""
labelStation = start + '+' + end
//This assembles the Start and End text into station
return labelStation

Re: Stationing lines in ArcGIS Pro

janderson_ksninc — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 23:03:52 GMT

Thanks for sharing this tip! I just used it on a map that I'm working on and it totally worked!

Re: Stationing lines in ArcGIS Pro

WDMParkPlanner — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 22:36:00 GMT

Dang I wish I understood how Expressions worked and what all the various symbols mean!

I just want to say thanks for sharing this...I have a lot of training to do before I can use it!😋

Re: Stationing lines in ArcGIS Pro

WilliamHymes — Tue, 14 May 2024 17:14:15 GMT

Hey Justin,

This is an old thread, but have you continued to use this script? If so where do you apply this expression? Can you explain the process of using this?

Re: Stationing lines in ArcGIS Pro

Bud — Sat, 18 May 2024 02:31:03 GMT

Linear referencing geoprocessing tools:

Create Route Events and Make Route Event Layer

Re: Stationing lines in ArcGIS Pro

ICONEngineering — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:44:41 GMT

AMAZING!!! Thank you so much for posting this! I cant just quickly upgrade my license with my company to get special tools, so having this script was so incredibly helpful, thank you so much!

Re: Stationing lines in ArcGIS Pro

JustinJohnston — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 20:53:29 GMT

Hi William,

Yes, I use this all the time. There are some quirks to using it.

1. You must have an M-enabled route. So if you have a regular polyline that is not M-enabled, you 1st need to create an M-enabled polyline feature class and copy that line into it. I usually trace the line in the new feature class. That only gets you half-way there though. Once you have the M-enabled line, you need to create a route from it using the Analysis >Create Routes tool. The M-enabled line needs an identifier field as an attribute. I use "Name" for the tool to work. You need to include where you want the measurements to be from in the tool and what units to use.

2. Once you have the route created, create a marker layer by going to Symbology > Properties.

3. Click the 3 lines in the top right of the Symbology window and select "Allow symbol property connections".

4. A little database symbol will appear next to "Text string". Click that icon.

5. Click the little Expression Builder icon on the right side of the pop-up.

6. Paste the script in that area and edit the expression as needed and hit enter.

7. Select the marker layer with the text element from the "Element" dropdown (it is the sideways number 1).

8. For marker placement, use "At Measured Intervals" and select the interval you want.

If it helps, I posted a video on YouTube showing my method and here is the link. https://youtu.be/sDx7J_wNw0Y

Cheers,

Justin Johnston

Big Pine Consultants LLC

Re: Stationing lines in ArcGIS Pro

JustinJohnston — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 21:18:27 GMT

You're welcome. I posted a video of my process on youtube if you need it. https://youtu.be/sDx7J_wNw0Y

Re: Stationing lines in ArcGIS Pro

PaulLohr — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:59:08 GMT

If you noticed that the starting and ending station labels are missing, the starting station label can be added by checking the "place at extremeties" option. For whatever reason, that option does not add a station label at the end. I haven't found a way to add the ending station label.

Has anyone figured out how to add the ending station label?

Re: Stationing lines in ArcGIS Pro

JustinJohnston — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 20:20:41 GMT

I am not sure about being able to add ending or start stations to the marker symbology. You could add another marker layer that you place at extremities to get both I suspect. Another method would be to create points along a line, much like I recommend for getting stationing that you can export to KML / KMZ. Check out this video and just stop short of exporting to KML.

https://youtu.be/Vw0ONiJy5HM?si=SPhpmY271dJtdfKN

Cheers,

Justin

Re: Stationing lines in ArcGIS Pro

JosephChampagne — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 17:35:02 GMT

Hi Justin, I landed here looking for a similar solution but I think the expression doesn't even need to be this complicated. I believe the following will produce the same results:

Floor($measure/100) + '+' + Text($measure%100, '00.00')

Obviously if you're using a stationing interval other than 100 units (I modified this from the expression I came up with for 1000 units), and/or require a different decimal precision, the interval and Text formatting string can be modified to suit.