topic Re: Polygon to Centerline in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Polygon to Centerline

RickCippoletti — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 14:20:23 GMT

I have a consultant who generated sidewalks from one foot, leaf off, color IR imagery. The person is running it for thirteen counties in NJ. It is funded as a research project for a NJ University and the Professor is a computer scientist, not a GIS person. He built the platform outside of ArcGIS but is able to get me GeoJSON files with vector data, unfortunately, the sidewalks come out a long polygons. Do you think the solution is to use the Polygon to Centerline tool? I checked and our license of Pro can not access this tool. What extension do I need or do I simply need to upgrade to a higher version or Pro?

Thanks,

Rick Cippoletti

NJTPA

Re: Polygon to Centerline

tigerwoulds — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 15:14:43 GMT

Here are two methods:

This one requires the Production Mapping Extension -
- How To: Create centerlines from polygons in ArcGIS Pro (esri.com)
This one only requires an Advanced license, the document is for ArcMap but the same workflow works in Pro - How To: Create centerlines from polygon features in ArcMap (esri.com)

Another option is purchasing the ET Geowizards add-in. At my previous job we had it and I believe it had a createCenterlines tool. Think it was a few hundred bucks per year for a license.

Re: Polygon to Centerline

RobertBorchert — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 15:23:19 GMT

ask him to get you shape files instead if that is possible

You would need the Topographic Production Tools with the Production Mapping Extension to use this tool.

Re: Polygon to Centerline

JoshBerna — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 20:11:46 GMT

Polygon to centerline should not be under production mapping anyway, its ridiculous that such a basic tool is locked behind that license.