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Generate Points Along Line placing points at incorrect distance

VictoriaTousaw — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 13:59:35 GMT

I am trying to generate points along a line that are spaced 100 m apart with points at each end of the line.

I am using the Generate Points Along Line tool, by distance, 100 meters. The output results in points along the line that are placed ~145 m apart in straight sections of the line, and ~115 to 130 m apart around curves in the line. I double checked and the line is all one segment.

Any ideas of ways that I can try to fix this are greatly appreciated!

Re: Generate Points Along Line placing points at incorrect distance

DanPatterson — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:33:09 GMT

Are you using the measure tool to confirm the placement? and is your map coordinate system set to the web mercator? If so, choose a projected coordinate system that shows better distance and area measures (like a UTM, state plane, equidistance etc(

Re: Generate Points Along Line placing points at incorrect distance

VictoriaTousaw — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 13:49:29 GMT

Thanks! After projecting the line and changing the map coordinate system the points were plotted properly.

Has the functionality of this tool been replaced by a different tool?

Re: Generate Points Along Line placing points at incorrect distance

DanPatterson — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:50:09 GMT

You might want to consider looking into this

Geodetic Densify (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Re: Generate Points Along Line placing points at incorrect distance

AnilKumar0 — Thu, 23 May 2024 16:36:24 GMT

HI Victoria Tousaw ,
Could you kindly share which projection method you employed and the specific map coordinate system to which you changed to ?
Thanks in advance.