topic Interpolate along route in ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/interpolate-along-route/m-p/732316#M10658 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have point data along lines that represents certain values at those locations on a pipeline.&nbsp; The points are not currently snapped to the lines but are adjacent to the lines.&nbsp; I would like to interpolate between the points along the line, assuming a linear relationship between distance and value.&nbsp; The goal is to represent the interpolated values between the known points, which may be 1000 feet apart.&nbsp; Is there a tool that will do this?&nbsp; I have looked through all the interpolation tools in spatial analyst but all of the tools return a surface, whereas I want a line with values along it.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:48:37 GMT NancyStence 2011-08-19T15:48:37Z Interpolate along route https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/interpolate-along-route/m-p/732316#M10658 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have point data along lines that represents certain values at those locations on a pipeline.&nbsp; The points are not currently snapped to the lines but are adjacent to the lines.&nbsp; I would like to interpolate between the points along the line, assuming a linear relationship between distance and value.&nbsp; The goal is to represent the interpolated values between the known points, which may be 1000 feet apart.&nbsp; Is there a tool that will do this?&nbsp; I have looked through all the interpolation tools in spatial analyst but all of the tools return a surface, whereas I want a line with values along it.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:48:37 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/interpolate-along-route/m-p/732316#M10658 NancyStence 2011-08-19T15:48:37Z Re: Interpolate along route https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/interpolate-along-route/m-p/732317#M10659 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>If you had a surface created with a</SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//009z0000006q000000.htm"> Spline</A><SPAN> to force the surface to conform to the point elevations and interpolate between, then you could use the </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//009z0000002t000000.htm">Extract Values to Point</A><SPAN> tool in Spatial Analyst or if you had 3d Analyst you could use the </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//00q900000016000000.htm">Add Surface Information</A><SPAN> tool or</SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//00q90000006m000000.htm"> Interpolate shape</A><SPAN> to make the line 3d.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:23:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/interpolate-along-route/m-p/732317#M10659 JeffreySwain 2011-08-22T10:23:53Z