topic Re: Measure length where numerous points intersects polyline in ArcMap Questions

Measure length where numerous points intersects polyline

e_cat — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 11:30:04 GMT

I have numerous polylines in a feature class that represent a whole road network, and I also have a point features class which represents accidents have occurred. I want to measure from the start of each polyline (in the direction of travel) how far down a point intersects, to represent how far down the road section each accident occurs. There are numerous accidents to each polyline so I need to know the distance from the start of each line, rather than the distance between each point.

I only have a basic or standard license so unable to use the near tool. Does anyone know a way of working this out in bulk as there is a lot of polyline and point data? Would appreciate any advice on how to work this out

Re: Measure length where numerous points intersects polyline

DavidPike — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 12:33:50 GMT

Do you have a Network Analyst license?

Re: Measure length where numerous points intersects polyline

e_cat — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 18:12:04 GMT

No, unfortunately not

Re: Measure length where numerous points intersects polyline

DavidPike — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 19:50:57 GMT

Possibly linear referencing What is linear referencing?—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop although I can't provide much if any guidance on it. It would also likely be extremely time consuming to set up.

Hopefully someone more knowledgeable can steer you in a better direction. Good luck!

Re: Measure length where numerous points intersects polyline

e_cat — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:00:04 GMT

Thanks! I'll give that ago