topic How do I get compass bearing for a line segment in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-get-compass-bearing-for-a-line-segment/m-p/155552#M8712 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Searching for how to do this brought up an old (2004) forum discussion &amp; thought I'd update for others who need to do this.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If working in ArcGIS10 try EasyCalculate10 (</SPAN><A href="http://www.ian-ko.com/free/EC10/EC10_main.htm">http://www.ian-ko.com/free/EC10/EC10_main.htm</A><SPAN>). This tool not only generates a column with bearings for line segments in the attribute table, it can calculate many other line attributes as well. There is also a set of plug in formulas for the Field Calculator for use with ArcGIS 9.X (</SPAN><A href="http://www.ian-ko.com/free/free_arcgis.htm">http://www.ian-ko.com/free/free_arcgis.htm</A><SPAN>)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Worked well on test file and on shapefile with over 3000 line segments. COGO reports in COGO toolbar (editor and info license levels) will give bearing of a line segment, but the individual segment must be selected and informaiton is simply displayed in a dialog box. With EasyCalculate the information is added to the attribute table.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Survey Analyst may also be able to do this, but I do not have this extension.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Happy Holiday Season!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Dave</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:26:51 GMT DaveTewksbury 2011-11-30T20:26:51Z How do I get compass bearing for a line segment https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-get-compass-bearing-for-a-line-segment/m-p/155552#M8712 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Searching for how to do this brought up an old (2004) forum discussion &amp; thought I'd update for others who need to do this.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If working in ArcGIS10 try EasyCalculate10 (</SPAN><A href="http://www.ian-ko.com/free/EC10/EC10_main.htm">http://www.ian-ko.com/free/EC10/EC10_main.htm</A><SPAN>). This tool not only generates a column with bearings for line segments in the attribute table, it can calculate many other line attributes as well. There is also a set of plug in formulas for the Field Calculator for use with ArcGIS 9.X (</SPAN><A href="http://www.ian-ko.com/free/free_arcgis.htm">http://www.ian-ko.com/free/free_arcgis.htm</A><SPAN>)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Worked well on test file and on shapefile with over 3000 line segments. COGO reports in COGO toolbar (editor and info license levels) will give bearing of a line segment, but the individual segment must be selected and informaiton is simply displayed in a dialog box. With EasyCalculate the information is added to the attribute table.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Survey Analyst may also be able to do this, but I do not have this extension.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Happy Holiday Season!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Dave</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:26:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/how-do-i-get-compass-bearing-for-a-line-segment/m-p/155552#M8712 DaveTewksbury 2011-11-30T20:26:51Z