topic How to merge split lines without affecting vertices. in Developers Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/how-to-merge-split-lines-without-affecting/m-p/272819#M1745 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Greetings,</P><P></P><P>I have a layer consisting of lines (a road network) that are unnecessarily split at random along straight segments. I want to merge all of these split lines, however I want to keep the vertices where there is a bend in a road, or an intersection. This is a very large shapefile, so if you know of any tools or other processes other than manually merging each segment, the help would be greatly appreciated.</P><P></P><P>Thanks in advance.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 22 Feb 2016 16:27:53 GMT KyleMennie 2016-02-22T16:27:53Z How to merge split lines without affecting vertices. https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/how-to-merge-split-lines-without-affecting/m-p/272819#M1745 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Greetings,</P><P></P><P>I have a layer consisting of lines (a road network) that are unnecessarily split at random along straight segments. I want to merge all of these split lines, however I want to keep the vertices where there is a bend in a road, or an intersection. This is a very large shapefile, so if you know of any tools or other processes other than manually merging each segment, the help would be greatly appreciated.</P><P></P><P>Thanks in advance.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 22 Feb 2016 16:27:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/how-to-merge-split-lines-without-affecting/m-p/272819#M1745 KyleMennie 2016-02-22T16:27:53Z Re: How to merge split lines without affecting vertices. https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/how-to-merge-split-lines-without-affecting/m-p/272820#M1746 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/tools/network-analyst-toolbox/dissolve-network.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/tools/network-analyst-toolbox/dissolve-network.htm">Dissolve Network—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A> would seem to be the tool if you have the network analyst extension.</P><P>Or <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/tools/data-management-toolbox/dissolve.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/tools/data-management-toolbox/dissolve.htm">Dissolve—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A>&nbsp; with an unsplit lines option selected</P><P>Or <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/tools/data-management-toolbox/unsplit-line.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/tools/data-management-toolbox/unsplit-line.htm">Unsplit Line—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A>&nbsp; simpler still</P><P>amongst other things</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 22 Feb 2016 18:42:46 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/how-to-merge-split-lines-without-affecting/m-p/272820#M1746 DanPatterson_Retired 2016-02-22T18:42:46Z