topic Re: Distance over specific line in Esri Training Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/esri-training-questions/distance-over-specific-line/m-p/863069#M989 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Typically, these sorts of analyses are taken care of with either <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/extensions/network-analyst/what-is-network-analyst-.htm">Network Analysis</A> or a <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/tools/data-management-toolbox/an-overview-of-the-geometric-network-toolset.htm">Geometric Networ</A>k</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 08 Jan 2019 15:26:28 GMT JoeBorgione 2019-01-08T15:26:28Z Distance over specific line https://community.esri.com/t5/esri-training-questions/distance-over-specific-line/m-p/863068#M988 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello.</P><P>I am new to GIS and want to calucalte the distance from a point to the next one over a specific layer (waterways). I found the near tool, but it only calculates over a straight line it seems?</P><P>Any help is very much appreciated <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":grinning_face_with_big_eyes:">😃</span></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 08 Jan 2019 14:31:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/esri-training-questions/distance-over-specific-line/m-p/863068#M988 BjörnHannemann 2019-01-08T14:31:42Z Re: Distance over specific line https://community.esri.com/t5/esri-training-questions/distance-over-specific-line/m-p/863069#M989 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Typically, these sorts of analyses are taken care of with either <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/extensions/network-analyst/what-is-network-analyst-.htm">Network Analysis</A> or a <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/tools/data-management-toolbox/an-overview-of-the-geometric-network-toolset.htm">Geometric Networ</A>k</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 08 Jan 2019 15:26:28 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/esri-training-questions/distance-over-specific-line/m-p/863069#M989 JoeBorgione 2019-01-08T15:26:28Z Re: Distance over specific line https://community.esri.com/t5/esri-training-questions/distance-over-specific-line/m-p/863070#M990 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Bjorn,&nbsp;I don't know how your data is stored but there is also something called linear referencing that might give you what you need. This help topic explains the tools:&nbsp;<A class="link-titled" href="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/linear-referencing/an-overview-of-the-linear-referencing-toolbox.htm" title="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/linear-referencing/an-overview-of-the-linear-referencing-toolbox.htm">An overview of the Linear Referencing toolbox—Help | ArcGIS Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:46:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/esri-training-questions/distance-over-specific-line/m-p/863070#M990 Suzanne-Boden 2019-01-15T00:46:33Z