topic How to create a polyline from sequential points? in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/how-to-create-a-polyline-from-sequential-points/m-p/291639#M10130 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a point file of approx. 500 points that represent movement from a GPS collar on an animal. My table has Lat, Long, and a date stamp. I'm looking for a tool that will draw a line sequentially through the points, roughly following the path of the animal. All of the point to polyline tools I've been looking into don't seem to be what I'm looking for.</P><P></P><P>I feel like it should be a basic solution, but my research isn't turning anything up. Can anyone point me in the right direction?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 27 Aug 2018 21:47:06 GMT RyanHowell1 2018-08-27T21:47:06Z How to create a polyline from sequential points? https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/how-to-create-a-polyline-from-sequential-points/m-p/291639#M10130 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a point file of approx. 500 points that represent movement from a GPS collar on an animal. My table has Lat, Long, and a date stamp. I'm looking for a tool that will draw a line sequentially through the points, roughly following the path of the animal. All of the point to polyline tools I've been looking into don't seem to be what I'm looking for.</P><P></P><P>I feel like it should be a basic solution, but my research isn't turning anything up. Can anyone point me in the right direction?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 27 Aug 2018 21:47:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/how-to-create-a-polyline-from-sequential-points/m-p/291639#M10130 RyanHowell1 2018-08-27T21:47:06Z Re: How to create a polyline from sequential points? https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/how-to-create-a-polyline-from-sequential-points/m-p/291640#M10131 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/data-management/points-to-line.htm" title="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/data-management/points-to-line.htm">Points To Line—Data Management toolbox | ArcGIS Desktop</A>&nbsp; for map and pro</P><P>didn't work?</P><P>if they need to be sorted in some fashion (either by time or proximity) let me know since</P><P>&nbsp;<A href="https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=f96ede37dcd04c2e96dc903a4ce26244">Point tools for Pro</A></P><P>has various options of creating lines from point data</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 27 Aug 2018 22:08:40 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/how-to-create-a-polyline-from-sequential-points/m-p/291640#M10131 DanPatterson_Retired 2018-08-27T22:08:40Z Re: How to create a polyline from sequential points? https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/how-to-create-a-polyline-from-sequential-points/m-p/291641#M10132 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>That did exactly what I wanted, thanks! Somehow I never came across that as I was looking. Thanks again</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 28 Aug 2018 15:01:35 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/how-to-create-a-polyline-from-sequential-points/m-p/291641#M10132 RyanHowell1 2018-08-28T15:01:35Z