topic Re: Minimum Z Value Location on a Polyline in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/minimum-z-value-location-on-a-polyline/m-p/715808#M23694 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Using arcpy, you can loop through each vertex (<A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#/Point/018z0000006t000000/">Points</A>) on each <A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#/Polyline/018z00000008000000/">Polyline</A>. Points store the Z coordinates. Once you determine the minimum Z coordinate for each line, create a new point at the corresponding X, Y location. You will likely find the articles on <A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//002z0000001t000000">Reading </A>and <A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#/Writing_geometries/002z0000001v000000/">Writing </A>Geometries helpful.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 08 Jan 2015 21:05:49 GMT DarrenWiens2 2015-01-08T21:05:49Z Minimum Z Value Location on a Polyline https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/minimum-z-value-location-on-a-polyline/m-p/715807#M23693 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Does anyone know how to find the minimum z value *location* on a polyline?&nbsp; Essentially I need to create a point feature of the minimum z value location.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 08 Jan 2015 20:09:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/minimum-z-value-location-on-a-polyline/m-p/715807#M23693 JayHalligan 2015-01-08T20:09:54Z Re: Minimum Z Value Location on a Polyline https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/minimum-z-value-location-on-a-polyline/m-p/715808#M23694 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Using arcpy, you can loop through each vertex (<A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#/Point/018z0000006t000000/">Points</A>) on each <A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#/Polyline/018z00000008000000/">Polyline</A>. Points store the Z coordinates. Once you determine the minimum Z coordinate for each line, create a new point at the corresponding X, Y location. You will likely find the articles on <A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//002z0000001t000000">Reading </A>and <A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#/Writing_geometries/002z0000001v000000/">Writing </A>Geometries helpful.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 08 Jan 2015 21:05:49 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/minimum-z-value-location-on-a-polyline/m-p/715808#M23694 DarrenWiens2 2015-01-08T21:05:49Z