topic Re: Line-drawing between points? in Mapping Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/line-drawing-between-points/m-p/149101#M1671 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If I understand correctly, you have a many-to-one point association - one main point with one or more minor points. There are a few ways to do this, but the first that comes to mind is the built-in Points to Line tool:</P><P></P><P><A class="unlinked" title="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/#/Points_To_Line/00170000003s000000/">http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/#/Points_To_Line/00170000003s000000/</A> </P><P></P><P>Based on your join, you could create a field with unique values as the "Line_Field" - this should create all of your lines based on the relationship described.</P><P></P><P>Let me know if this works for you!</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 17 Aug 2015 14:06:19 GMT ChrisSmith7 2015-08-17T14:06:19Z Line-drawing between points? https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/line-drawing-between-points/m-p/149100#M1670 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Hi,</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> </SPAN></P><P><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">i use ArcGIS and i have an Map with an lot of points. Every point has an<BR />connection to MS-SQL and obtains thereby attributes.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It exists main- and side points. Each side point is associated with a main point. This<BR />is characterized by an attribute. There are e.g. a main point P1. Each side<BR />point has an attribute "main point". In this example is then written<BR />in each P1. Thus there is a P1 1: n relationship. I would like draw a line<BR />automatically between all mating major and minor points.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </SPAN></P><P><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">How does this most easily directly in ArcGIS, or I have to prepare something in<BR />SQL?</SPAN></P><P><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></SPAN></P><P><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><SPAN class="hps">thanks in advance</SPAN></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 17 Aug 2015 13:32:40 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/line-drawing-between-points/m-p/149100#M1670 SebastianSchüßler 2015-08-17T13:32:40Z Re: Line-drawing between points? https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/line-drawing-between-points/m-p/149101#M1671 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If I understand correctly, you have a many-to-one point association - one main point with one or more minor points. There are a few ways to do this, but the first that comes to mind is the built-in Points to Line tool:</P><P></P><P><A class="unlinked" title="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/#/Points_To_Line/00170000003s000000/">http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/#/Points_To_Line/00170000003s000000/</A> </P><P></P><P>Based on your join, you could create a field with unique values as the "Line_Field" - this should create all of your lines based on the relationship described.</P><P></P><P>Let me know if this works for you!</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 17 Aug 2015 14:06:19 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/line-drawing-between-points/m-p/149101#M1671 ChrisSmith7 2015-08-17T14:06:19Z