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Find best route to Lat Long input (Destination)

BrandonDavis — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:28:54 GMT

I'm trying to find a way to input a Lat Long location in Network Dataset and then find the best route to that location. The Lat long location is not a fix location i.e. Route from fire station to Forest Fire location.

Re: Find best route to Lat Long input (Destination)

JaySandhu — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:45:00 GMT

You can use the Go To X,Y tool on the Standard Tool bar to add a graphic to map and then right-click on the Stops to Load Locations and pick the graphic as the source to "Load From".

You can read more on the X,Y tool here:
http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//00nm0000002p000000.htm

Alternatively if you have the X,Y's in a table, you can use the Add XY Data tool to convert that into point features and then load them as Stops.

Jay Sandhu

Re: Find best route to Lat Long input (Destination)

BrandonDavis — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:53:19 GMT

Jay
Thanks that did work. What If I were using a route analysis model and I had an Add location parameter could I use any xy point input. The xy points are not know meaning I could not use a predefined point layer or xy spreadsheet as my location points.
Does that make any sense?

Re: Find best route to Lat Long input (Destination)

JaySandhu — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:16:55 GMT

What will be your input? Can you bring the x,y in a text file? If you can, then use the
GP tool "Make XY Event Layer" found in Data Management/Layers and Table view.

Regards,
Jay Sandhu