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Generate Points Along Line placing points at incorrect distance

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03-14-2023 06:59 AM
VictoriaTousaw
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I am trying to generate points along a line that are spaced 100 m apart with points at each end of the line. 

I am using the Generate Points Along Line tool, by distance, 100 meters. The output results in points along the line that are placed ~145 m apart in straight sections of the line, and ~115 to 130 m apart around curves in the line. I double checked and the line is all one segment. 

Any ideas of ways that I can try to fix this are greatly appreciated! 

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DanPatterson
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Are you using the measure tool to confirm the placement? and is your map coordinate system set to the web mercator?  If so, choose a projected coordinate system that shows better distance and area measures (like a UTM, state plane, equidistance etc(


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DanPatterson
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Are you using the measure tool to confirm the placement? and is your map coordinate system set to the web mercator?  If so, choose a projected coordinate system that shows better distance and area measures (like a UTM, state plane, equidistance etc(


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VictoriaTousaw
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Thanks! After projecting the line and changing the map coordinate system the points were plotted properly. 

Has the functionality of this tool been replaced by a different tool? 

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AnilKumar0
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HI Victoria Tousaw ,
Could you kindly share which projection method you employed and the specific map coordinate system to which you changed to ?
Thanks in advance.

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DanPatterson
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You might want to consider looking into this

Geodetic Densify (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation


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