Polygon to Centerline

[RickCippoletti]

I have a consultant who generated sidewalks from one foot, leaf off, color IR imagery.  The person is running it for thirteen counties in NJ.  It is funded as a research project for a NJ University and the Professor is a computer scientist, not a GIS person.  He built the platform outside of ArcGIS but is able to get me GeoJSON files with vector data, unfortunately, the sidewalks come out a long polygons.  Do you think the solution is to use the Polygon to Centerline tool?  I checked and our license of Pro can not access this tool.  What extension do I need or do I simply need to upgrade to a higher version or Pro?

Thanks,

Rick Cippoletti

NJTPA

[tigerwoulds · Accepted solution]

Here are two methods: 

• This one requires the Production Mapping Extension - 
  • How To: Create centerlines from polygons in ArcGIS Pro (esri.com)
• This one only requires an Advanced license, the document is for ArcMap but the same workflow works in Pro - How To: Create centerlines from polygon features in ArcMap (esri.com)

Another option is purchasing the ET Geowizards add-in. At my previous job we had it and I believe it had a createCenterlines tool. Think it was a few hundred bucks per year for a license. 

[RobertBorchert]

ask him to get you shape files instead if that is possible

You would need the Topographic Production Tools with the Production Mapping Extension to use this tool.