Why does the "Create Features, Create Points Along Line" feature edit function display an inconsistent line length.

[JozefMeyer]

I have a line feature with an attribute length of 1591.419492, measuring the line gives the same value but in meters. When I use the "Create Points Along Line" function under editing it states the length of the line is 0.013m. 

Any idea what I'm doing wrong? 

[Scott_Harris · Accepted solution]

Hi Jozef,

I'm not reproducing this:

What coordinate system is your line layer?

What coordinate system is the map?

Is this the only data you have that reproduces the issue?

Thanks,

Scott

[JozefMeyer]

Ah that's it! There was a sneaky transformation I didn't see when I checked the coordinate systems. Thanks for your help.

[ScottJones1]

What was the solution?

[eotwmapping]

Hello @JozefMeyer 

Do you happen to know what you did to fix this issue?  I am currently running into the same issue and do not understand what I am doing wrong.

Thanks

[ScottJones1]

I think, I was bringing various features in different DATUMS, it took a minute but I was able to find the best DATUM for my area, then did a transformation to that DATUM... my biggest mistake is being self taught so I never truly learned the importance of PROJECTING data correctly