Distance over specific line

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01-08-2019 06:31 AM
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BjörnHannemann
New Contributor

Hello.

I am new to GIS and want to calucalte the distance from a point to the next one over a specific layer (waterways). I found the near tool, but it only calculates over a straight line it seems?

Any help is very much appreciated 😃

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JoeBorgione
MVP Emeritus

Typically, these sorts of analyses are taken care of with either Network Analysis or a Geometric Network

That should just about do it....
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Suzanne-Boden
Esri Regular Contributor

Hi Bjorn, I don't know how your data is stored but there is also something called linear referencing that might give you what you need. This help topic explains the tools: An overview of the Linear Referencing toolbox—Help | ArcGIS Desktop 

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