nav[aria-label="Primary Navigation"] { padding: 0; & ul { list-style: none; width: 100%; display: flex; flex-direction: row; justify-content: start; align-items: start; gap: 30px; padding: 0; & li { margin: 0; } & ul li { list-style: none; } } }

Create points at equal distance along a polyline

Naresh_KumarK

Hi team,

how to get the points only which were located for every 2 kms on a poly line?

I tried Densify method to create new points along the poly line, but after densify, it returns the whole points list(newly created + old points). I can't figure out which was plotted at exactly 2 kms and which was not. So please suggest me a way to achieve this.

Thanks in advance.

Find more posts tagged with

Accepted answers

ThadTilton

The problem is that your line is measured in degrees of longitude/latitude and the value you're passing in is for meters. The code is reading the distance of "1000.0" as 1000 degrees rather than 1 KM. Try projecting the line to a projected coordinate system for your area (looks like South Africa?). Be sure you know the units for the projected line, it might be feet instead of meters!

Here's an updated example that projects the line before processing, and also "unprojects" the result points back to Lat/Long (warning: this code hasn't been tested much 😞

<SPAN class="keyword token">double</SPAN> distance <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="number token">0.0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
Polyline projectedLine <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>Polyline<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>GeometryEngine<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">Project</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>_originalPolyline<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">new</SPAN> <SPAN class="token class-name">SpatialReference</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">102472</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">double</SPAN> lineLength <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> GeometryEngine<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">LengthGeodetic</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>projectedLine<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
List<SPAN class="operator token"><</SPAN>MapPoint<SPAN class="operator token">></SPAN> pointsOnLine <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">new</SPAN> <SPAN class="token class-name">List</SPAN><SPAN class="operator token"><</SPAN>MapPoint<SPAN class="operator token">></SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
SimpleMarkerSymbol sym <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">new</SPAN> <SPAN class="token class-name">SimpleMarkerSymbol</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>SimpleMarkerSymbolStyle<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>X<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> Color<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Yellow<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="number token">16</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
GraphicsOverlay go <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> MyMapView<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>GraphicsOverlays<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">First</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">while</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="keyword token">true</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
<SPAN class="punctuation token">{</SPAN>
    distance <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN><SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="number token">1000.0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
    <SPAN class="keyword token">if</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>distance <SPAN class="operator token">></SPAN> lineLength<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">{</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">break</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">}</SPAN>
    MapPoint pt <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> GeometryEngine<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">CreatePointAlong</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>projectedLine<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> distance<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
    MapPoint latLongPoint <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>MapPoint<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>GeometryEngine<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">Project</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>pt<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> SpatialReferences<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Wgs84<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
    pointsOnLine<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">Add</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>latLongPoint<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
    Graphic g <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">new</SPAN> <SPAN class="token class-name">Graphic</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>latLongPoint<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> sym<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
    go<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Graphics<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">Add</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>g<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
<SPAN class="punctuation token">}</SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

(Also, check out the "ConvertTo" and "ConvertFrom" methods on the LinearUnits to convert between a variety of units. Works for angles and areas too: Esri.ArcGISRuntime.Geometry.LinearUnits.Kilometers.ConvertFrom(otherUnit, val))

All comments

Naresh_KumarK

Thank you very much Thad Tilton. Finally you solved my problem.

May God Bless You.

ThadTilton

Here's an updated example that projects the line before processing, and also "unprojects" the result points back to Lat/Long (warning: this code hasn't been tested much 😞

<SPAN class="keyword token">double</SPAN> distance <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="number token">0.0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
Polyline projectedLine <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>Polyline<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>GeometryEngine<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">Project</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>_originalPolyline<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">new</SPAN> <SPAN class="token class-name">SpatialReference</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">102472</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">double</SPAN> lineLength <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> GeometryEngine<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">LengthGeodetic</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>projectedLine<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
List<SPAN class="operator token"><</SPAN>MapPoint<SPAN class="operator token">></SPAN> pointsOnLine <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">new</SPAN> <SPAN class="token class-name">List</SPAN><SPAN class="operator token"><</SPAN>MapPoint<SPAN class="operator token">></SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
SimpleMarkerSymbol sym <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">new</SPAN> <SPAN class="token class-name">SimpleMarkerSymbol</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>SimpleMarkerSymbolStyle<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>X<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> Color<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Yellow<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="number token">16</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
GraphicsOverlay go <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> MyMapView<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>GraphicsOverlays<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">First</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">while</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="keyword token">true</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
<SPAN class="punctuation token">{</SPAN>
    distance <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN><SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="number token">1000.0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
    <SPAN class="keyword token">if</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>distance <SPAN class="operator token">></SPAN> lineLength<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">{</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">break</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">}</SPAN>
    MapPoint pt <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> GeometryEngine<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">CreatePointAlong</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>projectedLine<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> distance<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
    MapPoint latLongPoint <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>MapPoint<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>GeometryEngine<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">Project</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>pt<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> SpatialReferences<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Wgs84<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
    pointsOnLine<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">Add</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>latLongPoint<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
    Graphic g <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">new</SPAN> <SPAN class="token class-name">Graphic</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>latLongPoint<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> sym<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
    go<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Graphics<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">Add</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>g<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
<SPAN class="punctuation token">}</SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

Naresh_KumarK

Thank you for your response Thad Tilton,

I tried using your above implementation.

I have a poly line with 7 kms(approx) of length which i'm extracting from a shape file by creating a feature layer, now by following your code i want to create points along poly line at every 1km distance. below is the code

<SPAN class="keyword token">private</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">void</SPAN> <SPAN class="token function">UsingCreatePointAlongMethod</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>Polyline polyline<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">double</SPAN> distance<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
<SPAN class="punctuation token">{</SPAN>
 <SPAN class="keyword token">double</SPAN> lineLength <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> GeometryEngine<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">LengthGeodetic</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>polyline<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
 List<SPAN class="operator token"><</SPAN>MapPoint<SPAN class="operator token">></SPAN> pointsOnLine <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">new</SPAN> <SPAN class="token class-name">List</SPAN><SPAN class="operator token"><</SPAN>MapPoint<SPAN class="operator token">></SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
 SimpleMarkerSymbol sym <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">new</SPAN> <SPAN class="token class-name">SimpleMarkerSymbol</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>SimpleMarkerSymbolStyle<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>X<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> Color<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Yellow<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="number token">16</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
 GraphicsOverlay go <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> MyMapView<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>GraphicsOverlays<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">First</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
 <SPAN class="keyword token">while</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="keyword token">true</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
  <SPAN class="punctuation token">{</SPAN>
   distance <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN><SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="number token">1000.0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
    <SPAN class="keyword token">if</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>distance <SPAN class="operator token">></SPAN> lineLength<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">{</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">break</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">}</SPAN>
   MapPoint pt <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> GeometryEngine<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">CreatePointAlong</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>polyline<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> distance<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
   pointsOnLine<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">Add</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>pt<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
   Graphic g <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">new</SPAN> <SPAN class="token class-name">Graphic</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>pt<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> sym<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
   go<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Graphics<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">Add</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>g<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
  <SPAN class="punctuation token">}</SPAN>
<SPAN class="punctuation token">}</SPAN>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

but the code returns the same point every time and it's always pointing at the starting of the poly line. here i'm also attaching the screenshots.

Thanks in advance.

ThadTilton

Give the code below a try. It increments the distance to create a point along the line. When it reaches the end of the line it stops. It assumes the line is measured in meters, so uses 2000 to represent 2 km along the line.

<SPAN class="keyword token">double</SPAN> distance <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="number token">0.0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">double</SPAN> lineLength <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> GeometryEngine<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">LengthGeodetic</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>_originalPolyline<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
List<SPAN class="operator token"><</SPAN>MapPoint<SPAN class="operator token">></SPAN> pointsOnLine <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">new</SPAN> <SPAN class="token class-name">List</SPAN><SPAN class="operator token"><</SPAN>MapPoint<SPAN class="operator token">></SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
SimpleMarkerSymbol sym <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">new</SPAN> <SPAN class="token class-name">SimpleMarkerSymbol</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>SimpleMarkerSymbolStyle<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>X<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> Color<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Yellow<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="number token">16</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
GraphicsOverlay go <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> MyMapView<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>GraphicsOverlays<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">First</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">while</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="keyword token">true</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
<SPAN class="punctuation token">{</SPAN>
   distance <SPAN class="operator token">+</SPAN><SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="number token">2000.0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
   <SPAN class="keyword token">if</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>distance <SPAN class="operator token">></SPAN> lineLength<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">{</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">break</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">}</SPAN>

   MapPoint pt <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> GeometryEngine<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">CreatePointAlong</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>_originalPolyline<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> distance<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
   pointsOnLine<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">Add</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>pt<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
   Graphic g <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">new</SPAN> <SPAN class="token class-name">Graphic</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>pt<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> sym<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
   go<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>Graphics<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="token function">Add</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>g<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">;</SPAN>
<SPAN class="punctuation token">}</SPAN>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

HTH!

Thad

Join the Conversation

Signed in members can post, follow updates, and more. New here? Register a free account.

Quick Links

Community Help
Find useful guides, FAQs, and documents to help you navigate and make the most of Esri Community.