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Tracing Hydro. How to select furthest downstream Point (barrier) on a Network

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04-01-2013 12:06 PM
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ChristopherClark1
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I am new to Geometric networks and am hoping there is an easy solution to this.

I have a geometric network, consisting of 1 poly line feature class, and 1 point feature class. The points in this case are barriers to flow. There can be any number of barrier points on a single poly line. I am in need of a way to select the furthest downstream barrier or point (I can make them junctions if need be) on any given stream line.

Or in the opposite direction, it can work if I trace up stream from the start of the poly line and have the trace end add a barrier. The only issue is, I do not have "Starting" flags at the start of each line. There are far to many lines to manually add junction flag. Right now I do have it setup some my barrier points are DIsabled, so flow will not continue through them if I can figure out a way to trace from the start of the poly lines.

Hopefully this makes sense...
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ChristineDartiguenave
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You could use the Arc Hydro Tools to calculate the distance to the downstream outlet(s) for each junction in your network. In a dendritic network this allows identifying the most downstream junction(s).

You can check the Arc Hydro forum for instructions on downloading Arc Hydro. Then check the Attributes Tools > Calculate Length Downstream for Junctions tool in the Arc Hydro Tools toolbar/toolbox.

Christine Dartiguenave
Esri Water Resources Team
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