Identify Discrete Points Along a Route

[SashikanthGurram]

Hello everyone,

I have created the shortest routes (in length) between several O-D pairs. Now, my question is, can I identify the discrete intermediate locations along the route. I need the location coordinates for the intermediate locations along the route. Is this possible?

[SashikanthGurram]

The output of that Create Routes tool should have measures unless the length field does not have any informaiton.

Open the attribute table of the newly create feature. It should list "Polyline M" in the Shape column. If it only says "Polyline" then the tool was not executed properly.

Jay Sandhu

The shape column corresponding to the new routes table has Polyline M. It has a total of 3 columns as shown below.

FID Shape Name

As you can see, there is no column which gives the length of the route. Is this how it is supposed to be?

[JaySandhu]

As you can see, there is no column which gives the length of the route. Is this how it is supposed to be? 

Yes!

Feature classes do not automatically have length or other attributes added on to them.
If you want to see the acutal geometry length of a line, then you can add a field and use the field calculator to display this value. Help here:
http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//005s00000025000000

However this is the geometry length, not the calibrated measure length of the route which can be different.

Jay Sandhu

[SashikanthGurram]

Thanks a lot for your reply Jay. I was trying to create this dataset that you have mentioned. However, I have found that there is a tool available to do exactly this.

I am sure you know about the ET Geowizards extension. In the ET Geowizards under the Point Functions there is a feature called Station Points. This tool creates points at fixed intervals along the routes (or for that matter along any polyline). This feature is free to use as well.

[JaySandhu]

Glad to know you found a tool! And thanks for reporting it here as others will be able to find the same solution that you did.
Jay Sandhu