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I have a .shp-file filled with polylines, where some of them are currently being drawn as a straight line from A-B, where in reality they curve a lot along the way.

In the shapefile, I have an "ID" that matches with an Access/Excel table where I have the coordinates for all the vertices that need to be added to the lines in order for them to have their correct position.

I need to change the lines from straight lines to lines with a lot of vertices using coordinates from my Acces/Excel-file. CRS is the same for both files, and there are about 15.000 vertices in total.

I am using ArcMap 10.6.1, Advanced license, with Spatial/3D Analyst.

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    Do your points share the same CRS with polylines?
    – Taras
    Commented Jul 26, 2019 at 6:22
  • Yes, the coordinate system is the same. All the data should be compatible, just don't know how to combine it.
    – FoolzRailer
    Commented Jul 26, 2019 at 6:41
  • @BERA Not really sure how that would work, doesn't that only give the start coordinates and end coordinates? If we take the line ID21 as an example I have 216 vertices I need to move from the Excel file onto the line so it follows the correct path. Forgive me if I'm being stupid, but can XY To Line do that?
    – FoolzRailer
    Commented Jul 26, 2019 at 7:01
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    I think you'll need ArcPy to do this and, for that, you'll need to provide a code attempt to get help with your code because we don't provide a code writing service.
    – PolyGeo ♦
    Commented Jul 26, 2019 at 7:38
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    If you can get from your CSV to points first then the Points To Line tool looks like it should get you most if not all the way there.
    – PolyGeo ♦
    Commented Jul 26, 2019 at 7:47

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After PolyGeo's suggestion with Points To Line, I did the following steps:

  • New sort field in Accessdata to get the right route (0-1-2-3-4-5).
  • Create Point Layer using the Access data
  • Then Point To Line with ID and Sort field active
  • Lastly did a join from my old shape file with correct attributes on the new layer line layer with correct paths/routes.

Now I have everything as needed!

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