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How can I switch line direction from the Linux commandline?

I want to reverse the line direction for all lines in a shapefile from the Linux commandline (that is to say, using a script). Currently I'm using the SwapVectorDirection QGIS plugin which works well ...
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Creating polyline feature on ArcGIS Pro basemap

I am trying to create a polyline in the Kalamazoo River on ArcGIS Pro. I have opened the software and selected the 'Topographic' basemap already in ArcGIS. I have zoomed to the Kalamazoo River region. ...
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CSV attribute table to polyline shapefile

I have a .csv file that is an exported attribute table that I would like to reconstruct as a polyline shapefile (for reasons beyond my control I cannot access the original shapefile from which the ....
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Bi-directional arrow in Leaflet

I'm using Leaflet to create a map of movements of a species of interest. I'm using polylineDecorator to draw arrows, but I would like to have a bi-directional arrow (example in figure below). Right ...
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Big polyline with Leaflet

I'm using Leaflet for a project where I track the path of an entity along the map in realtime. I made a buffer with the last 1000 points but it is visible only through a big zooming cause the points ...
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How to draw two or multiple lines from one location to another without overlapping the lines?

I want to draw two or many curved lines from fixed start point to another fixed end point on map. So, I started with geodesic but it draws overlapping lines. Then I tried to draw trajectory but not ...
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Inserting values with arcpy.da.InsertCursor()?

Building on Standalone Python script to split a polyline with a point layer, I don't think I am manipulating geometry objects correctly. I am splitting an original line, preserving all the ...
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Generate equal distanced sections on polygon

I generated a polygon by buffering a reference line. What I want to do now is generating multiple equal-distanced points along the reference lines, upon which to generate sections on the polygon. A ...
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AGOL REST API: Why do linestrings auto-convert to multilinestrings w/ 0 z elevation?

I'm using the ArcGIS Online REST API to add/delete features from a 3D web layer. I'm able to POST linestrings to the layer. But, seemingly randomly, some (not all) of the linestrings get converted to ...
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Format of points in Polyline shapes in a shapefile?

I am have been asked to write some code that looks at a SHP file that contains a load of Polyline shapes that are used to represent parking areas in a British council's area. I've created a C# program ...
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Remove a Drawn Polyline from LeafLet Map

How can I simply just remove this polyline from the map? var pointA = L.latLng(From.lat, From.lng); var pointB = L.latLng(To.lat, To.lng); var pointList ...
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Assigning points to all bends on polyline in QGIS 3.6

I have a series of polylines representing water pipelines that I want to clean up. I want to split the pipeline polyline at key locations where there is a fitting such as a stop valve or hydrant. ...
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Extracting vector information from a .dwg file into a QGIS environment?

I have a few CAD files in the .dwg format and I am trying to extract the data into a QGIS environment. The CAD files have a large number of different layers that represent different types of assets eg....
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Snapping together lines within certain tolerance with ArcPy and Basic level license?

I have a GIS layer of bike lanes I created using an open-source GeoJSON which I converted to a shapefile using ArcPy. The end result looks pretty good, with one exception: there is some small gaps ...
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Plot overlapping buslines (polylines) with leaflet in R

Long story short: I´d like to plot bus lines on my GeoJSON data with Leaflet but need to get rid of the overlap. I´ve been skimming the forum for an answer to my question but, haven´t found any yet. ...
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Merging different types (e.g., polygon with polyline) of shapefiles? [duplicate]

I want to create a watershed shapefile with areas, streams and pour points in it. Is there a way to merge the areas (polygons) with streams (polylines) and pourpoints (points)?
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Creating curved annotations for polygons and lines in QGIS

In general, my problem is that: I can`t display annotations using the option "Using the perimeter (curved)" in QGIS. I tried to solve it in two ways: At first was an attempt to use just a simple ...
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Merging elevation values of multiple point shapefile

In ArcMap I have thousands of points with elevation values from an aviation route. This route is stored in a multiple point shapefile. I made a polyline shapefile based on the route x, y locations. Is ...
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Create Polyline from Coordinates Array in OL OpenLayers 5.3.2

I'm using OpenLayers 5.3.2, and would like to create my own marker animation using almost exactly the example at https://openlayers.org/en/latest/examples/feature-move-animation.html?q=marker All I'd ...
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Split a polylines according to a specific point in R

I have 2 distinct spatial objects: on one hand I have a SpatialLinesDataFrame on the other hand I have a SpatialPointsDataFrame Considering one line and one point that intersects that line, I ...
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How to save marker and polyline in database?

I want to store marker and polyline in the database. In this script, I have 3 functions, that is to draw a polyline, marker and the point of destination. Can anyone fix my script below? var map; var ...
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From raster to polyline in QGIS

I'm trying to extrat ridges from ALOS images on qgis. I would like to have polylines so I can use the plugin AutomaTracks from Sebastien Peillet. I did inversed the MNT using raster calculator then ...
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Drawing longest polyline within polygon? [closed]

I am looking for a GIS tool/script (preference on QGIS but I can also use ArcGIS/Matlab) that allows creating a polyline layer from a polygon layer where a polyline is drawn for each polygon. The ...
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Polylines setLatLngs

I am trying to give a polyline a new set of co ordinates from a server. When trying to use the .setLatLngs method to redraw the new line with updated co ordinates i get the error "Uncaught TypeError: ...
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Geospark - Creating LineStringRDD from coordinates extracted from the sides of each polygon in a PolygonRDD

I am using geospark 1.1.3 with scala and I am trying to split into lines a polygon shapefile dataset which contains 189 polygons. I am expecting to get each side of each polygon as a LineString, ...
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Empty ShapeLength when running Insert Cursor for Polyline

I'm looking to create a new feature class using only selected data from a source feature class. I can get this to work but the ShapeLength field is 0 when I run this script and therefore the feature ...
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How to get the Z values of existing lineStringZ with pyqgis?

I can get the values of 3D QgsPoints with mypoint.get().z() When I iterate through a layer to get a specific polyline and then iterate through the polyline to get the start and end points- start_point ...
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Checking snapping connection of polylines? [closed]

I would like to find a method using ArcMap that could check if all polyline are snapping and connected. I tried to create road network, but I can see this information. I have multiple polyline, and ...
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ArcGIS *.gen files: make polyline from points

I have *.gen files that have have the point coordinates (in known UTM datum) for multiple lines. Is there a one-click tool to get these into a polyline SHP? (I was thinking Generate might do it, but I ...
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Extend lines to nearest feature

I am attempting to extend a series of polyline features to an adjacent polyline feature. I need the lines to intersect, but not extend beyond the 'first hit' of the adjacent polyline feature and ...
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Create polyline layer from csv-file (id, lat, long, time) in QGIS

Some units are moving and regularly registering it location. Each of these register events corresponds to row in a csv-file. This row contains fields: id (unit identifier), lat, long (event location)...
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Euclidean distance and connecting lines between polygons using ArcMap?

I have a large set of polygons. I want to (1) calculate pairwise distances between polygons (so one polygon should be connected to several others). I can do this using the generate table in ArcMap. ...
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Attributing height data from points to Polylines for Tin creation?

I have to make a TIN of water surface height from about 170 points which have been collected from RTK along a river. The points however are few and far between and rarely on the opposite banks to ...
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Split polyline by point using 'sf' package in R

I'm learning the sf package in R and would like to locate about 450 sites along the nearest reaches of a river network and to obtain the upstream and downstream distances along the reach where the ...
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DotSpatial M and Z values not displaying in ArcGIS Desktop?

I'm making a polyline with M and Z values using DotSpatial. The M an Z values are displayed when the shapefile is dropped in QGIS, but in ArcGIS, though the attribute table indicates that its a ...
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Counting points within 100km Buffer of country borders using ArcGIS Desktop?

I have a dataset composed of points and projected on a shapefile describing European countries. My goal is to create a new shapefile, with zones specified 100 kilometers around the borders in-between ...
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Determining the Longest Segment of a Non-Continuous Polyline

I have a polyline that is non-continuous (please see picture, polyline is in red). I am looking to separate the polyline based on this geographic discontinuity so that I can calculate the length of ...
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How to Make Lines Automatically Adjust same with Another Line (Route or Road)

I have 1000 lines and 1 route or road line. I want to automatically my lines adjust to route or road without erasing all data in the attribute table. My expected results, 900 lines will same with the ...
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Creating PolylineZM from Points using ArcGIS Desktop?

I have a point feature class that is essentially hundreds of vertices along a single line. The Attribute Table contains MD (Measured Depth) values, XY fields of each point feature, and a ID field for ...
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Extracting Transit Layer polylines (e.g. subway lines) and using them in Google My Maps?

I am trying to create a Google My Map of Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway lines. So far, I've been painstakingly drawing the subway lines manually, only using a mouse. Here's what I've got so far (WIP, of ...
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Unsplitting lines with ArcGIS tool 'Unsplit Lines'

I have tried to use the ArcGIS tool 'Unsplit lines' to get one polyline from multiple touching lines. Somehow, it does not work with some features. Have a look at the pic nr 1. In the pic you see one ...
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cutting waterlines at the edge of polygons

Using ArcGIS 10.3, I would like to cut the river lines at the edge of water body polygons bordering the region. Using the intersect tool and split line to points tool resulted with the disappearance ...
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I ran the code and got this error TypeError: 'float' object has no attribute '__getitem__' [closed]

import arcpy, os arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True def polylineArea(x, y): # this is your function definition count=len(xlist) area=0 j=count-1 for i in range (0, count): area+=((x[...
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Changing (flipping) line direction in QGIS?

I have river network in QGIS. I draw opposite direction one of the rivers. Now I want to change direction of that river. How can I do that in QGIS 3? (As I know it is flip in ArcGIS)
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Forcing “snap-to-road” when reshaping a line via basemap reference in ArcGIS desktop?

Sometimes, when I use "reshape a feature" in concert with a basemap, I'll find that the resultant line doesn't automatically snap to roads if a pair of verticies are far apart: But at the same time, ...
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Extending polylines via basemap reference in ArcGIS Desktop?

I have a polyline feature of a pre-existing bus route (let's call it "Route A"). I want to extend the polyline of Route A, using a basemap as reference. I don't want to totally freehand it, my first ...
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Googlesheets CSV auto-update polylines to ArcGIS Online Maps?

I have been able to establish a ArcGIS Online map that auto-updates from a CSV spreadsheet within Google Sheets. The data that is auto-updating is point data with associated tabular data that will ...
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Merging overlapping lines into one line. QGIS

I have a shapefile with multiple perfectly overlapping lines. Each line represents traffic at a certain point in time. I would like my output to have only one line but with the attributes from all ...
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Finding the optimal boundary polyline in QGIS

I am looking to find an optimal boundary line between two geographically separated sets of points (a vector layer with S and N points representing two genetic lineages within a species). I would like ...
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Creating duplicate line set distance away from a polyline in QGIS?

I'm new to QGIS and not really sure what I'm doing; I have a polyline of the UK coastline and I want to add another line 30 km offshore. Is this possible?

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