Split Line at Point (Data Management)

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Summary

Splits line features based on intersection or proximity to point features.

Usage

  • Input Features must be lines.

  • If Search Radius (search_radius in Python) is unspecified, the nearest point will be used to split the line feature. If a Search Radius is specified, all points within the search radius are used to split the line.

Parameters

LabelExplanationData Type
Input Features

The input line features to be split.

Feature Layer
Point Features

The input point features whose locations will be used to split the input lines.

Feature Layer
Output Feature Class

The new feature class that will be created containing the split lines.

Feature Class
Search Radius
(Optional)

Used to split lines by their proximity to point features. Points within the search distance to an input line will be used to split those lines at the nearest location to the point along the line segment.

If this parameter is unspecified, the single nearest point will be used to split the line feature. If a radius is specified, all points within the radius will be used to split the line.

Linear Unit

Licensing information

  • Basic: No
  • Standard: No
  • Advanced: Yes

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