Summary:
Determining the length of line segments.
Question:
A file of polylines representing Telco fiber is constantly being updated. How can the length of each polyline/line be updated into a browser?
Answer:
Add a column with a numeric data type (i.e. Segment_Length). Once the column is added, choose Table>Update Column update this new column with the following function in the Value text box:
objectlen(obj,"km")
The new column will be updated with the length of each line segment in the desired units "km", "mi", etc.
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