Segments to points

Dialog box

The Segments to points operation creates a point map from a segment map. The output point map can contain either:

Dialog box options:

Input segment map:

Select an input segment map. Open the list box and select the desired input map, or drag a segment map directly from the Catalog into this box. No special input map requirements.

Only nodes:

Select this option button if you want to obtain all the segment nodes as points.

Distance:

Select this option button if you want to obtain coordinates at a regular distance along segments, and type a value for the distance interval (in meters); real value > 0.

All points:

Select this option button if you want to obtain the segment nodes and intermediate coordinates as points.

Output point map:

Type a name for the output point map that will contain the segment label points.

Description:

Optionally, type a description for the output map. The description will appear in the status bar of the Main window when moving the mouse pointer over the map in a Catalog, and in the title bar of a map window when the output map is displayed. If no description is supplied, the output map will use its own definition as description.

When you click the Show button, the dependent output map will be defined, calculated and shown. When you click the Define button, the dependent output map will only be defined; if necessary, the map will be calculated later, for instance when the map is opened to be displayed.

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