Common tasks in linear referencing

Below are some common linear referencing tasks and where you can go in this help system to find more information. Click the links to go to more detailed help topics.

In addition, there are geoprocessing tools available within ArcGIS specifically designed for linear referencing. Click the links to the documentation for the particular tool for details on usage, parameters, and licenses.

Creating route feature classes

Task	See this topic	Available geoprocessing tools
Creating new route feature classes	About creating route feature classes	Create Feature Class
Creating routes from existing line features	Creating routes from existing lines	Create Routes
Calibrating route feature measurements	About calibrating routes with points	Calibrate Routes
Importing route features into the geodatabase	Migrating route features to the geodatabase	Feature Class To Feature Class Feature Class To Geodatabase

Creating route feature classes

Displaying and querying route feature classes

Task	See this topic	Available geoprocessing tools
Hatching route feature classes	About hatching route feature classes
Displaying route measure anomalies along your routes	Displaying route measure anomalies
Finding route measure information by pointing at your map	Identifying route locations
Finding route locations on a map by providing route and measure information	Finding a route location

Displaying and querying route feature classes

Displaying and querying route event data

Task	See this topic	Available geoprocessing tools
Displaying route events in ArcMap	About adding_route_events	Make Route Event Layer

Displaying and querying route event data

Editing routes

Task	See this topic	Available geoprocessing tools
Creating routes from existing line features	About creating route features from existing lines
Calibrating individual route features	Using ArcMap to calibrate routes with points
Setting measures on an entire route or a portion of a route	About remeasuring routes

Editing routes

Creating and editing route event data

Task	See this topic	Available geoprocessing tools
Creating new event tables in ArcCatalog	About creating event tables in ArcCatalog	Create Table
Creating events by locating point, line, or polygon features along routes	About locating features along routes	Locate Features Along Routes
Editing the measure values of route events	About editing event tables in ArcMap

Creating and editing route event data

Working with route event data

Task	See this topic	Available geoprocessing tools
Overlaying existing route events to create new events	About overlaying events	Overlay Route Events
Concatenating or dissolving existing event data	About dissolving or concatenating route events	Dissolve Route Events
Transforming route events from one route reference to another	About transforming event measures	Transform Route Events

Creating route feature classes