Shapefile export

DustyRobinson
DustyRobinson Global Mapper UserTrusted User
edited October 2007 in Vector Data
I would like to export some lines with their associated length in a shapefile. Is there a way to do this?

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  • global_mapper
    global_mapper Administrator
    edited October 2007
    Yes, to do this first open the data layer with your line features. Then, switch to the Digitizer Tool, use the Edit->Select All menu command to select everything, then right click and select the option to Add/Update Selected Feature Measure Attributes. This will add LENGTH attributes to all of your line features. You can then export those to a new Shapefile.

    Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

    Thanks,

    Mike
    Global Mapper Support
    support@globalmapper.com
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    edited October 2007
    Any chance of that functionality being made available in scripting (assuming I haven't missed it)?
  • global_mapper
    global_mapper Administrator
    edited October 2007
    That's something that I can consider adding to a script. You seem to do enough with scripts that it might be worth looking into using the Global Mapper SDK as it is much easier to add your own stuff to that. I know that one thing that has been missing for you is the ability to triangulate and grid from the SDK, but that can now be added with our new triangulation library.

    Thanks,

    Mike
    Global Mapper Support
    support@globalmapper.com

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