Abstract

Generating Cross Sections And Profiles Natively In ArcGIS
Track: Implementing Survey Data in GIS
Author(s): Steven Miller

Since the early days of GIS, cross sectioning has had no discernible workflow. Using a map and tabular files containing surface and subsurface information, users had to query a series of points along a line - hoping that the points exactly corresponded to the log file - and then export it all to CAD to develop a single diagram. Today, cross-sections can be developed with an intuitive, wizard-based plug-in. With a product known as CrossView, users can now create cross sections within the ArcGIS environment itself, importing log file information and geodata along the way. Unlike applications such as CAD, CrossView's output diagram and features retain the all the related attributes from the geodatabase. This link to the source features allows a rich level of control for symbolization, labeling and annotation. More importantly, this link ensures that the diagram is free of spatial errors and is robust in its demonstration.

Steven Miller
A-Prime Software
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Building 129, Room 1022
Commerce City , Colorado 80022
United States
Phone: 303-289-0368
Fax: 303-289-0205
E-mail: smiller@rma.army.mil