I have a polyline shapefile containing a number of lines, some of which overlap. By overlap, I mean that they follow exactly the same path for some of their route, but also have bits that are not shared. As it's difficult to explain in words, the following images should help:
In the example above, you can see how the two selected lines overlap, and I want to merge them into one line feature.
Is there a way to do this with a built-in ArcGIS tool? If not, is there an easy way to check for overlapping in Python? (and then an easy way to merge two lines in python?)
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In the example above, you can see how the two selected lines overlap, and I want to merge them into one line feature.
Is there a way to do this with a built-in ArcGIS tool? If not, is there an easy way to check for overlapping in Python? (and then an easy way to merge two lines in python?)
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