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Spider Diagram Attribute Link

Creates a Spider Diagram between the points of a Center Points dataset and the features in the destination layer (points, polygons, or polylines) based on the values in the link fields in both datasets. The created polylines will connect the Centers to the destination features if the values in the link fields are the same.

Inputs:

• Point dataset representing the Centers.
• Link field in the input point dataset.
• Point, Polyline or Polygon layer representing the destinations.
• Link field in the destination dataset.
• Optional - connect only closest destination. If not used all destinations that have the same values as a center will be connected to the center.
• Optional - Depending on the type of the destination dataset the following options are available
  • Point  - not used
  • Polyline
    • Connect  the Center to closest point on the polyline (Default)
    • Connect  the Center to the middle point of the polyline
  • Polygon
    • Connect  the Center to the closest point on the polygon boundary
    • Connect the Center to the centroid of the polygon.
• Optional - Cutoff distance - the maximum distance between a Center and a Destination to be used. Destinations that a further than this distance from any Center will not be connected to a Center

Outputs:

• New  Polyline feature class with single segmented polylines. The attributes of the centers dataset will be preserved

Notes:

• The spatial references of both input dataset must have the same geographic coordinate system.
• The output spatial reference is the one of the Centers dataset