[UW-GIS-L] GPS coordinate snapping to feature file

[Michalis Avraam]

Tom,

Hawth's Tools (a free extension) has a function that snaps points to the 
closest line. Check that out.

Michalis



Tom Malamakal wrote:
>  
> I am trying to overlay GPS coordinates on a king county streets 
> network shape file.  I used a program from the Minnesota department of 
> natural resources ,DNRGarmin, to upload the coordinates and overlay 
> them on the streets shape file.  So this gives me a track overlayed on 
> the streets, but it's just a bunch of points....or a line.....  is 
> there any way to get the points to correspond to the nearest street?  
> Is this what the snapping feature is for?  I'm not exactly sure what 
> to do
>  
> thanks,
>  
> tom
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