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PointOnLineOverlayer

Performs an overlay of points on lines. Each input line is split at its closest place to any point within the specified point tolerance.   

Parameters

Transformer

Parameters

Attribute Accumulation

If attributes on the incoming and original feature share the same name, but are not geometry attributes that start with fme_, then they are deemed conflicted.

Note: On the PointOnLineOverlayer, Attribute Accumulation applies to the measures on a point in a similar way to how it applies to the attributes on a feature.

If measures on the point and line share the same name, then they are deemed conflicted.

The resolution of conflicted measures on points occurs in the same manner as the resolution of conflicted attributes on features. It is resolved according to the Accumulation Mode and Conflict Resolution values.

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Usage Notes

  • Each resulting point receives the attributes of the point(s) it was paired with. When attributes are merged between features, existing attributes are not replaced. Therefore if the points and areas being overlaid have attributes with the same name, then the values will not be transferred from one to the other.  You can avoid this problem by renaming (AttributeRenamer), prefixing (AttributeExpressionRenamer), or removing (AttributeRemover) attributes to avoid name collisions.
  • Note that intersections between linear features are not computed.
  • Aggregates are not supported by this transformer.
  • Note that where Point geometries are expected as input, PointCloud geometries are not supported.

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Transformer Categories

Geometric Operators

FME Licensing Level

FME Professional edition and above

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