I have 2 separate feature classes, line and point. I want to select line feature class based on the location of points on a point feature class. If the points are on the line itself then I don't want to select the line. But, if they are at its end/start, the line should be selected.
[GIS] How to select only the lines that has points at at least one end
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Related Solutions
instead using Select by location try to use the Spatial Query core plugin.
Go in the plugin menu and activate it if you cannot see it. Spatial query is available in the Vector menu.
In the dialog window select your grid layer as source layer and the point layer as the reference layer:
and this is the result:
I hope this can help you!
Edit: My opinion to the question: I do not think there is a quicker way because you have to tell the computer to ignore any points that fall on the line endpoints then select intersecting lines with the remaining points. No generic tool that I know of does that function. I think you are using the simplest solution. Perhaps I'm wrong though and that is why you came to ask.
Perhaps a topology checker will work, but its really just a half step ahead of what you're doing. I would simply model or script the process you are already using.
The topology checker needs network analyst extension in arcmap, but in QGIS you have this plugin to find points who must be covered by endpoints of a line feature. Then do a selection on the remaining points.
Your method is just as simple and doesn't require new software or an extension.
Best Answer
I suggest these steps to Select Lines that Intersect another Point FC only at Line End Points.
Export the Line endpoints to a Point featureclass (named Line_endpoints) - "Feature Vertices to Points", select Point type = "END".
Select By Location, Line_endpoints with Point_FC, Intersect. You can add a small Search Tolerance if needed (if Points don't match exactly)
Select By Location, Line FC with Line_endpoints, Intersect, click Use Select features