linear referencing and hatch marks
Linear referencing: point location along the line as an alternative to expressing the location using an xy coordinate. Useful, for example, for measuring distance along a stream.
An Overview of Linear Referencing
Here are steps outlining a way to put hatch marks (with distance labels) on a polyline (e.g. following a stream).
1. When you create the polyline shapefile in arc catalog, you need to