XY To Line Tool ArcGIS

XY To Line Tool, Features Toolset, Data Management ArcToolbox Summary Creates a new feature class containing geodetic line features constructed based on the values in a start x-coordinate field, start y-coordinate field, end x-coordinate field, and end y-coordinate field of a table. Usage If you use text files and .csv files as input, make sure they follow the file structure specified in Tabular data sources. Each geodetic line is constructed using a particular set of field values representing the x and y coordinates of a starting point and the x and y coordinates of an ending point. These fields and values will be included in the output. A geodetic line is a curve on the surface of the earth. However, a geodetic line feature is not stored as a parametric (true) curve in the output; rather, it is stored as a densified polyline representing the path of the geodetic line. If the length of a geodetic line is relatively short, it may be represented by a straight line in the output. As the length of the line increases, more vertices are used to represent the path. When the output is a feature class in a file geodatabase or a personal geodatabase, the values in the Shape_Length field are always in the units of the output coordinate system specified by the Spatial Reference parameter, and they are the planar lengths of the polylines. To measure a geodesic length or distance, use the ArcMap Measure tool and choose the Geodesic, Loxodrome, or Great Elliptic option accordingly...