Creating a text file to generate displacement links

Link files are text files that contain source and destination coordinates that define an adjustment. Spatial adjustment supports tab-delimited link files that contain either four or five columns. A four-column link file consists of two pairs of source and destination coordinate values. A five-column link file consists of an ID column (string or numeric) that precedes two pairs of source and destination coordinate values.

1. Open an ASCII text editing program, such as Microsoft Notepad.
2. Type the link ID and the coordinates using the format below. You don't need to type the headers.

<ID> <from_x> <from_y> <to_x> <to_y>

Each link should be on a separate line, and the delimiter should be either a space or a tab. The <ID> column is optional but should precede the coordinates if used.

3. Save the file to disk.
4. Start ArcMap and open the link file.