Dünaamiline segmenteerimine võimaldab joonobjekti erinevatele osadele – segmentidele – jooksvalt lisada mingeid omadusi, lähtudes sündmuste atribuuttabelitest, ilma et ruumiobjekti kui terviku põhiomadused sellest muutuksid.
Dynamic segmentation is a special type of linear referencing. [...] This approach is especially useful in situations in which the event data change frequently and need to be stored in a database due to access from other applications (e.g., traffic volumes or rate of pipe corrosion).