Add GPS Metadata Fields (Data Management)

Summary

Adds GNSS fields to a feature class in a geodatabase.

Usage

Caution:

This tool modifies the input data. See Tools that modify or update the input data for more information and strategies to avoid undesired data changes.

• The following fields will be added to an input point feature class. The geodatabase domains will also be created, if they do not already exist, and associated with specific fields.

  Field alias	Field name	Field type	Domain
  Position source type	ESRIGNSS_POSITIONSOURCETYPE	Short	ESRI_POSITIONSOURCETYPE_DOMAIN 0—Unknown 1—User defined 2—Integrated (System) Location Provider 3—External GNSS Receiver 4—Network Location Provider
  Receiver Name	ESRIGNSS_RECEIVER	String (50)
  Latitude	ESRIGNSS_LATITUDE	Double
  Longitude	ESRIGNSS_LONGITUDE	Double
  Altitude	ESRIGNSS_ALTITUDE	Double
  Horizontal Accuracy (m)	ESRIGNSS_H_RMS	Double
  Vertical Accuracy (m)	ESRIGNSS_V_RMS	Double
  Fix Time	ESRIGNSS_FIXDATETIME	Date
  Fix Type	ESRIGNSS_FIXTYPE	Short	ESRI_FIX_TYPE_DOMAIN 0—Fix not valid 1—GPS 2—Differential GPS 4—RTK Fixed 5—RTK Float
  Correction Age	ESRIGNSS_CORRECTIONAGE	Double
  Station ID	ESRIGNSS_STATIONID	Short
  Number of Satellites	ESRIGNSS_NUMSATS	Short	ESRI_NUM_SATS_DOMAIN Range: 0-99
  PDOP	ESRIGNSS_PDOP	Double
  HDOP	ESRIGNSS_HDOP	Double
  VDOP	ESRIGNSS_VDOP	Double
  Direction of travel (°)	ESRIGNSS_DIRECTION	Double
  Speed (km/h)	ESRIGNSS_SPEED	Double
  Compass reading (°)	ESRISNSR_AZIMUTH	Double
  Average Horizontal Accuracy (m)	ESRIGNSS_AVG_H_RMS	Double
  Average Vertical Accuracy (m)	ESRIGNSS_AVG_V_RMS	Double
  Averaged Positions	ESRIGNSS_AVG_POSITIONS	Long
  Standard Deviation (m)	ESRIGNSS_H_STDDEV	Double

• The following fields will be added to an input polyline or polygon feature class. The geodatabase domains will also be created, if they do not already exist, and associated with specific fields.

  Field alias	Field name	Data type	Domain
  Average horizontal accuracy (m)	ESRIGNSS_AVG_H_RMS	Double
  Average vertical accuracy (m)	ESRIGNSS_AVG_V_RMS	Double
  Worst horizontal accuracy (m)	ESRIGNSS_WORST_H_RMS	Double
  Worst vertical accuracy (m)	ESRIGNSS_WORST_V_RMS	Double
  Worst fix type	ESRIGNSS_WORST_FIXTYPE	Short	ESRI_FIX_TYPE_DOMAIN 0—Fix not valid 1—GPS 2—Differential GPS 4—RTK Fixed 5—RTK Float
  Number of manual locations	ESRIGNSS_MANUAL_LOCATIONS	Long

Parameters

Dialog

Label	Explanation	Data Type
Input Features	The input feature class to be updated. The input can be a point, polyline, or polygon feature class.	Feature Layer

Derived Output

Label	Explanation	Data Type
Updated Features	The updated features.	Feature Layer

Python

arcpy.management.AddGPSMetadataFields(in_point_features)

Name	Explanation	Data Type
in_point_features	The input feature class to be updated. The input can be a point, polyline, or polygon feature class.	Feature Layer

Derived Output

Name	Explanation	Data Type
updated_point_features	The updated features.	Feature Layer

Code sample

AddGPSMetadataFields example (Python window)

The following Python window script demonstrates how to use the AddGPSMetadataFields function.

import arcpy
arcpy.management.AddGPSMetadataFields(r'c:\data\fgdb.gdb\my_gps_tracks')

Environments

Current Workspace

Licensing information

• Basic: Yes
• Standard: Yes
• Advanced: Yes