Add GPS Metadata Fields (Data Management)

Summary

Adds GNSS fields to a point feature class in a geodatabase.

Usage

• The following fields will be added to the input feature class. Geodatabase domains will also be created and associated with specific fields.

  Attribute	Field alias	Field name	Field type	Domain	Notes
  Position source type	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	Receiver Name	ESRIGNSS_RECEIVER	String (50)
  Latitude	Latitude	ESRIGNSS_LATITUDE	Double
  Longitude	Longitude	ESRIGNSS_LONGITUDE	Double
  Altitude	Altitude	ESRIGNSS_ALTITUDE	Double
  Horizontal Accuracy	Horizontal Accuracy (m)	ESRIGNSS_H_RMS	Double
  Vertical Accuracy	Vertical Accuracy (m)	ESRIGNSS_V_RMS	Double
  Fix Time	Fix Time	ESRIGNSS_FIXDATETIME	Date		UTC
  Fix Type	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	Correction Age	ESRIGNSS_CORRECTIONAGE	Double
  Station ID	Station ID	ESRIGNSS_STATIONID	Short	ESRI_STATION_ID_DOMAIN	Range 0-1023
  Number of Satellites	Number of Satellites	ESRIGNSS_NUMSATS	Short	ESRI_NUM_SATS_DOMAIN	Range 0-99
  PDOP	PDOP	ESRIGNSS_PDOP	Double
  HDOP	HDOP	ESRIGNSS_HDOP	double
  VDOP	VDOP	ESRIGNSS_VDOP	Double
  Direction of travel	Direction of travel (°)	ESRIGNSS_DIRECTION	Double
  Speed	Speed (km/h)	ESRIGNSS_SPEED	Double
  Compass reading	Compass reading (°)	ESRISNSR_AZIMUTH	Double
  Average horizontal accuracy	Average Horizontal Accuracy (m)	ESRIGNSS_AVG_H_RMS	Double
  Average vertical accuracy	Average Vertical Accuracy (m)	ESRIGNSS_AVG_V_RMS	Double
  Number of positions averaged	Averaged Positions	ESRIGNSS_AVG_POSITIONS	Long
  Standard deviation	Standard Deviation (m)	ESRIGNSS_H_STDDEV	Double

Syntax

AddGPSMetadataFields(in_point_features)

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
in_point_features	The input point feature class to be updated.	Feature Layer

Derived Output

Name	Explanation	Data Type
updated_point_features	The updated point features.	Feature Layer

Code sample

AddGPSMetadataFields example (Python window)

The following Python window script demonstrates how to use the AddGPSMetadataFields tool in immediate mode.

import arcpy
arcpy.AddGPSMetadataFields_management(r'd:\data\fgdb.gdb\xydata')

Environments

Current Workspace

Licensing information

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