Coordinate Table To Point (Defense)

Summary

Creates a point feature class from coordinates stored in a table.

Usage

• The output point feature class will contain all fields from the input table.

Syntax

CoordinateTableToPoint(in_table, out_feature_class, x_or_lon_field, in_coordinate_format, {y_or_lat_field}, {coordinate_system})

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
in_table	The table containing the source coordinates.	Table View
out_feature_class	The feature class containing the output point features.	Feature Class
x_or_lon_field	The field in the input table containing the x or longitude coordinates.	Field
in_coordinate_format	Specifies the format of the input table coordinates. DD_1 —Coordinates will be formatted in a decimal degrees coordinate pair stored in a single field with coordinates separated by a space, comma, or slash. DD_2 —Coordinates will be formatted in a decimal degrees coordinate pair stored in two table fields. This is the default. DDM_1 —Coordinates will be formatted in a degrees and decimal minutes coordinate pair stored in a single table field with coordinates separated by a space, comma, or slash. DDM_2 —Coordinates will be formatted in a degrees and decimal minutes coordinate pair stored in two table fields. DMS_1 —Coordinates will be formatted in a degrees, minutes, and seconds coordinate pair stored in a single table field with coordinates separated by a space, comma, or slash. DMS_2 —Coordinates will be formatted in a degrees, minutes, and seconds coordinate pair stored in two table fields. GARS —Coordinates will be formatted in Global Area Reference System. GEOREF — Coordinates will be formatted in World Geographic Reference System. UTM_BANDS —Coordinates will be formatted in Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate bands. UTM_ZONES —Coordinates will be formatted in Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate zones. USNG —Coordinates will be formatted in United States National Grid. MGRS —Coordinates will be formatted in Military Grid Reference System.	String
y_or_lat_field (Optional)	The field in the input table containing the y or latitude coordinates. The y_or_lat_field parameter is used when the in_coordinate_format parameter is set to DD_2, DDM_2, or DMS_2.	Field
coordinate_system (Optional)	The spatial reference of the output feature class. The default is GCS_WGS_1984.	Spatial Reference

Code sample

CoordinateTableToPoint example 1 (Python window)

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

import arcpy
arcpy.env.workspace = r"C:/Data.gdb"
arcpy.CoordinateTableToPoint_defense(r"C:/CSV/TableToPoint.csv", 
                                     "Out_Point", 
                                     "x", 
                                     "DD_2", 
                                     "y")

CoordinateTableToPoint example 2 (stand-alone script)

The following example uses the CoordinateTableToPoint function in a sample workflow script.

# Description: Create points from tabular data and create buffers around them.

# Import system modules
import arcpy

# Set environment settings
arcpy.env.workspace = r"C:/Data.gdb"
arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True

# Create points
input_table = r"C:/CSV/TableToPoint.csv"
result_point = "Output_Point"
arcpy.CoordinateTableToPoint_defense(input_table, result_point, "x", "DD_2", "y")

# Create buffers
result_buffer = "Output_Buffer"
arcpy.Buffer_analysis(result_point, result_buffer, "50 Meters")

Environments

This tool does not use any geoprocessing environments.

Licensing information

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