002957: Geometry type for '<value>' is not supported. Supported geometry types are: '<value>'.

Description

The geometry type of the reference data used to create the locator is not supported. The supported geometry types are point, polyline, and polygon. Multipoint features or multipart geometry in the reference data can cause this error.

Solution

Use the following steps to correct the reference data and build the locator successfully:

1. Check whether the reference data has multipoint features or multipart features.
   • Check for Multipoint in the Shape field of the reference data.
   • Run either the Add Geometry Attributes or Calculate Geometry Attributes tool to add the Number of parts Geometry Property to the reference data. A feature with more than one part is considered a multipart feature.

     Note:

     The tools add a new field named PART_COUNT to the Input Features of the tools.

2. Use the Multipart to Singlepart tool to convert the features in the reference data to single-part features.
3. Create the locator using the new reference data.