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

arcpy.defense.CoordinateTableToPoint(in_table, out_feature_class, x_or_lon_field, in_coordinate_format, {y_or_lat_field}, {coordinate_system})
ParameterExplanationData 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_1Coordinates will be formatted in a decimal degrees coordinate pair stored in a single field with coordinates separated by a space, comma, or slash.
  • DD_2Coordinates will be formatted in a decimal degrees coordinate pair stored in two table fields. This is the default.
  • DDM_1Coordinates 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_2Coordinates will be formatted in a degrees and decimal minutes coordinate pair stored in two table fields.
  • DMS_1Coordinates 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_2Coordinates will be formatted in a degrees, minutes, and seconds coordinate pair stored in two table fields.
  • GARSCoordinates will be formatted in Global Area Reference System.
  • GEOREF Coordinates will be formatted in World Geographic Reference System.
  • UTM_BANDSCoordinates will be formatted in Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate bands.
  • UTM_ZONESCoordinates will be formatted in Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate zones.
  • USNGCoordinates will be formatted in United States National Grid.
  • MGRSCoordinates 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")

Licensing information

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

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