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 polyline or polygon feature class. The geodatabase domains will also be created, if they do not already exist, and associated with the appropriate 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

• 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 the appropriate 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 also be added to an input point feature class when the Include offset metadata fields parameter is checked.

  Field alias	Field name	Data type	Domain
  Offset method	ESRISNSR_OFFSET_METHOD	String	ESRI_OFFSET_METHOD_DOMAIN Azimuth-Azimuth Distance-Angle Distance-Azimuth Distance-Distance Azimuth-Azimuth-Backsight Distance-Azimuth-Backsight Distance-Distance-Backsight User-Defined
  Rangefinder name	ESRISNSR_OFFSET_DEVICE	String
  GNSS Antenna height (m)	ESRIGNSS_ANTENNA_HEIGHT	Double
  Rangefinder height (m)	ESRISNSR_OFFSET_LASER_HEIGHT	Double
  Laser target height (m)	ESRISNSR_OFFSET_LASER_TARGET_HT	Double
  Magnetic declination (°)	ESRISNSR_OFFSET_MAG_DEC	Double
  CP1 Latitude	ESRIGNSS_CP1_LATITUDE	Double
  CP1 Longitude	ESRIGNSS_CP1_LONGITUDE	Double
  CP1 Ellipsoidal height (m)	ESRIGNSS_CP1_ALTITUDE	Double
  CP1 Horizontal accuracy (m)	ESRIGNSS_CP1_H_RMS	Double
  CP1 Vertical accuracy (m)	ESRIGNSS_CP1_V_RMS	Double
  CP1 Fix time	ESRIGNSS_CP1_FIXDATETIME	Date
  CP1 Fix type	ESRIGNSS_CP1_FIXTYPE	Short	ESRI_FIX_TYPE_DOMAIN 0—Fix not valid 1—GPS 2—Differential GPS 4—RTK Fixed 5—RTK Float
  CP1 Correction age	ESRIGNSS_CP1_CORR_AGE	Double
  CP1 Station ID	ESRIGNSS_CP1_STATIONID	Short
  CP1 Number of satellites	ESRIGNSS_CP1_NUMSATS	Double
  CP1 PDOP	ESRIGNSS_CP1_PDOP	Double
  CP1 HDOP	ESRIGNSS_CP1_HDOP	Double
  CP1 VDOP	ESRIGNSS_CP1_VDOP	Double
  CP1 Average horizontal accuracy (m)	ESRIGNSS_CP1_AVG_H_RMS	Double
  CP1 Average vertical accuracy (m)	ESRIGNSS_CP1_AVG_V_RMS	Double
  CP1 Averaged positions	ESRIGNSS_CP1_AVG_POSITIONS	Short
  CP1 Standard deviation (m)	ESRIGNSS_CP1_H_STDDEV	Double
  CP1 Laser slope distance (m)	ESRISNSR_CP1_SLOPE_DIST	Double
  CP1 Laser inclination (°)	ESRISNSR_CP1_INCLINATION	Double
  CP1 Laser azimuth (°)	ESRISNSR_CP1_AZIMUTH	Double
  CP2 Latitude	ESRIGNSS_CP2_LATITUDE	Double
  CP2 Longitude	ESRIGNSS_CP2_LONGITUDE	Double
  CP2 Ellipsoidal height (m)	ESRIGNSS_CP2_ALTITUDE	Double
  CP2 Horizontal accuracy (m)	ESRIGNSS_CP2_H_RMS	Double
  CP2 Vertical accuracy (m)	ESRIGNSS_CP2_V_RMS	Double
  CP2 Fix time	ESRIGNSS_CP2_FIXDATETIME	Date
  CP2 Fix type	ESRIGNSS_CP2_FIXTYPE	Short
  CP2 Correction age	ESRIGNSS_CP2_CORR_AGE	Double
  CP2 Station ID	ESRIGNSS_CP2_STATIONID	Short
  CP2 Number of satellites	ESRIGNSS_CP2_NUMSATS	Double
  CP2 PDOP	ESRIGNSS_CP2_PDOP	Double
  CP2 HDOP	ESRIGNSS_CP2_HDOP	Double
  CP2 VDOP	ESRIGNSS_CP2_VDOP	Double
  CP2 Average horizontal accuracy (m)	ESRIGNSS_CP2_AVG_H_RMS	Double
  CP2 Average vertical accuracy (m)	ESRIGNSS_CP2_AVG_V_RMS	Double
  CP2 Averaged positions	ESRIGNSS_CP2_AVG_POSITIONS	Short
  CP2 Standard deviation (m)	ESRIGNSS_CP2_H_STDDEV	Double
  CP2 Laser slope distance (m)	ESRISNSR_CP2_SLOPE_DIST	Double
  CP2 Laser inclination (°)	ESRISNSR_CP2_INCLINATION	Double
  CP2 Laser azimuth (°)	ESRISNSR_CP2_AZIMUTH	Double

Parameters

Dialog

Label	Explanation	Data Type
Input Features	The input feature class that will be updated. The input can be a point, polyline, or polygon feature class.	Feature Layer
Include offset metadata fields (Optional)	Specifies whether offset metadata fields will be added to the input feature class. This parameter is only applicable to point feature classes. Checked—Offset metadata fields will be added to the input feature class. Unchecked—Offset metadata fields will not be added to the input feature class.	Boolean

Derived Output

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

Python

arcpy.management.AddGPSMetadataFields(in_point_features, {include_offset_fields})

Name	Explanation	Data Type
in_point_features	The input feature class that will be updated. The input can be a point, polyline, or polygon feature class.	Feature Layer
include_offset_fields (Optional)	Specifies whether offset metadata fields will be added to the input feature class. This parameter is only applicable to point feature classes. INCLUDE_OFFSET_FIELDS—Offset metadata fields will be added to the input feature class. EXCLUDE_OFFSET_FIELDS—Offset metadata fields will not be added to the input feature class. This is the default.	Boolean

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