shrug-l: polygon to point

Dietrich, Mark Mark.Dietrich@dep.state.fl.us
Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:35:57 -0500


>From ArcMap help these steps allow you to add the x and y of the =
centroids to
a polygon layer that can then be brought in as an event theme and saved =
as a
shape file or other type of layer.

Start an edit session in ArcMap. Calculating a field is faster outside =
of an
edit session, but you won't be able to undo the calculation.=20
Open the attribute table of the layer of the layer you want to edit.=20
Right-click the field heading for the X field (if there is no X field =
you can
add a new field by clicking the options button and selecting the new =
field
option).=20
Click Calculate Values.=20
Check Advanced.=20
Type the following VBA statement in the first text box.=20

	Dim dblX As Double
	Dim pArea As IArea
	Set pArea =3D [Shape]
	dblX =3D pArea.Centroid.X

Type the variable dblX in the text box directly under the X field name.=20
Click OK.=20
You can repeat the same process for updating a field with the Y =
coordinates
for the centroid point of each polygon in the layer.

Mark Dietrich
Division of Water Resource Management
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
(850) 245-8550
mark.dietrich@dep.state.fl.us


-----Original Message-----
From: shrug-l-admin@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:shrug-l-admin@lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Lingaraj Sahu
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 3:53 AM
To: shrug-l@lists.dep.state.fl.us

Cc: turkeyb99@yahoo.com
Subject: shrug-l: polygon to point



Hi ken

Three is three way of converting poly to point features
1. Arc GIS 9.x
   Arc Tool Box----Data Mangement Tool----Features----Feature to point

2. Arc Info (workstation)
   if you have a polygon coverage then go to tools of Edit tools and =
then
conversion tools----Topology-------Create labels Now open it in Arc =
View,
when u will single click on the coverage on the ADD window, it will show
three sub-heads under the main coverage head. Add the data and assign =
data
from the raw orginal poly coverage using Geoprocessing Wizard and then
convert it to .shp file for further use.

3. Arc Info

   If u have a region instead of poly then go to edit----change edit =
feature
to label and clean & Build as LABEL, and then follow the same procedure =
in
Arc View as mentioned in No. 2


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