[UW-GIS-L] way to get point XY locations to output?

[A. Sheikh]

Hi,

If one is not too familiar or comfortable at the arc prompt, you can add
XY coordinates to a coverage using Arctoolbox under
Data Management Tools ---> Tables --->Add XY Coordinates (If you are using
a shapefile or geodatabase you'll have to convert it to a coverage.)

Then you can open the attribute table of the coverage in
ArcMap (right click on coverage in layer menu--->OPEN ATTRIBUTE TABLE) or
in ArcCatalog (Hit the PREVIEW tab with the coverage highlighted and switch
to TABLE at the "Preview:" drop-down menu at the bottom) and export the
table under OPTIONS.

This essentially does what Harvey wrote but through gooey menus. Though,
Arctoolbox has hiccuped on us before...

cheers,
Amir

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Amir J. Sheikh
Puget Sound River History Project
Department of Earth & Space Sciences
University of Washington, Box 351310
Seattle, WA 98195-1310

Phone: 206.616.6584
Fax:   206.543.0489
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On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Phil Hurvitz wrote:

> Avenue does it in a mere 71 lines, but it can be done interactively easily
> with
>
> Table > Start Editing
> Edit > Add Field (X field)
> Edit > Add Field (Y field)
> Field > Calculate (the X field) with the expression ([Shape].GetX)
> Field > Calculate (the Y field) with the expression ([Shape].GetY)
> Table > Stop Editing (save changes)
>
> -P.
>
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>
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, David Finlayson wrote:
>
> > VBA = 144 lines
> > AML = 5 lines
> >
> > AML is 28.8 times more efficient. (It probably executes faster too)
> > Seems about normal for ArcGIS.
> >
> > Then again, how do you load a table of points and attributes into
> > ArcInfo again?? ;)
> >
> > David
> >
> > Harvey Greenberg wrote:
> > > Okay, you do it the hard way, but:
> > > Arc: addxy mycover
> > > Arc: tables
> > > Tables: sel mycover.pat
> > > Tables: items
> > > Tables: unload myfile.txt /* or add arguments to select specific items
> > >
> > > harvey
> > >
> > > Sacha Vignieri wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi,
> > >> I have sample locations plotted on a map, in UTM units. My point data
> > >> was originally converted from lat long, but I need to get a table of
> > >> their locations in UTM coordinates. I know I can get these coordinates
> > >> by using the identify pointer, however, I have 228 of them, so it will
> > >> take some time to do point by point. My question is whether anyone
> > >> knows of a way to get ArcGIS to output a table of all the point XY
> > >> coordinates in UTM, is there a command? Has anyone had experience with
> > >> this kind of process who might know of a shortcut?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks!
> > >> Sacha Vignieri
> > >> Department of Biology
> > >> University of Washington
> > >>
> > >>
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> > >
> >
> > --
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> >
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