Available with Advanced license.
Summary
Creates a feature class containing points generated from the representative locations of input features.
Illustration
Usage
The attributes of the input features will be maintained in the output feature class. A new field, ORIG_FID, will be added to the output feature class and set to the input feature IDs.
If the Inside option on the dialog box is unchecked (the point_location parameter is set to CENTROID), the location of the output point will be determined as follows:
- For an input multipoint feature: the output point will be located at the average x and y coordinates of all the points in the multipoint feature.
- For an input line feature: the output point will be located at the weighted average x and y coordinates of the midpoints of all line segments in the line feature; where the weight of a particular midpoint is the length of the correspondent line segment. Parametric (true) curves are first densified.
- For an input polygon feature: the output point will be located at the center of gravity (centroid) of the polygon.
If the Inside option on the dialog box is checked (the point_location parameter is set to INSIDE), the location of the representative point of an input feature will be contained by the input feature and determined as follows:
- For an input multipoint: the output point will be coincident with one of the points in the multipoint.
- For an input line: the output point will be on the line. If the line is a parametric (true) curve, the output point will be at the midpoint of the line.
- For an input polygon: the output point will be inside the polygon.
Syntax
FeatureToPoint(in_features, out_feature_class, {point_location})
Parameter | Explanation | Data Type |
in_features | The input features that can be multipoint, line, polygon, or annotation. | Feature Layer |
out_feature_class | The output point feature class. | Feature Class |
point_location (Optional) | Specifies whether to use representative centers of input features or locations contained by input features as the output point locations.
| Boolean |
Code sample
FeatureToPoint Example 1 (Python window)
The following Python window script demonstrates how to use the FeatureToPoint function in immediate mode.
import arcpy
from arcpy import env
env.workspace = "C:/data"
arcpy.FeatureToPoint_management("parcels.shp", "c:/data/output/parcels_center.shp",
"CENTROID")
FeatureToPoint Example 2 (stand-alone script)
The following standalone script is a simple example of how to apply the FeatureToPoint function in a scripting environment.
# Name: FeatureToPoint_Example2.py
# Description: Use FeatureToPoint function to find a point inside each park
# Author: ESRI
# import system modules
import arcpy
from arcpy import env
# Set environment settings
env.workspace = "C:/data"
# Set local variables
inFeatures = "parks.shp"
outFeatureClass = "c:/output/output.gdb/parks_pt"
# Use FeatureToPoint function to find a point inside each park
arcpy.FeatureToPoint_management(inFeatures, outFeatureClass, "INSIDE")
Environments
Licensing information
- Basic: No
- Standard: No
- Advanced: Yes