Copying a Point Shape@ from a SearchCursor to a InsertCursor

dougbrowning

I am trying to copy a Point from a SearchCursor to a InsertCursor but I can never get the geometry to work.  In past projects I ended up giving up on it and just did a Append then insert to get around it but I want to figure it out (unless this is a good way?).

First note that the Search FC and the Insert FC are different projections.  It may be that arc will not handle this for me.

This is like what I am trying (mini version) but it gives a AttributeError: __exit__

FROM

    fields = [ 'SHAPE@']
    with arcpy.da.SearchCursor(plotLayer, fields) as cursor:
        for row in cursor:

            saveShape = row[0]

TO

   insertFields = [ 'SHAPE@']

    with arcpy.InsertCursor(terraFC, insertFields) as inCursor:
        inCursor.insertRow(saveShape)

I have also tried SHAPE@XY and still no.  It seems like I have found code like this that works for Polygons but not points. Almost all examples of Point always use a x,y.

Thanks a lot for any help

JoshuaBixby

Fortunately, ArcPy Data Access search cursors do projection on the fly, which saves you from having to explicitly project the data after retrieving it.  Also, since you are working with points, ArcPy Data Access insert cursors will automatically create the PointGeometry objects for you from a tuple representing an X,Y coordinate.

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