How do you use python to calculates mean center of multiple shapefiles located in one folder?

Question

I am trying to write a script that will calculate multiple mean centers of a group of shapefiles.  I have multiple shapefiles that each need a mean center calculated.

XanderBakker · Answer

If you don't want to program, just merge the shapefiles into a single feature class and use the Mean Center—Help | ArcGIS Desktop (in case you want to obtain 1 mean center of all the points you have in multiple shapefiles) If you prefer using code you could use something like this and assuming that all shapefiles have the same coordinate system: def main(): import arcpy import os ws = r'C:\Folder\Where\Shapefiles\Are\Stored' fc_out = r'C:\Folder\Where\Shapefiles\Are\Stored\MeanCenter.shp' # create list of featureclasses arcpy.env.workspace = ws lst_fc = arcpy.ListFeatureClasses() # loop through each featureclass and create list if (x,y) lst_all_xy = [] for fc_name in lst_fc: fc = os.path.join(ws, fc_name) lst_xy = [r[0] for r in arcpy.da.SearchCursor(fc, ('SHAPE@XY'))] lst_all_xy.extend(lst_xy) # create mean center if len(lst_all_xy) > 0: lst_x = [xy[0] for xy in lst_all_xy] lst_y = [xy[1] for xy in lst_all_xy] pnt = arcpy.Point(sum(lst_x)/float(len(lst_x)), sum(lst_y)/float(len(lst_y))) sr = arcpy.Describe(fc).spatialReference pntg = arcpy.PointGeometry(pnt, sr) arcpy.CopyFeatures_management([pntg], fc_out) if __name__ == '__main__': main()‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Change the paths on line 5 and 6

JordanFink · Answer

or just:

import arcpy

meancenter = MeanCenter_stats (Input_Feature_Class, Output_Feature_Class, {Weight_Field}, {Case_Field}, {Dimension_Field})

JordanFink · Answer

This might do the trick: