topic Re: Add Point to a Polygon Feature in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Add Point to a Polygon Feature

DerekBernard — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 17:00:20 GMT

I have a CSV with my city's Meters listed. The address data is not good, but each meter does have a Parcel Id on it. Can I create a point inside my Tax Parcels for each Meter joining them by that Parcel Id? Sometimes there are multiple meters per parcel.

Re: Add Point to a Polygon Feature

Ed_ — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 17:03:40 GMT

Yes, you can first bring in the CSV as a table to the project's geodatabase and do a `one to many` relate to the parcels and then export that relate result as a new dataset.

Re: Add Point to a Polygon Feature

DerekBernard — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 17:26:18 GMT

How do you "Export that relate result as a new dataset"?

Re: Add Point to a Polygon Feature

Ed_ — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 17:41:32 GMT

Oh wait since you have both the datasets in the same GDB you can simply do a one to many table join. For more reference please see

ArcGIS Pro Join One to Many Join by Attribute

Re: Add Point to a Polygon Feature

Robert_LeClair — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 18:00:46 GMT

Another workflow to consider is:

1. Export the CSV to a geodatabase table using the Table to Geodatabase GP tool.
2. Create a 1-M relationship class of your parcels (polygon) to your meters (non-spatial table).
3. This workflow does not create a point for your meters in the polygon but does establish a relationship between your parcels and 1 (or more) meters.

Re: Add Point to a Polygon Feature

Ed_ — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 18:03:37 GMT

@Robert_LeClair nice, can you then export the relationship class a feature class?

Re: Add Point to a Polygon Feature

Robert_LeClair — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 18:08:12 GMT

So the non-spatial table establishes a "connection" to the parcels polygon feature class. It will not export out to a point feature class. If your CSV has location data, like Latitude/Longitude, then you can run the XY Table to Point GP tool to create a point feature class. Even with this new feature class, you can still build a relationship class as well.