topic Re: Access database has points and areas in the same table in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/access-database-has-points-and-areas-in-the-same/m-p/577567#M32720 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>to make a point file <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/desktop/latest/map/working-with-layers/adding-x-y-coordinate-data-as-a-layer.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/desktop/latest/map/working-with-layers/adding-x-y-coordinate-data-as-a-layer.htm">Adding x,y coordinate data as a layer—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A> </P><P>for a line file <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/desktop/latest/tools/data-management-toolbox/xy-to-line.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/desktop/latest/tools/data-management-toolbox/xy-to-line.htm">XY To Line—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A> </P><P>skip the polygon file, it isn't going to happen</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 Dec 2015 00:47:18 GMT DanPatterson_Retired 2015-12-25T00:47:18Z Access database has points and areas in the same table https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/access-database-has-points-and-areas-in-the-same/m-p/577566#M32719 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have an Access database which has points and areas in the same table.</P><P>The records that are area have multiple longitude and latitudes (I am guessing each would be a point which would form polygons).</P><P>The fields are called StartLong, StartLat, StartLongWGS84, StartLatWGS84, EndLat, EndLong, etc. Am I able to make this into a shapefile? If so, how?</P><P></P><P>(I would have to split the table into two: points and area before converting to shapefile since a shapefile can only be one type of geometry).</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 24 Dec 2015 21:37:47 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/access-database-has-points-and-areas-in-the-same/m-p/577566#M32719 EninnaLuli1 2015-12-24T21:37:47Z Re: Access database has points and areas in the same table https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/access-database-has-points-and-areas-in-the-same/m-p/577567#M32720 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>to make a point file <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/desktop/latest/map/working-with-layers/adding-x-y-coordinate-data-as-a-layer.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/desktop/latest/map/working-with-layers/adding-x-y-coordinate-data-as-a-layer.htm">Adding x,y coordinate data as a layer—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A> </P><P>for a line file <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/desktop/latest/tools/data-management-toolbox/xy-to-line.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/desktop/latest/tools/data-management-toolbox/xy-to-line.htm">XY To Line—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A> </P><P>skip the polygon file, it isn't going to happen</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 Dec 2015 00:47:18 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/access-database-has-points-and-areas-in-the-same/m-p/577567#M32720 DanPatterson_Retired 2015-12-25T00:47:18Z