Large batch move of point FC

JotHall1 — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 12:58:12 GMT

I'm creating a new point FC from an existing point FC. I have 600,000 address points in my database and a department a my work wants their own service point FC using the address point FC as a template. The catch is they don't want them to overlay the address point FC on the map. My question, how can I do a mass shift to slightly move the position of these new service points off of the existing address point I copied them from?

Re: Large batch move of point FC

JimCousins — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 14:13:46 GMT

You could load your data, and perform a spatial adjustment.

Your could edit your points, and use "Move" to offset them.

If you have some experience with arcpy, here is a snippet of code that may help you:

Regards,

Jim

Shifting features

Posted on November 15, 2012 by ArcGIS Python Recipes

Shifting (or moving) features is a snap using the arcpy.da module’s UpdateCursor. By modifying the SHAPE@XY token, it modifies the centroid of the feature and shifts the rest of the feature to match. This approach will hold for point, polyline or polygon features.

To modify only a single or subset of features in a feature layer, apply a selection to that layer and pass the layer in as the input to shift_features.

Word of caution, this is using UpdateCursor, so features will be permanently modified. So, back up your data if you may potentially want to reverse the updates.

import arcpy

def shift_features(in_features, x_shift=None, y_shift=None):

"""

Shifts features by an x and/or y value. The shift values are in

the units of the in_features coordinate system.

Parameters:

in_features: string

An existing feature class or feature layer. If using a

feature layer with a selection, only the selected features

will be modified.

x_shift: float

The distance the x coordinates will be shifted.

y_shift: float

The distance the y coordinates will be shifted.

"""

with arcpy.da.UpdateCursor(in_features, ['SHAPE@XY']) as cursor:

for row in cursor:

cursor.updateRow([[row[0][0] + (x_shift or 0),

row[0][1] + (y_shift or 0)]])

return

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Large batch move of point FC

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Shifting features