How to Preserve Point Coordinates

[MitchellWade]

Where are point coordinates stored, and how do you add them to the point attribute table so that they can be processed and then added back to a map?

[Scott_Harris · Accepted solution]

Hi Mitchell,

You can use the Add Geometry Attributes geoprocessing tool:

Add Geometry Attributes—Data Management toolbox | ArcGIS Desktop 

These are the attributes you probably want:

POINT_X: The x-coordinate of the point.

POINT_Y: The y-coordinate of the point.

POINT_Z: The z-coordinate of the point. This field is only added if the input features are z-enabled.

POINT_M: The m-coordinate of the point. This field is only added if the input features are m-enabled.

-Scott

[MitchellWade]

Thank you! I think that will do it!