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Point data has lost spatial component

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03-13-2012 08:56 AM
KatieMunroe
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I have a point feature class. While editing it in Microsoft Access, some of the points had the shape column entry deleted. This now means that they are simply records, with no position in the map. How can I re-assign coordinate values to just these records so that they can act they normal points again?
Thank you,
Kathy
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TimothyHales
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There is not a way to assign the spatial component back to the data unless you have the XY coordinate values.  It is usually not recommended to edit your Personal Geodatabase in Microsoft Access as it is very easy to correcupt the data.  If you have a backup of the data, I would look to restore it.
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KatieMunroe
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Lesson learned.
I do have the coordinate values for the points as fields in the feature class. From what I can tell, I need to almost geocode the points using these values?
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TimothyHales
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I would export the table from Access as a dbf4, and then use the ArcMap function to display XY data.  This will create a temporary layer that you can export as a permanent layer.  There is another way to create the feature class in a single step in the following document.

Adding x,y coordinate data as a layer
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by Anonymous User
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You can use the replace geometry tool as described in the following knowledge base article:

http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/37825
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