Feature to Point

Function Description: Creates a feature class of points generated from representative locations of the input features.

Data Description

Input and Output Relationship:

Input and Output Relationship for Feature to Point

• Notes:
  • The attributes of the input features will be retained in the output feature class. A new field ORIG_FID will be added to the output feature class and set to the input feature ID.
  • If the Inside option in the dialog box is not checked, the locations of the output points will be determined as follows:
    • For input multipoint features: The output point will be located at the average x and y coordinates of all points in the multipoint feature.
    • For input line features: The output point will be at the weighted average of the x and y coordinates of all segment midpoints in the line feature; the weight of each midpoint is the length of the corresponding line segment.
    • For input polygon features: The output point will be at the centroid of the polygon.
  • If the Inside option in the dialog box is checked, the locations of the points representing the input features will be included in the input features and determined as follows:
    • For input multipoint features: The output point will coincide with one of the points in the multipoint feature.
    • For input line features: The output point will be located on the line.
    • For input polygon features: The output point will be located within the polygon.

Steps

Find the Feature To Point tool under the toolbox and double-click to open the tool window.

Feature to Point

Parameter Description:

• Input Features: Input features can be points, multipoints, lines, or polygons.
• Inside (Optional): Specify whether to use the representative center of the input features or the locations contained within the input features as the output point locations.
  • Unchecked - Uses the representative center of the input features as the output point location. This location may not always be contained within the input features. This is the default setting.
  • Checked - Uses the locations contained within the input features as the output point locations.
• Output Feature Class: The output point feature class.
• Add Result to Project: This option is only effective if the output feature class result is being saved to a project’s gpkg database. When checked, it will automatically build a layer for the result data and add it to the project.