Thursday, November 10, 2011

To Add X Y Z co-ordinates to point shapefile


  1. Create a point shapefile and add points to it.
  2. Add created shape file in Arcmap.
  3. Open its attribute table.
  4. Add field – given name and select double as its Format.
  5. Right click on the added Field and select Calculate geometry
  6. Select in the given field X-co-ordinate or y-co-ordinate as desired.
  7. Repeat for second coordinate
  8. To add Z-co-ordinate you need DEM of that area; add DEM to Arcmap
  9. Use extract values to point tool in spatial analyst tool to add Z-co-ordinate
  10. Select input raster as DEM.

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