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Create Point File from XY Data

October 20, 2008 by  
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Collecting X and Y coordinates are becoming easier and easier with all of the new GPS technology.  Getting the collected data into GIS can be done without adding each point by hand.  Here is a simple tutorial on creating a point shapefile from a table with XY coordinates.

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6 Comments on "Create Point File from XY Data"

  1. Calculate Lat/Long for Shapefile « GIS Pathway… on Thu, 30th Oct 2008 11:28 pm 

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  3. Alicia Casner on Thu, 8th Jan 2009 1:23 am 

    I found this tutorial to be very helpful.

  4. mh on Wed, 28th Apr 2010 2:02 pm 

    exactly what i was looking for

  5. Shivangi Somvanshi on Wed, 19th May 2010 5:48 am 

    This is gr8 and really helpful :)

  6. Albireo Telematics on Mon, 24th May 2010 12:50 am 

    Hello,
    Many thanks for this tutorial. This helped a lot!.
    Thanks
    -Mayank

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