ArcMap how to add a marker symbol in center of polygon

[JoseSanchez]

Hello everyone,

In ArcMap on the symbology tab, is there a way to add a marker symbol in the center of a polygon layer.

The goal is to identify visually a group of  features marking them with a point in the middle of the polygon or other additional marker.

Thanks

[DanPatterson_Retired]

You can create a centroid point within the polygons using feature to point If you have fairly regular polygons, then the default location should work, otherwise a 'label point' location will be chosen ensuring placement within the polygon.  You can then choose an appropriate marker for the point and/or label it.  There are other options, but I find that actually having the central locations as their own featureclass helpful in some types of analysis.  If this is purely for cartographic purposes, there are other ways as well.

[JayantaPoddar]

Right link, wrong Text. It would be Feature to Point  

[DanPatterson_Retired]

Thanks Jayanta... point... polygon .... so close

[MattiasEkström]

It would be really nice to be able to put together a polygon symbol that shows the area and also display a marker symbol within the polygon. And when you zoom out to an extent where the polygon is really small you'd see the symbol above it. And of course I would like to do this without creating a separate data source. Is there anyway to do this? for example i would like to tell the marker fill symbol to not repeat, just place one single marker. Is this possible?
Another approach could be to label the polygon with a single character matching the desired symbol, but I would like a symbol that contains a combination of several characters. Any Ideas?

[deleted-user-OlpHy1NoMNug]

Agreed, this would be helpful.  You can do it ArcGIS Pro but I haven't found a way in ArcMap.

[MattiasEkström]

Glad to hear it's possible in ArcGIS Pro, one more reason to switch to pro, I have to do that soon 🙂