Is there a tool that would make a point in the middle - or ‘centroid’ - of those sites in ArcGIS Pro?

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04-14-2020 02:27 PM
LauraLenhart
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Is there a tool that would make a point in the middle - or ‘centroid’ - of those sites in ArcGIS Pro? 

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DanPatterson_Retired
MVP Emeritus

"those sites" ?

Feature To Point—Data Management toolbox | Documentation  if you just want to use a tool, otherwise, there are other methods depending on your familiarity with GIS

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BobBooth1
Esri Contributor

You could also calculate a feature that encloses the sites (Minimum Bounding Geometry) and then get the centroid of that feature:

Minimum Bounding Geometry—Data Management toolbox | Documentation 

or you could calculate the Mean Center of the sites:

Mean Center—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation 

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by Anonymous User
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Hey @LauraLenhart, Dan and Bob have both provided some great tools to use, I'll add one more though that might be handy and that is the "Median Center" tool: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/spatial-statistics/h-how-median-center-spatial-stat... which is robust to outliers within our data, and would mimimise the impact a outlier in our data has on our central feature,

All food for thought,

Cheers

@KeiranBray 

 

 

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