I have over 2000 kmz files each with one kml for one point - tree locations. From each file, I am extracting the x & y coordinates and using an insert cursor to add the point with the WGS 84 x & y. Many of the trees are only meters apart and what seems to be happening many tree points are being placed on top of each other at a "rounded" long / lat location. Although it keeps the 6 decimal places, they all default to the same incorrect long / lat. I've taken a subset of my code with just the insert cursor code to show here and it gives the same incorrect results.
import arcpy
fc = r"D:\ProjectData\FPI_ARCTIC\02_Working\Interiror\Kamloops\StemMaps_1.gdb\Trees"
fields = ["SHAPE@XY", "TREE_NUM"]
# GCS = WGS 84
sr = arcpy.Describe(fc).spatialReference
arcpy.env.outputCoordinateSystem = sr
iCursor = arcpy.da.InsertCursor(fc, fields)
xCoord = -119.822445
yCoord = 50.449748
##point = arcpy.Point(xCoord, yCoord)
xy = (xCoord, yCoord)
iCursor.insertRow((xy, 90))
del iCursor
I have 6 points that are close to these (only the last 3 decimal places change) that are all defaulting to this long / lat:
As you can see, although the xCoord and yCoord are the degrees passed in, the point is created at -199.822388 and 50.44989. I've also tried using SHAPE@ and a point geometry (commented out) and passing in the point instead of the xy with the same results. I can't find any documentation talking about the insert cursor's precision with x / y in degrees. Does anyone know why this might be happening? .