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What does it mean by NULL geometry of a shapefile in ArcGIS?

I was trying to work on a line shapefile and while trying to call the firstpoint of the shapefile, it was throwing me an error saying the shapefile has nothing called firstpoint. Then I repaired the ...
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Set the feature class for a Python script to act upon in ArcMap

I want to use Python in ArcMap 10.5 Python window to give me the longest string in a field. I need to trim down some shapefile (they have to be shapefiles) file sizes. I want to reduce field lengths ...
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Aligning polygons to another polygon?

I am drawing the habitat map within 500 Meters boundary. Once the works area changes, I need to update all the habitats (polygon) to align with the boundary (another polygon). Recently, I am using ...
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Convert KML to shapefile by ArcGIS ModelBuilder?

I am trying my hand at ModelBuilder today. This is a simple task; I wish to accomplish this to: Make this task more autonomous Hone my ModelBuilder Skills. All I'm trying to do is create a simple ...
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Merging shapefiles and creating unique feature wherever shapefiles' features overlap using ArcGIS Desktop?

I am using ArcGIS Desktop 10.5. I have a shapefile for impervious surfaces and a shapefile for tree canopy. I need to separate the tree canopy features into tree canopy that overlaps (is assumed to ...
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Trying to project a shapefile to line up with another shapefile?

I have two polygon shapefiles representing district boundaries: Districts1 and Districts2. They are supposed to represent the same geographical area and same district boundaries, but I realized that ...
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Extracting RGB values from symbology of .lyr or polygon file using ArcGIS Desktop?

I have a polygon shapefile of geological units. Someone has already created a symbology and assigned standard colours to the units, available as a .lyr file. What I need to do is create a list of the ...
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Merging boundaries with boundary shapefile in ArcMap?

I have a boundary shapefile of a city with 19 district boundaries, and I need to reflect some changes and create 16 districts instead. Boundaries I want to merge are all neighboring districts (two ...
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Adding Double field doesn't maintain precision in ArcMap

I have a shapefile that has an ID field(type=double, precision=15, scale=0). I am trying to add a new field(ID_2) that has the same field attributes as ID(Double,15,0). However, when I add the ID_2 ...
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