Polygon theme creation from point theme, Version 1.1

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Author	Matt Francis
File Name	pt-to-poly.avx
Language	Avenue
Last Modified	Jul 27 2007
Status of work	Public Domain
Software	ArcView GIS
File Size	11.8 kb
Downloads	4674
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Summary
This Avenue script generates a polygon theme (rectangles) using a point theme and length and width fields located in the point theme's feature table. If length or width is <=0, a circle will be created instead using the measurement that is > 0 as a diameter To create accurate polygons, the point theme must be saved in UTMs, not just projected. ==> View -> Properties, select projection. Category, UTM; Zone, ...whatever ==> Select all features ==> View -> Convert to shapefile. When prompted to save in the converted units, select `YES`. ==> Open the newly created point theme ==> Run the script and inspect the results Changelog: Version 1.0 generated polygons correctly, but did not consistently pull the point attribute data into the polygon theme.

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