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Updating 30 Shapefiles, adding attribute and populating based on data

I need to add an attribute to each shapefile attribute table in ArcMap, I was thinking to do it in SQL, but I'm not sure how to go about doing it since I'm very new to ArcMap. Can someone explain to ...
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Why are edits in shapefile table not saved?

I have created a shapefile (point data) and wish to change some parameters in the files table data. I can edit the data and see the coresponding change in my my symbology. However, when I save the ...
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How to bulk delete shapefile columns?

I have shape-file with next attribute table: - name of features, unique number for each feature of layer I must split shape-file by NAME field, but in result in attribute tables of layers should be ...
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Creating new shapefile based on its attributes with python

I have a shapefile which has an attribute year. I used to generally copy and paste these features in the dataframe and then using the definition query just show polygons which were established before ...
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How to add shapefile name as attribute during merge? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to add field with filename when merging shapefiles with ogr2ogr? I have more 200 shapefiles with a unique name. I would like to merge all of these together and save ...
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ArcGIS: Rapid digitizing of Point Data

I have several big maps with a lot of points that I have to digitize. All these Points have different Values (depth in Meter, double) and will be stored in 1 Shapefile. Is there a way to speed up my ...
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How do I edit shape file attribute tables so they all have the same information?

I am trying to merge several pipeline shapefiles using GEOMERGE but it cannot complete the function because they have different column definitions. So I need to edit the attribute tables so that ...
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How to stop writeOGR from abbreviating Field Names when using “ESRI Shapefile” driver

I'm currently using the following script to add some attribute data from a table to lots of individual shapefiles: library(rgdal) specieslist <- read.csv("SpeciesList1.txt", header=F) attdata ...
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How we add XY coordinates (in the attribut table) from shapefile (points) using QGIS? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to get the coordinates in Lat/long from a point layer? I created a new shape file and edited to add points at specific location. Now, I would like to extract the XY ...
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How to import data from excel and associate it with individual shapes?

New user on ArcMap - Working with shapefiles... Question: the shapefile I am working on, a polygon is a plot of land, each plot of land has a history of owners. I am currently having to copy/paste ...
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How to add field in attribute table by python

I have research on the question (How to add an attribute field to an existing Shapefile via Python) but could not implement it. If you can give me examples on how to add field name in attribute ...