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Generating Point from Centroid of Polygon Errorfalls outside of it?

I have a feature class of polygons within a geodatabase and I'm trying to generate points based on the centroid of the polygon using the Feature to Point tool in ArcGIS 9.3. However

However, I end up with several points that fall just outside of the polygon. So ... is

Is this the wrong tool to be using for this application? Also

Also, am I making the wrong assumption about this tool generating points from the centroids of polygons?

Generating Point from Centroid of Polygon Error

I have a feature class of polygons within a geodatabase and I'm trying to generate points based on the centroid of the polygon using the Feature to Point tool in ArcGIS 9.3. However, I end up with several points that fall just outside of the polygon. So ... is this the wrong tool to be using for this application? Also, am I making the wrong assumption about this tool generating points from the centroids of polygons?

Generating Point from Centroid of Polygon falls outside of it?

I have a feature class of polygons within a geodatabase and I'm trying to generate points based on the centroid of the polygon using the Feature to Point tool in ArcGIS 9.3.

However, I end up with several points that fall just outside of the polygon.

Is this the wrong tool to be using for this application?

Also, am I making the wrong assumption about this tool generating points from the centroids of polygons?

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Generating Point from CentriodCentroid of Polygon Error

I have a feauturefeature class of polygons within a geodatabase and I'm trying to generate points based on the centroid of the polygon using the Feature to Point tool in ArcGIS 9.3. However, I end up with several points that fall just outside of the polygon. So ... is this the wrong tool to be using for this applcationapplication? Also, am I making the wrong assumption onabout this tool generating points from the centroidcentroids of polygons?

Generating Point from Centriod of Polygon Error

I have a feauture class of polygons within a geodatabase and I'm trying to generate points based on the centroid of the polygon using the Feature to Point tool in ArcGIS 9.3. However, I end up with several points that fall just outside of the polygon. So ... is this the wrong tool to be using for this applcation? Also, am I making the wrong assumption on this tool generating points from the centroid of polygons?

Generating Point from Centroid of Polygon Error

I have a feature class of polygons within a geodatabase and I'm trying to generate points based on the centroid of the polygon using the Feature to Point tool in ArcGIS 9.3. However, I end up with several points that fall just outside of the polygon. So ... is this the wrong tool to be using for this application? Also, am I making the wrong assumption about this tool generating points from the centroids of polygons?

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Generating Point from Centriod of Polygon Error

I have a feauture class of polygons within a geodatabase and I'm trying to generate points based on the centroid of the polygon using the Feature to Point tool in ArcGIS 9.3. However, I end up with several points that fall just outside of the polygon. So ... is this the wrong tool to be using for this applcation? Also, am I making the wrong assumption on this tool generating points from the centroid of polygons?