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Get centroid of an entire feature class
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get_centroid_feature_class.py
# import modules
import arcpy
# set variables to make life easier
fc = "Wilderness"
def get_centroid(feature_class):
# use describe to create an extent obejct to work with
extent = arcpy.Describe(feature_class).extent
# calculate centroid using a little arithmitic
centroid_x = extent.XMax - extent.XMin + extent.XMin
centroid_y = extent.YMax - extent.YMin + extent.YMin
# return the result as a tuple
return [centroid_y, centroid_x]
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