Example if point A from shape 1 and point B from shape 2 have the same X,Y and i want to copy an attributevalue from point B point A
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Copy attributevalue
I have 2 shapefiles (points). How can i copy the attributevalue from shape 1 to shape 2 if the points have the same geometry.
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+22- Contributor
Easiet method is to use the UnconditionalFeatureMerger. However, you could concatenate the X&Y values into a new attribute called ID on both features and then use the FeatureMerger with the ID value as the new primary key.
Hope that helps
+25- Supporter
Or use the AttributeCreator directly to get the X and Y value and then merge on the ID.
Just to add to the excellent answers below: if you're merging based on coordinate values it might be a good idea to add a CoordinateRounder or AttributeRounder on your values before merging.
Otherwise you risk missing matches based on fractional differences in the floating point string representation, e.g.
1.9999999997 <> 2.0
David
By the way, if you need to set a tolerance on your X,Y matching, use a NeigborFinder.
It enables you to specify a maximum distance (tolerance) between the two datasets and it will automatically merge the attributes on the matching geometries.
David