Delete duplicate points from a point coverage

Summary

Steps to delete points with identical X,Y coordinates.

Procedure

1. The THIESSEN command creates a new polygon coverage that has a polygon around each set of duplicate points.
   
   

   Code:
   Usage: THIESSEN <in_cover> <out_cover> {proximal_tolerance}
   Arc: thiessen sample outlinecov  

   
   
2. In ArcEdit, set the EDITCOVERAGE to the point coverage and the EDITFEATURE to arcs.
   
   

   Code:
   Arc: arcedit
   Arcedit: editcoverage sample arcs  

   
   
3. Use GET to copy the arcs from the polygon coverage.
   
   

   Code:
   Arcedit: get outlinecov  

   
   
4. CLEAN the coverage with the NODUPS and NODIFFS options to eliminate the duplicate labels in each polygon.
   
   

   Code:
   Usage: CLEAN {DEFAULT | fuzzy_tolerance | *} {DEFAULT | dangle | *}
                {DUPSOK | NODUPS} {DIFFSOK | NODIFFS}
   Arcedit: clean nodups nodiffs  

   
   
5. Change EDITFEATURE to label, select all the labels and PUT them to a new coverage.
   
   

   Code:
   Arcedit: editfeature label
   Arcedit: select all
   Arcedit: put finalcov

   
   
6. In Arc, BUILD point topology for the new coverage.
   
   

   Code:
   Arc: build finalcov point