Coincident Points (Environment setting)

Tools that honor the Coincident Points environment define how coincident data is treated in Geostatistical Analyst.

Learn more about how coincident data is handled in Geostatistical Analyst

Usage notes

• When the tool used uses more than one dataset and these datasets have coincident points, the environment setting is applied to all datasets.
• Caution:

  This environment variable is not honored by the Geostatistical Wizard.

Dialog syntax

• MEAN—The mean of the data at the coincident location. This is the default.
• REMOVE_ALL—Exclude all the coincident data from the analysis.
• MIN—The minimum value of the data at the coincident location.
• MAX—The maximum value of the data at the coincident location.
• INCLUDE_ALL—Include all the data.

Scripting syntax

arcpy.env.coincidentPoints = coincidentPoints_option

coincidentPoints_option	Explanation
MEAN	The mean of the data at the coincident location. This is the default.
REMOVE_ALL	Exclude all the coincident data from the analysis.
MIN	The minimum value of the data at the coincident location.
MAX	The maximum value of the data at the coincident location.
INCLUDE_ALL	Include all the data.

coincidentPoints syntax

Script example

import arcpy

# Use the minimum value of the data at the coincident location.
arcpy.env.coincidentPoints = "MIN"