M6 - Geometries

Completed TXT file 

Description of Screenshot

In the screenshot, you can see the TXT file, which includes:
  1. Feature OID
  2. Vertex ID
  3. X coordinate
  4. Y coordinate
  5. Name of the river feature
The python script created the TXT file, writes to the TXT file point data for all vertices of the "rivers.shp" with all of the above information. 

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