Lat/Long Table to Feature Class using Modelbuilder
Going from a flat table with latitude and longitude to a point feature class in ArcGIS Desktop using ModelBuilder can, at first, be a somewhat daunting task. My first attempt at this took most of a morning. Accomplishing this requires using theĀ Make XY Event Layer and Copy Features Tool together as shown in the image below.
![XY Table to FC](http://res.cloudinary.com/joelmccune-com/image/upload/h_206,w_474/v1408384070/locatexy_oto08t.png)
The reason for needing both of these tools is Make XY Event Layer only creates an event layer, a representation of the locations stored in RAM. The data is not permanent yet. To make the data permanent as a feature class, this is what Copy Features does. Hopefully this makes your life easier than my own, so you do not spend the better part of a morning trying to figure this out.