Tell me more ×
Geographic Information Systems Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for cartographers, geographers and GIS professionals. It's 100% free, no registration required.
up vote 1 down vote favorite

I have a list of polygons, each associated with the x/y coordinates of a point. These points may not intersect the polygons. How can I select the polygons that do contain the corresponding point? I only have a ArcView license.

share|improve this question
2  
Is it possible that a point might be inside a polygon that it DOES NOT correspond to? – Taylor H. Feb 4 at 20:10
Is there a field on both point and polygon feature classes that contains an identifier to link the two? If so, perhaps start by trying to add a Join in ArcMap. – PolyGeo Feb 4 at 21:53

1 Answer

up vote 1 down vote

There are probably lots of ways to do this. Try a spatial join of points to polygons (keep only matching), then select by attributes only those polygons that match their joined points. Or could you have more than one point in a polygon?

share|improve this answer

Your Answer

 
discard

By posting your answer, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of service.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.