In ArcGIS, I have a shapefile for a pipeline and another for plots of land that the pipeline shapefile touches and I was wondering if there is an obvious way to calculate the area that the pipeline covers within each of the individual polygons for the land plots shapefile.
asked Oct 6 '15 at 15:14
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1Generally pipelines are modeled as lines in GIS, do you want the length of line that passes through a land plot? Or do you actually want 'area' taking into account the width of the pipeline/trench? – DMusketeer Oct 6 '15 at 15:22
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1@DMusketeer - Good point! I think in either scenario, an intersect would be the first step before creating a new field to calculate the length/area of the line/polygon. – Joseph Oct 6 '15 at 15:25
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1@Joseph Intersect is probably the easiest way to go for this user, especially if it is a one off. I work in pipelines and would use linear referencing tools to manage the data better. It is a bit more complicated though. – DMusketeer Oct 6 '15 at 15:34
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1Or do you mean something more like easements/RoW when you refer to area? – Evil Genius Oct 6 '15 at 16:24
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Thanks for the responses, I am including a working area around the pipeline so it is a polygon. I really only want to know how much of the land in each plot/polygon will be taken up by the pipeline area that crosses it. – Harry Catharell-Hargreaves Oct 7 '15 at 11:00
If the pipeline is a line feature class use buffer tool to create a polygon. Then use intersect tool with pipeline polygon and land plots as inputs. The resulting polygon will be the areas of overlap between the inputs.
