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In ArcMap desktop, I have a layer with buildings drawn as polygons. I would like to copy buildings which are within 50 m from a particular block of buildings into a new layer.
Ideally, I would like to draw a polygon around the block of buildings. Than, I can use a 50-m buffer to select the buildings that are within this buffer.
What tools can I use to draw the block as polygon? How to transfer the buildings within the buffer into a new layer?
You should be able to navigate to the menu item titled 'select by location'. After clicking that you should get a dialog window. In there, specify buildings as your source layer, the blocks as your target layer, and a search option such as distance within, which will allow you to plugin a number like 50m into the distance within function. This will select all of those buildings within that distance. After they have been selected, you can right click the buildings layer in the arcmap table of contents tree, and select create layer from selection.
