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17 questions linked to/from Creating polygon feature class from area in one not covered by another using ArcGIS Desktop?
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Cutting features to do opposite of clipping in ArcGIS Desktop? [duplicate]
What´s the easiest/smartest way of getting the opposite output of the clipping tool?
I just need the area of feature A1 which is not covered by feature A2 in a new Layer/File.
Now, I get the result ...
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Retain the rest of the Clip (Analysis) tool in ArcGIS [duplicate]
Which tool can I use to get or keep the rest of the output feature when I use the Clip (Analysis) tool in ArcMap?
For instance I need to calculate Blue minus Green.
Erase (Analysis) from Overlay ...
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Cutting a polygon out of another polygon with python [duplicate]
Licence: ArcEditor
Version: ArcMap 10.0
I have some issues to separate my data with python.
To illustrate the problem, I have simplified the data with figures.
I want to cut the blue polygon out of ...
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Removing lakes from a country polygon [duplicate]
I have two polygon layers: one indicating countries, and other on top indicating lakes. I want to create a new layer that keeps the countries but have the lakes cut out of them. What tool do I use?
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Clip on ArcMap not clipping out the correct layer [duplicate]
In ArcMap 10.8 I have two shapefiles, the yellow area and the green square.
I am trying to create a shapefile that is the yellow area without the green square.
I want to clip the small square out of ...
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Subtracting features from one layer using another layer in ArcGIS Desktop? [duplicate]
I have 2 layers of land parcels for a particular area (shown on top of each other like so):
The darker parcel lines and road polygons are from an earlier parcel map. The land has been developed and ...
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Seeking QGIS equivalent of ArcGIS Erase tool?
Is there a QGIS equivalent of the Erase tool in ArcGIS Desktop?
The Erase tool:
Creates a feature class by overlaying the Input Features with the
polygons of the Erase Features. Only those ...
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Area missing in polygon (Shapefile)
I'm working with ArcGIS and the following image is showing the polygons that I have in my shapefile. The seleted polygon should actually be this selected one + the blank area right below it.
This ...
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Removing part of polygon from another using ArcGIS for Desktop? [duplicate]
Now I have shp of a county, which includes lake part and land part.
I only have shp of the lake part but I need the land part.
How can i get the land part?
I think there should be some tools ...
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Copy an attribute from one polygon shapefile to another with ArcGIS
I'm very new to GIS, and have been toying with something that intuitively seems simple, but I can't make it work. I have an ArcView license (small municipal government).
I have a parcel polygon ...
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Understanding Error network dataset has no edge elements It may be unbuilt?
I'm trying to alter an Integrated Transport Network (ITN) to remove all of the roads that are within a flood zone (a separate shapefile).
The ITN Network Dataset I'm working with was created by ...
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How to draw a polygon between a number of polygons automatically
The weight “empty” area which is bounded by the orange boundary should represent a land use “Roads” so I should fill it with polygons. Now my question is how to fill these empty areas with polygons ...
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Creating feature from empty space in ArcGIS for Desktop?
If you see below, I would like to create features from the empty space. What is the easiest way to complete this? The freehand tool was sloppy and difficult.
I am using ArcMap 10.2. I have a Basic ...
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How to cut unwanted area (polygon) using ArcGIS for Desktop?
I am using ArcGIS 10.2 for Desktop with a Basic level license.
There are two overlapping polygon. Polygon A (with line stripes) and Polygon B (in beige color). Polygon A and Polygon B is a separate ...
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how can I change the border of my layer?
I have 2 layers:
one with neighborhood borders
another with service areas (shapefile)
I would like to make one layer with all the data from ServiceAreaMETRO and for the zone where i have no ...
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