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Split polygon by area using ArcGIS for Desktop (or QGIS)? [duplicate]

I'm interested to split a larger, irregular polygon into smaller ones. I know the area of the resulting polygon, and I know that the line I want to split it by should be parallel to one of the sides ...
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Recommend topics to be included in a Computer Science for Geospatial Technologies course

I will be instructing a course at the local university titled Computer Science for Geospatial Technologies. This is an introductory course meant to introduce computer science concepts to geospatial ...
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Splitting irregular polygon into equal areas using QGIS?

I am a surveyor and use QGIS for maintaining soil test records on civil projects and am constantly provided with test lot area or number of lots required. These are more often than not irregular in ...
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PostGIS: split a polygon in a given ratio

Is there a convenient way to split a polygon into n parts, more-or-less equal in size in PostGIS?
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Cut polygon into equal parts

Is there a way to cut a polyon in equal parts? Basically, I have several rectangles that I need to divide into equal parts, either 3, 4 or 5 equal parts. I am using ArcGIS 10.3.1
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Install ArcView 3.2 and extensions from original disks [duplicate]

I see someone mentioned copying the c:\esri folder and pasting in/on Windows 7 64 bit. Sounds easy enough; however, I thought the installation process partly consisted of putting certain files in ...
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Splitting large polygons

We need to split large complex polygons into smaller chunks ( Where the area <= x). The tricky bit is that they can only be split where the distance from one side of the polygon to the other is <...
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Parcel Division with Donut Parcels

I am trying to create an environmental sampling plan using an irregular shaped polygon. I need to divide an irregular shaped polygon into 30 equal area polygons. I have multiple sampling plans that I ...
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How to split polygons without ArcView? [closed]

I'm trying to split polygons into equal areas. While fishnet sort of works; the areas I'm trying to split don't touch; they're national parks. Fishnet spans the whole area, not just the polygons in ...
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How to query latitudinal bounds on 95% of a polygon in PostGIS?

I'm going to say thanks in advance. I'm very new to GIS and this forum is a tremendous help. My simple questions have been solved; here's one that might be a little trickier. Given a polygon in a ...
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Finding tool to divide polygon into specific areas using ArcPy?

I am using ArcGIS 10.3.1 and am trying to divide a polygon into several smaller polygons based on a percentage. I have found a theoretical answer Dividing polygon into specific sizes using ArcGIS? ...
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region growing feature selection using arcpy

I have a polygon featureclass consisting of parcels touching boundary with each other and for which areas are computed in the attribute table (Figure a). I want to select polygons in an iterative way ...
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Create perimeter from given area [closed]

I need to develop a web-based application to manage areas inside a bigger area. I already have the initial perimeter, and it has irregular borders like that: . I will need to tell the app to ...
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