select by location

Question

Hi,

I want to select features that are on the left side of a polyline.
Since I couldn't find a tool for this, I created a buffer on the left side of the polyline.
Unfortunately, the features that are within the buffer cannot be selected with the within tool of the 
Select by location tool, as only the intersect tool works.
I don't want to also create a polygon from the buffer polyline.
So it is possible to select features that are bounded by a polyline.
Thanks for any hints.
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Uli

UHU · Answer

...the problem I have, is that I want to select points of one layer/feature class which are only on one side of the street...so for me the tool left or right or north or south would be fine or a step more to create a simple buffer on the  left or right side of the street. I asked esri support if the restriction is that the tool "within" works only with polygons or if it is a bug  or the polyline must be closed or I did not realise somthing, I will see 🙂

Eugene_Adkins · Answer

In the future, if the select tool isn’t functioning like it should as you must use the intersect option, to avoid features other than the points being selected, either turn off the layers you do not want selected or make those layers not selectable. This shouldn’t be a proper workflow but it definitely should avoid selecting features you don’t need selected.

UHU · Answer

I used different tools, in the end I used Et Geowizard to make a polygon out of my polylines after done this it worked, I will have a closer look why I have these problems. It would be fine if there would be an option just to select the features left or right side of a polyline.

Thanks again for your help