Point Clusters

Question

I would like to show clusters of points, and then export this information into a feature class or layer. I have tried the buffer tool, which gave me the information that I wanted. However, I do not know how to only export the buffers that have the point clusters. In other words, I am tracking areas in a city where there are clusters of a feature. I want to show where these clusters are in order to streamline our workflow. Any tips?

LH1 · Answer

Thanks! I will look into this now.

RichardFairhurst · Answer

Sorry for the confusion. Basically, I have a set of points. I want to set up a relationship class which will link the clustered points together for modeling purposes. By finding where the clusters are, it will improve my workflow. Does this help?

The tools I mentioned all apply to this problem, with buffer, dissolve and/or Multipart to Single part getting your merged touching buffers.  Spatial Join is your friend to create the relationship between the points and the buffers.  It sounds like you need to make the points the target and the buffers the join input.  I would use the One to Many option to get the ObjectID relationship created.  The JoinOID of the spatially joined point output will relate to the buffer polygon ObjectID values.

Experiment with these tools.

LH1 · Answer

Sorry for the confusion. Basically, I have a set of points. I want to set up a relationship class which will link the clustered points together for modeling purposes. By finding where the clusters are, it will improve my workflow. Does this help?