Dividing

Question

I work for a municipality and am try to help out our Social Services department, who operate a free bussing service for seniors in our Township. The Asst. Director asked me to give her a list of parcels based on four regions of our town, divided in a cross-shape by a highway and a minor arterial roadway. This way, they can efficiently schedule pick-ups for seniors with their limited drivers.

When I try to utilize any of the "Divide" tools, they're not very user-friendly and I can't seem to get it so it's done in the quadrants based on the roads.

Is there an analysis tool or another function I should be utilizing to do this easily? I've only been doing GIS for a few months, so I appreciate any guidance!

DavidSolari · Answer

At a high level, it sounds like you need to create 4 polygons (1 per quadrant) and then join that info into the parcels so you can export a list. For the first half: take your city boundary polygon (or draw a rough one yourself, doesn't have to be exact), then make sure the highways extend to (or past) that boundary, then throw the boundary and the relevant highway lines into Feature to Polygon to get the 4 quadrants. For the second half: Spatial Join will spit out the enriched parcels, then you can export them to whatever format you need.

CodyPatterson · Answer

Hey @SB2024HT

Depending on what exactly the project consists of and what data you have, you may be able to first select the roads and major highways, perform a buffer or similar, and then perform a select by location to select all intersecting buffers and parcels. You would then be able to export the parcels as a table and submit them, this is what I would do with the information I have. I'm not familiar with the divide tool, but I'm not entirely sure it would be what you're looking for off its description. Let me know if you need pointers, good luck!

Cody