Latest Contributions by PeteMcGill

I'd like to create a color-coded map in Business Analyst Online.  I'd like to include data out to a distance of 5 miles beyond the boundary of my study region, usually counties but sometimes metro areas or small states.  I could create this buffer region as a hand-drawn polygon, but I'd rather use a more consistent method.  Any suggestions? ... View more

I have several county maps.  Each map has 19 layers of data plus a few regions.  The 19 data layers are arranged in the same order and include the same fields on each of the maps.  The data in these layers is restricted to the county.  I'd like to be able to combine maps covering adjacent counties into a single map.  I could do this in ArcGIS Online by saving each layer from one map and then adding all the layers to the other map.  This would require roughly 40 steps.  (The raw data is still handy, but each layer has several adjustments to the symbology so 40 steps per join would be faster than recreating the maps from scratch if the final map is to have less than 5 or 6 counties.)  Is there a better way? ... View more

I often want a study region to be defined by zip codes, but I choose which zip codes to include based on a drive time or other region on the map. The main problem is that some zip code regions are so small that it is nearly impossible to find them using the method of defining the region by selecting zip codes from the map.  Trying to find them all by zooming and scrolling is both tedious and error-prone.  (The alternative method of selecting them from a list entails finding each zip's location, which is also tedious when the list is long.) I suggest that BAO add a feature that will automatically select all the zip codes (or other region types) inside a polygon or drive time. ... View more