topic Re: Random point selection in ArcGIS API for Silverlight Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/random-point-selection/m-p/262502#M6797 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//00170000002r000000">RandomPoint geoprocessing tool</A><SPAN> seems to be the easiest way to get your result.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>There are parameters for:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- the polygon (or polygons if you want a number of points by polygon)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- the number of points to be randomly generated</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- the shortest distance allowed between any two randomly placed points</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The missing parameter is '50m from the edge of each polygon' but that's just a matter of input polygons. A preprocessing with the </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//000800000019000000.htm">buffer too</A><SPAN>l should do the trick (with a negative distance)</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 08 Mar 2012 06:17:24 GMT DominiqueBroux 2012-03-08T06:17:24Z Random point selection https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/random-point-selection/m-p/262501#M6796 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am working with V10 and I know enough about Arcgis to confuse myself.&nbsp; I am trying to establish random points for a bird survey over 8 polygons that covers 2500 acres. These polygons represent the different habitats throughout the 2500 ac property. The points need to be at least 250m apart but at least 50m from the edge of each polygon.&nbsp; I was exploring the options of random point creation or creating spatially balanced points through creating and modifying sampling and monitoring networks.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>What is my best approach to establishing these points and are my best and only options the ones I mentioned above?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:01:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/random-point-selection/m-p/262501#M6796 Cherrie-LeePhillip 2012-03-07T01:01:06Z Re: Random point selection https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/random-point-selection/m-p/262502#M6797 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//00170000002r000000">RandomPoint geoprocessing tool</A><SPAN> seems to be the easiest way to get your result.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>There are parameters for:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- the polygon (or polygons if you want a number of points by polygon)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- the number of points to be randomly generated</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- the shortest distance allowed between any two randomly placed points</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The missing parameter is '50m from the edge of each polygon' but that's just a matter of input polygons. A preprocessing with the </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//000800000019000000.htm">buffer too</A><SPAN>l should do the trick (with a negative distance)</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 08 Mar 2012 06:17:24 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/random-point-selection/m-p/262502#M6797 DominiqueBroux 2012-03-08T06:17:24Z