topic Subset features - point sampling in ArcGIS GeoStatistical Analyst Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-geostatistical-analyst-questions/subset-features-point-sampling/m-p/525020#M1171 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This is maybe a very simple question; does the subset features tool (arcgis 10) create a random or a systematic point layer? I`m looking for a tool that selects random points from a point layer. Hope someone can tell me how the subset features make the selection of points.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any help to clear this out would be much appreciated!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:31:38 GMT kristenFjeldstad 2012-01-05T18:31:38Z Subset features - point sampling https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-geostatistical-analyst-questions/subset-features-point-sampling/m-p/525020#M1171 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This is maybe a very simple question; does the subset features tool (arcgis 10) create a random or a systematic point layer? I`m looking for a tool that selects random points from a point layer. Hope someone can tell me how the subset features make the selection of points.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any help to clear this out would be much appreciated!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:31:38 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-geostatistical-analyst-questions/subset-features-point-sampling/m-p/525020#M1171 kristenFjeldstad 2012-01-05T18:31:38Z Re: Subset features - point sampling https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-geostatistical-analyst-questions/subset-features-point-sampling/m-p/525021#M1172 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm not quite sure what you mean by a "systematic point layer," but Subset Features is purely random.&nbsp; It isn't doing any kind of stratified sampling or anything like that.&nbsp; It just randomly partitions the points into two subsets.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:14:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-geostatistical-analyst-questions/subset-features-point-sampling/m-p/525021#M1172 EricKrause 2012-01-05T19:14:51Z