topic Re: Counting data points that fall within a geographic area in ArcGIS Mapping and Charting Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-mapping-and-charting-questions/counting-data-points-that-fall-within-a-geographic/m-p/153144#M521 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Or a spatial selection:&nbsp; <A class="link-titled" href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/map/working-with-layers/using-select-by-location.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/map/working-with-layers/using-select-by-location.htm">Using Select By Location—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Jun 2017 14:01:06 GMT JoeBorgione 2017-06-26T14:01:06Z Counting data points that fall within a geographic area https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-mapping-and-charting-questions/counting-data-points-that-fall-within-a-geographic/m-p/153141#M518 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi all,</P><P></P><P>Very new to the world of GIS, so hoping for some guidance! I've been using Tableau for some time, but have hit up against its limitations here.</P><P></P><P>I have a series of .shp files that correspond to geographic areas in the UK (like Local Authorities). I also have a dataset with locations of businesses. I'd like to count how many businesses fall within a particular area. Is it possible to do this using ArcGIS at all? If so, how? If not, are there any other tools that anyone can point me toward?</P><P></P><P>Thanks!</P><P></P><P>Calum</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 25 Jun 2017 19:04:40 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-mapping-and-charting-questions/counting-data-points-that-fall-within-a-geographic/m-p/153141#M518 CalumAH 2017-06-25T19:04:40Z Re: Counting data points that fall within a geographic area https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-mapping-and-charting-questions/counting-data-points-that-fall-within-a-geographic/m-p/153142#M519 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>a <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/tools/analysis-toolbox/spatial-join.htm">Spatial Join</A> would be a good choice first</P><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive_macro_quote jive-quote jive_text_macro"><P>Two new fields, Join_Count and TARGET_FID, are always added to the output feature class. Join_Count indicates how many join features match each target feature (TARGET_FID).</P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> Sun, 25 Jun 2017 19:24:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-mapping-and-charting-questions/counting-data-points-that-fall-within-a-geographic/m-p/153142#M519 DanPatterson_Retired 2017-06-25T19:24:34Z Re: Counting data points that fall within a geographic area https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-mapping-and-charting-questions/counting-data-points-that-fall-within-a-geographic/m-p/153143#M520 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Dan,</P><P></P><P>Thanks for the quick reply, this looks really useful. I'll have an explore and see how I get on!</P><P></P><P>Thanks again,</P><P></P><P>Calum</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Jun 2017 13:38:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-mapping-and-charting-questions/counting-data-points-that-fall-within-a-geographic/m-p/153143#M520 CalumAH 2017-06-26T13:38:34Z Re: Counting data points that fall within a geographic area https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-mapping-and-charting-questions/counting-data-points-that-fall-within-a-geographic/m-p/153144#M521 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Or a spatial selection:&nbsp; <A class="link-titled" href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/map/working-with-layers/using-select-by-location.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/map/working-with-layers/using-select-by-location.htm">Using Select By Location—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Jun 2017 14:01:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-mapping-and-charting-questions/counting-data-points-that-fall-within-a-geographic/m-p/153144#M521 JoeBorgione 2017-06-26T14:01:06Z