topic Spatial Join - Contain AND Boundary_Touches? in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Spatial Join - Contain AND Boundary_Touches?

hm_stella — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 05:09:51 GMT

Hello folks,

I got a question in using Spatial Join.

I made grids (polygons) which will make the sectors for the other layer of polygons.

I want to count the number of all polygons in each of grids, which may be inside the grid and stay cross the borders.

For example, I want the colored polygon at the left-upper corner to be included in the grid since a portion of the polygon is inside the grid.

So, I used spatial join with the matching option "Contain" but it doesn't count that part of the polygon. I think that option only joins if the polygon is inside the grid only.

I don't care about the overlapping.

Anyone knows the method to include all the polygons in the grid?

Thank you Geographers!

Re: Spatial Join - Contain AND Boundary_Touches?

DanPatterson — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 05:14:36 GMT

I would go through the graphic examples in

Select By Location graphic examples—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

you can fine-tune your methodology

Re: Spatial Join - Contain AND Boundary_Touches?

hm_stella — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 08:13:16 GMT

Hello Dan,

I tried Intersect which perfectly matches what I needed.

Thanks a lot!