topic Translating Points in Relation to Polygon Deformation in ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/translating-points-in-relation-to-polygon/m-p/406055#M5696 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I need some guidance on how to perform a task in ArcGIS 9.3.&nbsp; Is there any way to translate the location of point files based on deformation/translation of underlying polygons?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Say I have a shapefile depicting the location and shape of a polygon at time 1 and another shapefile depicting the location of points within that polygon at time 1.&nbsp; I also have a shapefile containing the location and shape of the same polygon at time 2.&nbsp; Is there a way to have ArcGIS calculate the location of the points within the polygon at time 2 based off the translated polygon?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Example:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>[ATTACH=CONFIG]11027[/ATTACH]</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:09:48 GMT BryantPlatt 2012-01-09T17:09:48Z Translating Points in Relation to Polygon Deformation https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/translating-points-in-relation-to-polygon/m-p/406055#M5696 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I need some guidance on how to perform a task in ArcGIS 9.3.&nbsp; Is there any way to translate the location of point files based on deformation/translation of underlying polygons?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Say I have a shapefile depicting the location and shape of a polygon at time 1 and another shapefile depicting the location of points within that polygon at time 1.&nbsp; I also have a shapefile containing the location and shape of the same polygon at time 2.&nbsp; Is there a way to have ArcGIS calculate the location of the points within the polygon at time 2 based off the translated polygon?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Example:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>[ATTACH=CONFIG]11027[/ATTACH]</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:09:48 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/translating-points-in-relation-to-polygon/m-p/406055#M5696 BryantPlatt 2012-01-09T17:09:48Z