https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/unsual-merge/m-p/1040188#M2185 <P>I am analyzing the effect invasive mammals cause in native mammals, to do that I am using the data from a data set with a lot of points, which in many cases doesn’t correspond with that Community by itself, i.e. They could be resampling, so I need to merge the sighting records in a 5km buffer of a point (the “most record point” by my adviser suggestion) to create an unique local comunnity point (while the other points are erased as they merge)<BR />The problem is each “cluster” of points has its own “most record” point, it is locally determined, and I need a single point to analyze as the local mammal Community.<BR /><BR />I dont know how to do any of that<BR />(I don't even know if it is possible to do this in arcmap)&nbsp;</P><P><BR />To summarize:<BR />I need to :<BR />1- find the point with most of the record locally and then<BR />2- merge the other points to the "most record point" in a a 5 km radius, erasing the first as the merge occur.&nbsp;</P> Wed, 24 Mar 2021 14:24:57 GMT GustavoAmadoRigatto 2021-03-24T14:24:57Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/unsual-merge/m-p/1040188#M2185 <P>I am analyzing the effect invasive mammals cause in native mammals, to do that I am using the data from a data set with a lot of points, which in many cases doesn’t correspond with that Community by itself, i.e. They could be resampling, so I need to merge the sighting records in a 5km buffer of a point (the “most record point” by my adviser suggestion) to create an unique local comunnity point (while the other points are erased as they merge)<BR />The problem is each “cluster” of points has its own “most record” point, it is locally determined, and I need a single point to analyze as the local mammal Community.<BR /><BR />I dont know how to do any of that<BR />(I don't even know if it is possible to do this in arcmap)&nbsp;</P><P><BR />To summarize:<BR />I need to :<BR />1- find the point with most of the record locally and then<BR />2- merge the other points to the "most record point" in a a 5 km radius, erasing the first as the merge occur.&nbsp;</P> Wed, 24 Mar 2021 14:24:57 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/unsual-merge/m-p/1040188#M2185 GustavoAmadoRigatto 2021-03-24T14:24:57Z