topic How to create a built-Up area from multiple polygons? in Cartography and Maps Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/how-to-create-a-built-up-area-from-multiple/m-p/826787#M509 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Everyone,&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>I have been struggling over the last few days to emulate an old American map for a city. I actually faced two main problems:&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>First One: I have a shapefile for the buildings of the city, but since they are almost few hundreds, I was trying to combine them together in order to get Built-Up urban areas&nbsp;<SPAN style="color: #363636; background-color: #ffffff;">(blocks)</SPAN>&nbsp;instead. Arcgis Pro provides a feature called Delineate Built-Up Areas but I failed to merge my buildings into different block as shown in the original map in the attachments.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Second One: I tried to make the streets completely fit with the buildings so they do not intersect with each other but I could not find the tool suitable for this task.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>It would be very much appreciated if any one can recommend solutions for these two problems. I attached screen shots from the original map and the one I'm trying to create. As shown in the attachments, I'm trying to make the multiple buildings in each block as a Built-Up are in a way that it's edges completely fit with the roads.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Regards,&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 15 Jun 2020 21:41:50 GMT RamiKhrais 2020-06-15T21:41:50Z How to create a built-Up area from multiple polygons? https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/how-to-create-a-built-up-area-from-multiple/m-p/826787#M509 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Everyone,&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>I have been struggling over the last few days to emulate an old American map for a city. I actually faced two main problems:&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>First One: I have a shapefile for the buildings of the city, but since they are almost few hundreds, I was trying to combine them together in order to get Built-Up urban areas&nbsp;<SPAN style="color: #363636; background-color: #ffffff;">(blocks)</SPAN>&nbsp;instead. Arcgis Pro provides a feature called Delineate Built-Up Areas but I failed to merge my buildings into different block as shown in the original map in the attachments.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Second One: I tried to make the streets completely fit with the buildings so they do not intersect with each other but I could not find the tool suitable for this task.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>It would be very much appreciated if any one can recommend solutions for these two problems. I attached screen shots from the original map and the one I'm trying to create. As shown in the attachments, I'm trying to make the multiple buildings in each block as a Built-Up are in a way that it's edges completely fit with the roads.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Regards,&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 15 Jun 2020 21:41:50 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/cartography-and-maps-questions/how-to-create-a-built-up-area-from-multiple/m-p/826787#M509 RamiKhrais 2020-06-15T21:41:50Z