topic Re: Cleaning up polygon boundaries in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/cleaning-up-polygon-boundaries/m-p/207546#M11900 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I had not. I haven't worked much with topologies before, but from what I can see this does exactly what I'm after.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Jul 2017 12:58:14 GMT HåvardMoe1 2017-07-10T12:58:14Z Cleaning up polygon boundaries https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/cleaning-up-polygon-boundaries/m-p/207542#M11896 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm having an issue with managing some data with errors in the polygon boundaries. The problem is that the software generating the data (delivered to me as Shape-files) will include some lines that are not the actual polygon boundary as part of the boundary. I'll try to show:</P><P></P><P><IMG alt="Bad polygon boundary" class="image-1 jive-image j-img-original" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/361075_Polygon_bad_boundary.png" style="width: 620px; height: 488px;" /></P><P></P><P>Above I have selected one of the problem polygons in ArcMap, Hereafter known as "Polygon 1". As you may see, there is a hole between Polygon 1 and Polygon 2. The south-western hole edge is part of the Polygon 2 boundary, while the other three side should form part of the Polygon 1 boundary.</P><P></P><P>The problem is that <EM>all</EM> the hole edges are included in the Polygon boundary, and this is causing problems later on when converting the data.</P><P></P><P>I have tried to Repair Geometry, but this only removes the hole and include the area into Polygon 1. Do anyone know a way clean up this ?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Jul 2017 09:58:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/cleaning-up-polygon-boundaries/m-p/207542#M11896 HåvardMoe1 2017-07-10T09:58:06Z Re: Cleaning up polygon boundaries https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/cleaning-up-polygon-boundaries/m-p/207543#M11897 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/extensions/data-reviewer/finding-invalid-hole-features.htm">Invalid hole checker</A>?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:03:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/cleaning-up-polygon-boundaries/m-p/207543#M11897 DanPatterson_Retired 2017-07-10T10:03:53Z Re: Cleaning up polygon boundaries https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/cleaning-up-polygon-boundaries/m-p/207544#M11898 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hm... Might be helpful, but it seems to require a Data Reviewer license that I don't have.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>I have access to Desktop 10.3.1 (up to advanced), but not many extensions (apart from 3D/spatial analyst).</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:30:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/cleaning-up-polygon-boundaries/m-p/207544#M11898 HåvardMoe1 2017-07-10T10:30:42Z Re: Cleaning up polygon boundaries https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/cleaning-up-polygon-boundaries/m-p/207545#M11899 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Håvard,</P><P></P><P>Have you tried <A class="link-titled" href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/topologies/creating-a-topology.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/topologies/creating-a-topology.htm">Creating a topology—Help | ArcGIS Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Also refer:</P><P></P><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/topologies/an-overview-of-topology-in-arcgis.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/topologies/an-overview-of-topology-in-arcgis.htm">An overview of topology in ArcGIS—Help | ArcGIS Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/topologies/topology-in-arcgis.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/topologies/topology-in-arcgis.htm">Topology in ArcGIS—Help | ArcGIS Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>~Shan</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Jul 2017 11:44:32 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/cleaning-up-polygon-boundaries/m-p/207545#M11899 shan_sarkar 2017-07-10T11:44:32Z Re: Cleaning up polygon boundaries https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/cleaning-up-polygon-boundaries/m-p/207546#M11900 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I had not. I haven't worked much with topologies before, but from what I can see this does exactly what I'm after.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Jul 2017 12:58:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/cleaning-up-polygon-boundaries/m-p/207546#M11900 HåvardMoe1 2017-07-10T12:58:14Z Re: Cleaning up polygon boundaries https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/cleaning-up-polygon-boundaries/m-p/207547#M11901 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Topology is usually the best method, but here is an additional option:</P><P></P><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/data-management-toolbox/integrate.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/data-management-toolbox/integrate.htm">Integrate—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Note that this tool modifies the input data, so make a backup copy of the source data before running it.</P><P></P><P></P><P>Chris Donohue, GISP</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Jul 2017 15:04:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/cleaning-up-polygon-boundaries/m-p/207547#M11901 ChrisDonohue__GISP 2017-07-10T15:04:13Z