topic Dissolving polygon boundaries using symbol level drawing WITHOUT common values? in ArcGIS Enterprise Portal Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/dissolving-polygon-boundaries-using-symbol-level/m-p/663730#M9078 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hey! I want to map some polygons adjacent to each other that do not share any similar values in the attribute table.&nbsp; For illustrative purposes, imagine a geodatabase of states in the United States that I want to display as groups of states (with no boundaries between the states that are similar, creating "mega-polygons")that share something in common that wouldn't be in the database, like, states along the Colorado River, or, states in a particular watershed, or states with fairs that serve roast sweet corn.&nbsp; Information that I don't want to populate the database with, but want to cartographically represent.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I can find information on creating symbol layers to make these grouped mega-polygons if they share common values in the database, but is there anyway to select adjoining polygons and effectively dissolve the shared boundary between them?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Katherine</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 May 2011 20:06:11 GMT KatherineZander 2011-05-25T20:06:11Z Dissolving polygon boundaries using symbol level drawing WITHOUT common values? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/dissolving-polygon-boundaries-using-symbol-level/m-p/663730#M9078 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hey! I want to map some polygons adjacent to each other that do not share any similar values in the attribute table.&nbsp; For illustrative purposes, imagine a geodatabase of states in the United States that I want to display as groups of states (with no boundaries between the states that are similar, creating "mega-polygons")that share something in common that wouldn't be in the database, like, states along the Colorado River, or, states in a particular watershed, or states with fairs that serve roast sweet corn.&nbsp; Information that I don't want to populate the database with, but want to cartographically represent.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I can find information on creating symbol layers to make these grouped mega-polygons if they share common values in the database, but is there anyway to select adjoining polygons and effectively dissolve the shared boundary between them?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Katherine</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 May 2011 20:06:11 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/dissolving-polygon-boundaries-using-symbol-level/m-p/663730#M9078 KatherineZander 2011-05-25T20:06:11Z