topic Re: polygons merge in one shapefile in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/polygons-merge-in-one-shapefile/m-p/311130#M10758 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Hi , i have a shape file with it made of several polygons which are connected to one another the polygons over lap one another with lines. See attached diagram <BR /><BR />what i would like to have is one polygon , which&nbsp; is defined by the perimeter of the shape. So i would like there to be no lines in the middle of a shape just the permiter line <BR /><BR />i have tried using the merge and dissove funcations , but i m still left with some lines on my shape <BR /><BR />Does anyone have some ideas ? <BR /><BR />Thanks a lot Jack [ATTACH=CONFIG]32762[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]32762[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]32763[/ATTACH]</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Dissolve is the tool to use.&nbsp; The polygons do not match up topologically at the edges.&nbsp; Make a copy and try different settings of the </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//00170000002s000000">Integrate</A><SPAN> tool to generalize the shapes enough to match up at the edges before doing the Dissolve.&nbsp; Integrate permanently alters the source shapes directly, so always make a backup of the unaltered shapes in case the tool messes up your data and you need to start over.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 03 Apr 2014 10:04:28 GMT RichardFairhurst 2014-04-03T10:04:28Z polygons merge in one shapefile https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/polygons-merge-in-one-shapefile/m-p/311129#M10757 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Original User: jwalkerack</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Hi , i have a shape file with it made of several polygons which are connected to one another the polygons over lap one another with lines. See attached diagram </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>what i would like to have is one polygon , which&nbsp; is defined by the perimeter of the shape. So i would like there to be no lines in the middle of a shape just the permiter line </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>i have tried using the merge and dissove funcations , but i m still left with some lines on my shape </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Does anyone have some ideas ? </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks a lot Jack [ATTACH=CONFIG]32762[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]32762[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]32763[/ATTACH]</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 03 Apr 2014 08:24:44 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/polygons-merge-in-one-shapefile/m-p/311129#M10757 Anonymous User 2014-04-03T08:24:44Z Re: polygons merge in one shapefile https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/polygons-merge-in-one-shapefile/m-p/311130#M10758 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Hi , i have a shape file with it made of several polygons which are connected to one another the polygons over lap one another with lines. See attached diagram <BR /><BR />what i would like to have is one polygon , which&nbsp; is defined by the perimeter of the shape. So i would like there to be no lines in the middle of a shape just the permiter line <BR /><BR />i have tried using the merge and dissove funcations , but i m still left with some lines on my shape <BR /><BR />Does anyone have some ideas ? <BR /><BR />Thanks a lot Jack [ATTACH=CONFIG]32762[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]32762[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]32763[/ATTACH]</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Dissolve is the tool to use.&nbsp; The polygons do not match up topologically at the edges.&nbsp; Make a copy and try different settings of the </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//00170000002s000000">Integrate</A><SPAN> tool to generalize the shapes enough to match up at the edges before doing the Dissolve.&nbsp; Integrate permanently alters the source shapes directly, so always make a backup of the unaltered shapes in case the tool messes up your data and you need to start over.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 03 Apr 2014 10:04:28 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/polygons-merge-in-one-shapefile/m-p/311130#M10758 RichardFairhurst 2014-04-03T10:04:28Z Re: polygons merge in one shapefile https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/polygons-merge-in-one-shapefile/m-p/311131#M10759 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Original User: merebears</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Another option is to go start an editing session and select those leftover slivers and manually delete them.&nbsp; It's the long way around to fixing the problem but can be used as a last resort.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 09 Apr 2014 17:05:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/polygons-merge-in-one-shapefile/m-p/311131#M10759 Anonymous User 2014-04-09T17:05:06Z