topic &amp;quot;spatial dissolve&amp;quot; - join neighboring polygones with same value in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/amp-quot-spatial-dissolve-amp-quot-join/m-p/49156#M1713 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hey All,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have a small problem, which I think shouldn be a big deal. However, so far I cant figure out the solution. Therefore, I am very thankful for your help.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I have a shape-file with polygones. I want to simplyfy this shape-file. Therefore, I would like to join polygones if they have the same value and are neighboring. I do </SPAN><SPAN style="text-decoration:underline;">not </SPAN><SPAN> want to run the funktion dissolve, because then I get one big polygone for all polygones with the given value.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thank you!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>P.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 11 Mar 2014 13:02:10 GMT PeterFox 2014-03-11T13:02:10Z &quot;spatial dissolve&quot; - join neighboring polygones with same value https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/amp-quot-spatial-dissolve-amp-quot-join/m-p/49156#M1713 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hey All,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have a small problem, which I think shouldn be a big deal. However, so far I cant figure out the solution. Therefore, I am very thankful for your help.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I have a shape-file with polygones. I want to simplyfy this shape-file. Therefore, I would like to join polygones if they have the same value and are neighboring. I do </SPAN><SPAN style="text-decoration:underline;">not </SPAN><SPAN> want to run the funktion dissolve, because then I get one big polygone for all polygones with the given value.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thank you!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>P.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 11 Mar 2014 13:02:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/amp-quot-spatial-dissolve-amp-quot-join/m-p/49156#M1713 PeterFox 2014-03-11T13:02:10Z Re: "spatial dissolve" - join neighboring polygones with same value https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/amp-quot-spatial-dissolve-amp-quot-join/m-p/49157#M1714 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#/Dissolve/00170000005n000000/">Dissolve</A><SPAN> should do exactly what you want.&nbsp; Perhaps you need to uncheck </SPAN><STRONG>Create Multipart Features</STRONG><SPAN>?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 11 Mar 2014 15:56:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/amp-quot-spatial-dissolve-amp-quot-join/m-p/49157#M1714 DaleHoneycutt 2014-03-11T15:56:54Z Re: "spatial dissolve" - join neighboring polygones with same value https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/amp-quot-spatial-dissolve-amp-quot-join/m-p/49158#M1715 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Yes, the difference between "multipart polygons" and "multiple (single part) polygons" may be confusing at first.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Multipart makes all the scattered bits one single feature (regardless of if they touch or not)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Single-part makes many individual features (it dissolves them only if they touch).</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 11 Mar 2014 18:15:05 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/amp-quot-spatial-dissolve-amp-quot-join/m-p/49158#M1715 markdenil 2014-03-11T18:15:05Z Re: "spatial dissolve" - join neighboring polygones with same value https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/amp-quot-spatial-dissolve-amp-quot-join/m-p/49159#M1716 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Dear Dale and Mark,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>it worked out. Thank you a lot!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>P.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 12 Mar 2014 08:12:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/amp-quot-spatial-dissolve-amp-quot-join/m-p/49159#M1716 PeterFox 2014-03-12T08:12:10Z