topic Re: Buffer around polygon relative to distance from a point? in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/buffer-around-polygon-relative-to-distance-from-a/m-p/547201#M18142 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Can you edit your question and draw what you have and want, much easier to understand.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 18 Oct 2017 10:05:50 GMT DuncanHornby 2017-10-18T10:05:50Z Buffer around polygon relative to distance from a point? https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/buffer-around-polygon-relative-to-distance-from-a/m-p/547199#M18140 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi, is it possible to create a buffer around a polygon where the size of the buffer depends on the distance from the edge of the polygon to a certain point inside the polygon? </P><P>I have an egg shaped polygon, inside this polygon&nbsp;there's a point. On the west-east axis the distance from this point to the outer edge of the polygon is the same on both sides, but on the north-south axis there's a large difference.</P><P>The distance from the point to the northern most part of the polygon is 16 km, the distance to the Southern most part is only 8 km.</P><P></P><P>I only know how to create regular buffers with either a set distance or a distance based on a field, but what I really want would be to create a negative buffer based on, for example, 1/3 of the distance from the edge of the polygon to the point.</P><P></P><P>Hopefully this question makes sense.</P><P>PS:I have ArcGIS for desktop 10.5, the basic license.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 06 Oct 2017 15:48:11 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/buffer-around-polygon-relative-to-distance-from-a/m-p/547199#M18140 Sasjavan_den_Bergh 2017-10-06T15:48:11Z Re: Buffer around polygon relative to distance from a point? https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/buffer-around-polygon-relative-to-distance-from-a/m-p/547200#M18141 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>starting to sound like a direction/oriented buffer... see the discussion by Bill Huber <A href="https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/69630/how-to-create-an-oriented-buffer-using-arcpy"><STRONG>in this thread</STRONG></A></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 06 Oct 2017 22:40:17 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/buffer-around-polygon-relative-to-distance-from-a/m-p/547200#M18141 DanPatterson_Retired 2017-10-06T22:40:17Z Re: Buffer around polygon relative to distance from a point? https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/buffer-around-polygon-relative-to-distance-from-a/m-p/547201#M18142 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Can you edit your question and draw what you have and want, much easier to understand.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 18 Oct 2017 10:05:50 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/buffer-around-polygon-relative-to-distance-from-a/m-p/547201#M18142 DuncanHornby 2017-10-18T10:05:50Z