topic Conversion to Raster Question in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/conversion-to-raster-question/m-p/563924#M18633 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have a layer of the countries in the world and the marine boundaries associated with the countries.&nbsp; I would like this to be turned into a raster map, with cells 0.5 x 0.5 degrees.&nbsp; When I try to make the map raster, it only allows me to choose 'center point' or 'maximum area'.&nbsp; I cannot use either because I want all cells that have a country boundary touching it to turn that country, even if it only slightly goes inside.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>So, I did a fishnet over the world map, and did a spatial join with the fishnet and world.&nbsp; The join resulted in a map that turns any cell that has a country in it to that country BUT when two countries are boarding each other, it takes the one that is higher alphabetically.&nbsp; I would like the country that takes up most of the cell to take that cell.&nbsp; How do I get ArcGIS to do this??</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I would like: if a country/marine boundary of a country is bordering the ocean (that is not apart of a country), I want that cell to be the country, even if the country is only slightly in the cell.&nbsp; But, when country boarders are bordering other countries, I want the country that takes up the majority of the cell to be that cell.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:47:29 GMT ChristineShepherd 2010-11-05T18:47:29Z Conversion to Raster Question https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/conversion-to-raster-question/m-p/563924#M18633 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have a layer of the countries in the world and the marine boundaries associated with the countries.&nbsp; I would like this to be turned into a raster map, with cells 0.5 x 0.5 degrees.&nbsp; When I try to make the map raster, it only allows me to choose 'center point' or 'maximum area'.&nbsp; I cannot use either because I want all cells that have a country boundary touching it to turn that country, even if it only slightly goes inside.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>So, I did a fishnet over the world map, and did a spatial join with the fishnet and world.&nbsp; The join resulted in a map that turns any cell that has a country in it to that country BUT when two countries are boarding each other, it takes the one that is higher alphabetically.&nbsp; I would like the country that takes up most of the cell to take that cell.&nbsp; How do I get ArcGIS to do this??</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I would like: if a country/marine boundary of a country is bordering the ocean (that is not apart of a country), I want that cell to be the country, even if the country is only slightly in the cell.&nbsp; But, when country boarders are bordering other countries, I want the country that takes up the majority of the cell to be that cell.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:47:29 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/conversion-to-raster-question/m-p/563924#M18633 ChristineShepherd 2010-11-05T18:47:29Z