topic Re: Separate Null Value Polygons into Individual Polygons in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/separate-null-value-polygons-into-individual/m-p/605378#M20117 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">You are looking for the Explode tool.&nbsp; It is on the Advanced Editing toolbar.&nbsp; There is also a Geoprocessing tool in the Data Management Tools Toolbox, Features Toolset, Multipart to Singlepart.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks so much, that was exactly what I was looking for!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 Dec 2013 17:34:26 GMT Jack_O_Neill 2013-12-23T17:34:26Z Separate Null Value Polygons into Individual Polygons https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/separate-null-value-polygons-into-individual/m-p/605376#M20115 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am trying clean up a regional map I create in ArcGIS Desktop v 10.&nbsp; I took a list of zip codes and dissolved them into specific regions.&nbsp; However, I have a number of areas on the map that have no zip codes (areas in Maine, a National Forrest in California, Lake Okeechobee etc.)&nbsp; I would like to just further dissolve/merge these areas into the polygon area they are closest to.&nbsp; The problem is that the map recognizes all of the null areas as one polygon, not as individual null areas.&nbsp; Is there any way to split these up, or any tools to use that can smooth the map out?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 Dec 2013 14:13:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/separate-null-value-polygons-into-individual/m-p/605376#M20115 Jack_O_Neill 2013-12-23T14:13:51Z Re: Separate Null Value Polygons into Individual Polygons https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/separate-null-value-polygons-into-individual/m-p/605377#M20116 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">I am trying clean up a regional map I create in ArcGIS Desktop v 10.&nbsp; I took a list of zip codes and dissolved them into specific regions.&nbsp; However, I have a number of areas on the map that have no zip codes (areas in Maine, a National Forrest in California, Lake Okeechobee etc.)&nbsp; I would like to just further dissolve/merge these areas into the polygon area they are closest to.&nbsp; The problem is that the map recognizes all of the null areas as one polygon, not as individual null areas.&nbsp; Is there any way to split these up, or any tools to use that can smooth the map out?</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>You are looking for the Explode tool.&nbsp; It is on the Advanced Editing toolbar.&nbsp; There is also a Geoprocessing tool in the Data Management Tools Toolbox, Features Toolset, Multipart to Singlepart.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 Dec 2013 14:59:56 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/separate-null-value-polygons-into-individual/m-p/605377#M20116 RichardFairhurst 2013-12-23T14:59:56Z Re: Separate Null Value Polygons into Individual Polygons https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/separate-null-value-polygons-into-individual/m-p/605378#M20117 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">You are looking for the Explode tool.&nbsp; It is on the Advanced Editing toolbar.&nbsp; There is also a Geoprocessing tool in the Data Management Tools Toolbox, Features Toolset, Multipart to Singlepart.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks so much, that was exactly what I was looking for!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 Dec 2013 17:34:26 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/separate-null-value-polygons-into-individual/m-p/605378#M20117 Jack_O_Neill 2013-12-23T17:34:26Z