topic Re: Determine Population Catchment for a Facility in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/determine-population-catchment-for-a-facility/m-p/719737#M23831 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am thinking it is a matter of selecting the polygon the facility falls on.&nbsp; Followed by accumulating adjacent polygons sum population until X is met.&nbsp; </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 14 Nov 2016 20:30:23 GMT JustinSmith 2016-11-14T20:30:23Z Determine Population Catchment for a Facility https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/determine-population-catchment-for-a-facility/m-p/719736#M23830 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Currently I have:</P><P>A polygon layer&nbsp;with a population attribute</P><P>A point file&nbsp;containing facility&nbsp;locations. &nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Facility A has a catchment area of x amount of people. &nbsp;What tools can I utilize&nbsp;that will allow me to create a catchment of those polygons that bring a sum of x?</P><P></P><P>Is there a tool in Arc for this? &nbsp;Is there a tool elsewhere? &nbsp;ie; FME?</P><P></P><P>Thanks very much,</P><P>Justin</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 14 Nov 2016 19:58:38 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/determine-population-catchment-for-a-facility/m-p/719736#M23830 JustinSmith 2016-11-14T19:58:38Z Re: Determine Population Catchment for a Facility https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/determine-population-catchment-for-a-facility/m-p/719737#M23831 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am thinking it is a matter of selecting the polygon the facility falls on.&nbsp; Followed by accumulating adjacent polygons sum population until X is met.&nbsp; </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 14 Nov 2016 20:30:23 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/determine-population-catchment-for-a-facility/m-p/719737#M23831 JustinSmith 2016-11-14T20:30:23Z Re: Determine Population Catchment for a Facility https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/determine-population-catchment-for-a-facility/m-p/719738#M23832 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>That would work... an attribute selection, then successive select by spatial location. &nbsp;The the obvious limitation is that the progression outward would be much like a buffer, which may not represent the actual population pattern about the facility.&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 14 Nov 2016 21:27:11 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/determine-population-catchment-for-a-facility/m-p/719738#M23832 DanPatterson_Retired 2016-11-14T21:27:11Z