topic Running analyses on overlapping polygons with a shapefile in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/running-analyses-on-overlapping-polygons-with-a/m-p/736675#M24297 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have a polygon file that displays various herd territories across the state.&nbsp; As you might guess, there is overlap between herds. Since there is different attribute data between herds, merging the overlapping data is out of the question. So right now my shapefile has overlapping polygons. Will running various analyses on this data create problems for us, and if so, does anyone have some ideas as to how to organize the data so as to avoid this problem?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Using ArcGIS 10.1 Advanced</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks in advance.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 07 Oct 2013 16:49:05 GMT StefaniGermanotta 2013-10-07T16:49:05Z Running analyses on overlapping polygons with a shapefile https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/running-analyses-on-overlapping-polygons-with-a/m-p/736675#M24297 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have a polygon file that displays various herd territories across the state.&nbsp; As you might guess, there is overlap between herds. Since there is different attribute data between herds, merging the overlapping data is out of the question. So right now my shapefile has overlapping polygons. Will running various analyses on this data create problems for us, and if so, does anyone have some ideas as to how to organize the data so as to avoid this problem?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Using ArcGIS 10.1 Advanced</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks in advance.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 07 Oct 2013 16:49:05 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/running-analyses-on-overlapping-polygons-with-a/m-p/736675#M24297 StefaniGermanotta 2013-10-07T16:49:05Z