https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/types-of-polygon-overlay/m-p/1569199#M27489 <P>Hi all. I am a beginner to GIS and learning. What are the main types of polygon overlay functions? Are they point in polygon and polygon on polygon? Or intersect and union? I am confused as I thought that intersect and union are just operations</P> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 04:51:22 GMT KianaHugins 2024-12-17T04:51:22Z https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/types-of-polygon-overlay/m-p/1569199#M27489 <P>Hi all. I am a beginner to GIS and learning. What are the main types of polygon overlay functions? Are they point in polygon and polygon on polygon? Or intersect and union? I am confused as I thought that intersect and union are just operations</P> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 04:51:22 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/types-of-polygon-overlay/m-p/1569199#M27489 KianaHugins 2024-12-17T04:51:22Z https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/types-of-polygon-overlay/m-p/1569203#M27490 <P>start with the help topics</P><P><A href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/analysis/an-overview-of-the-overlay-toolset.htm" target="_blank">An overview of the Overlay toolset—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation</A></P><P><A href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/analysis/an-overview-of-the-pairwise-overlay-toolset.htm" target="_blank">An overview of the Pairwise Overlay toolset—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation</A></P><P>There are many sublinks in the table of contents to the left in each link which cover the salient aspects.</P> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 05:28:29 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/types-of-polygon-overlay/m-p/1569203#M27490 DanPatterson 2024-12-17T05:28:29Z