topic Recognizing outbound and inbound overlapping polygons in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/recognizing-outbound-and-inbound-overlapping/m-p/134829#M4611 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a dataset of polygons where in there are numerous bounding and intersecting polygons(i.e., polygons within polygons).Is there a way to directly identify and remove them ? While validating topology, though the errors are marked, the problem remains while fixing them&nbsp; as they need to be corrected individually which is a huge task.If I use the intersect tool , then although the intersecting parts are highlighted , I cannot use the same for clipping /erasing.This is because for the bounding polygons, I need the inner polys to remain but for intersecting polys,I want the outer polygons to stay.Is there a way to identify the outer and inner intersecting polys in separate way and then remove them ?What can be the shortest way to do so?<BR /><BR /></P><P>(PS: Please note that its just one shapefile and the errors are due to incorrect digitization)<A href="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/48292_pastedImage_1.png"><IMG alt="" class="image-1 jive-image" height="540" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/48292_pastedImage_1.png" style="width: 692.868px;" width="693" /></A></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 08 Jan 2015 02:46:52 GMT SenjutiSen 2015-01-08T02:46:52Z Recognizing outbound and inbound overlapping polygons https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/recognizing-outbound-and-inbound-overlapping/m-p/134829#M4611 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a dataset of polygons where in there are numerous bounding and intersecting polygons(i.e., polygons within polygons).Is there a way to directly identify and remove them ? While validating topology, though the errors are marked, the problem remains while fixing them&nbsp; as they need to be corrected individually which is a huge task.If I use the intersect tool , then although the intersecting parts are highlighted , I cannot use the same for clipping /erasing.This is because for the bounding polygons, I need the inner polys to remain but for intersecting polys,I want the outer polygons to stay.Is there a way to identify the outer and inner intersecting polys in separate way and then remove them ?What can be the shortest way to do so?<BR /><BR /></P><P>(PS: Please note that its just one shapefile and the errors are due to incorrect digitization)<A href="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/48292_pastedImage_1.png"><IMG alt="" class="image-1 jive-image" height="540" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/48292_pastedImage_1.png" style="width: 692.868px;" width="693" /></A></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 08 Jan 2015 02:46:52 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/recognizing-outbound-and-inbound-overlapping/m-p/134829#M4611 SenjutiSen 2015-01-08T02:46:52Z