topic Polygon Comparison Analysis: in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/polygon-comparison-analysis/m-p/184570#M6231 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm working on preprocessing two polygon layers by simplifying their attributes to include only the elevations.&nbsp; The two polygons don't follow the same extents, for example, they don't line up exactly.&nbsp; I'd like to compare the two to find out if the elevation increased or decreased, and kick out an output polygon for display.&nbsp; What approach should I take or tool should I use to conduct this analysis?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I also have the option of converting the two polygons to raster, and running the analysis as raster based data.&nbsp; Any thoughts on this are also welcomed.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Best!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 01 May 2011 23:48:02 GMT MarkEnglish 2011-05-01T23:48:02Z Polygon Comparison Analysis: https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/polygon-comparison-analysis/m-p/184570#M6231 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm working on preprocessing two polygon layers by simplifying their attributes to include only the elevations.&nbsp; The two polygons don't follow the same extents, for example, they don't line up exactly.&nbsp; I'd like to compare the two to find out if the elevation increased or decreased, and kick out an output polygon for display.&nbsp; What approach should I take or tool should I use to conduct this analysis?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I also have the option of converting the two polygons to raster, and running the analysis as raster based data.&nbsp; Any thoughts on this are also welcomed.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Best!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 01 May 2011 23:48:02 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/polygon-comparison-analysis/m-p/184570#M6231 MarkEnglish 2011-05-01T23:48:02Z