topic Re: 2 layers, points and polygons. If point is inside the polygon, replace point layer with polygon? in Implementing ArcGIS Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/implementing-arcgis-questions/2-layers-points-and-polygons-if-point-is-inside/m-p/29824#M66 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm in Pro.</P><P></P><P>I've pasted an image below to clarify. I've turned the two layers on. What I want is to assign the polygon surrounding the point to replace the point in the layer containing the points. The end goal is when I select the layer which used to contain points, it displays the parcel polygon instead.</P><P></P><P><IMG class="image-1 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/511966_pastedImage_1.png" /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 28 Oct 2020 15:06:40 GMT MatthewMcMillan1 2020-10-28T15:06:40Z 2 layers, points and polygons. If point is inside the polygon, replace point layer with polygon? https://community.esri.com/t5/implementing-arcgis-questions/2-layers-points-and-polygons-if-point-is-inside/m-p/29820#M62 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a shapefile that plots with points and another that plots parcels using polygons. I'm trying to figure out how to display the points as polygons, i.e. if the point is within the polygon, it creates a polygon and replaces the point. They are in two separate layers. Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:46:26 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/implementing-arcgis-questions/2-layers-points-and-polygons-if-point-is-inside/m-p/29820#M62 MatthewMcMillan1 2020-10-28T12:46:26Z Re: 2 layers, points and polygons. If point is inside the polygon, replace point layer with polygon? https://community.esri.com/t5/implementing-arcgis-questions/2-layers-points-and-polygons-if-point-is-inside/m-p/29821#M63 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>a shapefile or feature class can only be a point, line or polygon, not a combination of them.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 28 Oct 2020 14:27:55 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/implementing-arcgis-questions/2-layers-points-and-polygons-if-point-is-inside/m-p/29821#M63 DavidPike 2020-10-28T14:27:55Z Re: 2 layers, points and polygons. If point is inside the polygon, replace point layer with polygon? https://community.esri.com/t5/implementing-arcgis-questions/2-layers-points-and-polygons-if-point-is-inside/m-p/29822#M64 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks for the reply David. Is there another way to convert the point shapefile to a polygon shapefile?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 28 Oct 2020 14:34:19 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/implementing-arcgis-questions/2-layers-points-and-polygons-if-point-is-inside/m-p/29822#M64 MatthewMcMillan1 2020-10-28T14:34:19Z Re: 2 layers, points and polygons. If point is inside the polygon, replace point layer with polygon? https://community.esri.com/t5/implementing-arcgis-questions/2-layers-points-and-polygons-if-point-is-inside/m-p/29823#M65 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>are you in pro, arcmap or agol?</P><P></P><P>you could buffer the points into a circle, or then turn that into another shape etc. but it really depends what you need to achieve.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 28 Oct 2020 14:58:43 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/implementing-arcgis-questions/2-layers-points-and-polygons-if-point-is-inside/m-p/29823#M65 DavidPike 2020-10-28T14:58:43Z Re: 2 layers, points and polygons. If point is inside the polygon, replace point layer with polygon? https://community.esri.com/t5/implementing-arcgis-questions/2-layers-points-and-polygons-if-point-is-inside/m-p/29824#M66 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm in Pro.</P><P></P><P>I've pasted an image below to clarify. I've turned the two layers on. What I want is to assign the polygon surrounding the point to replace the point in the layer containing the points. The end goal is when I select the layer which used to contain points, it displays the parcel polygon instead.</P><P></P><P><IMG class="image-1 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/511966_pastedImage_1.png" /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 28 Oct 2020 15:06:40 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/implementing-arcgis-questions/2-layers-points-and-polygons-if-point-is-inside/m-p/29824#M66 MatthewMcMillan1 2020-10-28T15:06:40Z Re: 2 layers, points and polygons. If point is inside the polygon, replace point layer with polygon? https://community.esri.com/t5/implementing-arcgis-questions/2-layers-points-and-polygons-if-point-is-inside/m-p/29825#M67 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I would select by location where the point intersects the polygons, switch the selection then export the points as a new shapefile.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 28 Oct 2020 15:26:19 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/implementing-arcgis-questions/2-layers-points-and-polygons-if-point-is-inside/m-p/29825#M67 DavidPike 2020-10-28T15:26:19Z Re: 2 layers, points and polygons. If point is inside the polygon, replace point layer with polygon? https://community.esri.com/t5/implementing-arcgis-questions/2-layers-points-and-polygons-if-point-is-inside/m-p/29826#M68 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you David!&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 03 Nov 2020 16:00:48 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/implementing-arcgis-questions/2-layers-points-and-polygons-if-point-is-inside/m-p/29826#M68 MatthewMcMillan1 2020-11-03T16:00:48Z