topic Re: Does using a masking layer to exclude dots from certain areas delete those dots? Or does it place them elsewhere? in Mapping Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/does-using-a-masking-layer-to-exclude-dots-from/m-p/423278#M4576 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you for your response! Do those dots not get represented then? Or are they simply placed elsewhere?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Apr 2017 21:00:30 GMT laurenmckinney1 2017-04-25T21:00:30Z Does using a masking layer to exclude dots from certain areas delete those dots? Or does it place them elsewhere? https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/does-using-a-masking-layer-to-exclude-dots-from/m-p/423275#M4573 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am creating a dot density map and want to exclude certain areas (like the airport). If I use a masking layer, will that delete the dots that would fall in that area, or will it simply not place them in that area?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Apr 2017 19:49:59 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/does-using-a-masking-layer-to-exclude-dots-from/m-p/423275#M4573 laurenmckinney1 2017-04-25T19:49:59Z Re: Does using a masking layer to exclude dots from certain areas delete those dots? Or does it place them elsewhere? https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/does-using-a-masking-layer-to-exclude-dots-from/m-p/423276#M4574 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>See this link:<A href="https://community.esri.com/thread/193552">Is there a way to convert from polygon to points based on population of the polygon similar to dot density symbology</A> If this solution helpful.</P><P>You can create polygon feature&nbsp; for all areas that you want to dot density to be. </P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Apr 2017 20:03:15 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/does-using-a-masking-layer-to-exclude-dots-from/m-p/423276#M4574 AbdullahAnter 2017-04-25T20:03:15Z Re: Does using a masking layer to exclude dots from certain areas delete those dots? Or does it place them elsewhere? https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/does-using-a-masking-layer-to-exclude-dots-from/m-p/423277#M4575 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>masking hides... nothing is deleted</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Apr 2017 20:58:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/does-using-a-masking-layer-to-exclude-dots-from/m-p/423277#M4575 DanPatterson_Retired 2017-04-25T20:58:12Z Re: Does using a masking layer to exclude dots from certain areas delete those dots? Or does it place them elsewhere? https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/does-using-a-masking-layer-to-exclude-dots-from/m-p/423278#M4576 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you for your response! Do those dots not get represented then? Or are they simply placed elsewhere?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Apr 2017 21:00:30 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/does-using-a-masking-layer-to-exclude-dots-from/m-p/423278#M4576 laurenmckinney1 2017-04-25T21:00:30Z Re: Does using a masking layer to exclude dots from certain areas delete those dots? Or does it place them elsewhere? https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/does-using-a-masking-layer-to-exclude-dots-from/m-p/423279#M4577 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>they aren't shuffled elsewhere if that is what you mean.&nbsp; run a test and compare an area before and after masking to see what happens</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Apr 2017 21:36:03 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/does-using-a-masking-layer-to-exclude-dots-from/m-p/423279#M4577 DanPatterson_Retired 2017-04-25T21:36:03Z