topic Automated Map Creation &amp; Export - Maintain correct geometry / area in Mapping Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/automated-map-creation-amp-export-maintain-correct/m-p/39809#M466 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm writing a script that automates the creation of a map for a watershed (user input).&nbsp; My workflow is below; I need to maintain the correct area for wetland polygons throughout the script as I will be using the area for analysis when the map is complete.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>User Input Watershed Code =&gt; Clip All wetlands file with current watershed =&gt; Dissolve clipped wetlands file by wetland type to get acreage of each wetland type within shed =&gt; generate report with report layout file (.rlf) of acreage by wetland type</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Additionally, I'd like to know if the "repair geometry" geoprocessing tool will update the acreage, or if I should use the area property of the shape attribute in field calculator to update the area (!shape.area@acres!).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The acreages will be multiplied by a ratio developed in house to detmermine the linear distance that must be walked through each type of wetland to consider the watershed as a whole "survey completed."</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:19:14 GMT RoyHewitt 2012-01-27T10:19:14Z Automated Map Creation & Export - Maintain correct geometry / area https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/automated-map-creation-amp-export-maintain-correct/m-p/39809#M466 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm writing a script that automates the creation of a map for a watershed (user input).&nbsp; My workflow is below; I need to maintain the correct area for wetland polygons throughout the script as I will be using the area for analysis when the map is complete.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>User Input Watershed Code =&gt; Clip All wetlands file with current watershed =&gt; Dissolve clipped wetlands file by wetland type to get acreage of each wetland type within shed =&gt; generate report with report layout file (.rlf) of acreage by wetland type</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Additionally, I'd like to know if the "repair geometry" geoprocessing tool will update the acreage, or if I should use the area property of the shape attribute in field calculator to update the area (!shape.area@acres!).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The acreages will be multiplied by a ratio developed in house to detmermine the linear distance that must be walked through each type of wetland to consider the watershed as a whole "survey completed."</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:19:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/automated-map-creation-amp-export-maintain-correct/m-p/39809#M466 RoyHewitt 2012-01-27T10:19:14Z