topic Re: Creating (Circle) Polygon with Specific Area Size in Spatial Data Science Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-data-science-questions/creating-circle-polygon-with-specific-area-size/m-p/250126#M588 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The GeoNet Resource Hub is for asking questions about GeoNet itself, not general questions about Esri software.&nbsp; Sharing with <A href="https://community.esri.com/space/2051">Analysis</A>‌.</P><P></P><P>Is this something that will be repeated a lot?&nbsp; Are you using the GUI and an edit session?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 19:15:19 GMT JoshuaBixby 2019-06-06T19:15:19Z Creating (Circle) Polygon with Specific Area Size https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-data-science-questions/creating-circle-polygon-with-specific-area-size/m-p/250125#M587 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am wondering if the ArcMap (10.6) or ArcGIS Pro (2.3.3) allows us to create circle polygon with setting specific area-size, instead of radius? Thank you in advance.&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 19:06:24 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-data-science-questions/creating-circle-polygon-with-specific-area-size/m-p/250125#M587 KioshiMishiro 2019-06-06T19:06:24Z Re: Creating (Circle) Polygon with Specific Area Size https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-data-science-questions/creating-circle-polygon-with-specific-area-size/m-p/250126#M588 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The GeoNet Resource Hub is for asking questions about GeoNet itself, not general questions about Esri software.&nbsp; Sharing with <A href="https://community.esri.com/space/2051">Analysis</A>‌.</P><P></P><P>Is this something that will be repeated a lot?&nbsp; Are you using the GUI and an edit session?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 19:15:19 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-data-science-questions/creating-circle-polygon-with-specific-area-size/m-p/250126#M588 JoshuaBixby 2019-06-06T19:15:19Z Re: Creating (Circle) Polygon with Specific Area Size https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-data-science-questions/creating-circle-polygon-with-specific-area-size/m-p/250127#M589 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If you know the area you want then you can work out the radius that you need to create it</P><P></P><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive_macro_quote jive-quote jive_text_macro"><P>Area of circle = PI * r^2</P></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Therefore to know radius the equation is</P><P></P><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive_macro_quote jive-quote jive_text_macro"><P>r = SQRT(area/PI) where SQRT means Square Root.</P></BLOCKQUOTE><P></P><P>So for example if you want a circle that is exactly 200m2 then the radius is SQRT(200/PI) which is&nbsp;7.978m to 3 decimal places.</P><P></P><P>Now you know the radius just feed that into a buffer tool.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Aug 2019 11:06:22 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-data-science-questions/creating-circle-polygon-with-specific-area-size/m-p/250127#M589 DuncanHornby 2019-08-02T11:06:22Z Re: Creating (Circle) Polygon with Specific Area Size https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-data-science-questions/creating-circle-polygon-with-specific-area-size/m-p/250128#M590 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Are you thinking of a GUI tool/interface?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Aug 2019 15:30:22 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-data-science-questions/creating-circle-polygon-with-specific-area-size/m-p/250128#M590 JoshuaBixby 2019-08-02T15:30:22Z