I am working with V10 and I know enough about Arcgis to confuse myself. I am trying to establish random points for a bird survey over 8 polygons that covers 2500 acres. These polygons represent the different habitats throughout the 2500 ac property. The points need to be at least 250m apart but at least 50m from the edge of each polygon. I was exploring the options of random point creation or creating spatially balanced points through creating and modifying sampling and monitoring networks.
What is my best approach to establishing these points and are my best and only options the ones I mentioned above?
Thanks.