Total area covered by tracking

[JustineGüldenpfennig]

Hello!

I'm very new to ArcGIS and I have a problem to find the right approach to my question:

I want to investigate the actual size of driven hunts. I have kmz files of tracked hunting dogs and beaters (see picture), and want to know the size of the area they covered. Is there a way to do that using ArcMap?

I tried merging the polylines (the tracks) and generate a new polygon feature, but it does not work correctly. Or should I simply "draw" a free-hand polygon?

Thank you!

[JayantaPoddar · Accepted solution]

You could use Minimum Bounding Geometry with "Convex Hull" as the geometry type.

I used it on a river network.

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Result for original streams

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Result with Merged/Dissolved Streams

Jayanta_Poddar_3-1616756732907.png

[JustineGüldenpfennig]

That looks nice, and seems to work just fine for me. Thank you!