problem with the dissolve function

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11-02-2017 09:06 AM
GB
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Hi!

I tried to use the dissolve function but that is the output (picture). The input for a map of the world with national borders, and my intention was to create to create the same map of the world without country's boundaries. Thank you.

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JayantaPoddar
MVP Esteemed Contributor

If it is meant for Visualization purpose, you could go to symbology of the layer, and choose "No Color" for Outline.



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GB
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New Contributor

Cannot you see that the tool created some polygons? I just wanted to have an unique entity,

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JayantaPoddar
MVP Esteemed Contributor

When you use Dissolve or a few such Geoprocessing tools on huge datasets, they undergo tiled processing, resulting in such output.

 Tiled processing of large datasets—Appendices | ArcGIS Desktop 

 Dicing Godzillas (features with too many vertices) | ArcGIS Blog 

So either you Dissolve the above layer (with tile boundaries) again.

or Merge the features in the layer by selecting all the features.



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GB
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Thank you for the suggestion. I attempted to dissolve again, but it was taking too much time so I gave up. I thought I might reduce the quality of the map while keeping the original state's boundaries; what is your opinion?

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JayantaPoddar
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I won't suggest compromising with the quality of map.

Try running it using Python Script. That would be faster.

See the code sample for the python script 



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JayantaPoddar
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By the way, did you try Merge (Editing), as I mentioned above. If not, give it a try. (Keep a backup of the original data before executing Merge).



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DanPatterson_Retired
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If the outline of the polygons are bothering you, change the symbology of the patch to have an outline thickness of 0 (zero) in other words, no outline, just a fill color.  It might look ok

JayantaPoddar
MVP Esteemed Contributor

That's what I said in my first comment. GB didn't like it.



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DanPatterson_Retired
MVP Emeritus

ahhh missed that!  That would be the obvious solution

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