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Cleaning up polygon boundaries

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07-10-2017 02:58 AM
HåvardMoe1
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I'm having an issue with managing some data with errors in the polygon boundaries. The problem is that the software generating the data (delivered to me as Shape-files) will include some lines that are not the actual polygon boundary as part of the boundary. I'll try to show:

Bad polygon boundary

Above I have selected one of the problem polygons in ArcMap, Hereafter known as "Polygon 1". As you may see, there is a hole between Polygon 1 and Polygon 2. The south-western hole edge is part of the Polygon 2 boundary, while the other three side should form part of the Polygon 1 boundary.

The problem is that all the hole edges are included in the Polygon boundary, and this is causing problems later on when converting the data.

I have tried to Repair Geometry, but this only removes the hole and include the area into Polygon 1. Do anyone know a way clean up this ?

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DanPatterson_Retired
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HåvardMoe1
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Hm... Might be helpful, but it seems to require a Data Reviewer license that I don't have. 

I have access to Desktop 10.3.1 (up to advanced), but not many extensions (apart from 3D/spatial analyst).

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HåvardMoe1
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I had not. I haven't worked much with topologies before, but from what I can see this does exactly what I'm after.

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ChrisDonohue__GISP
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Topology is usually the best method, but here is an additional option:

Integrate—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop 

Note that this tool modifies the input data, so make a backup copy of the source data before running it.

Chris Donohue, GISP