I have a layer of the countries in the world and the marine boundaries associated with the countries. I would like this to be turned into a raster map, with cells 0.5 x 0.5 degrees. When I try to make the map raster, it only allows me to choose 'center point' or 'maximum area'. I cannot use either because I want all cells that have a country boundary touching it to turn that country, even if it only slightly goes inside.
So, I did a fishnet over the world map, and did a spatial join with the fishnet and world. The join resulted in a map that turns any cell that has a country in it to that country BUT when two countries are boarding each other, it takes the one that is higher alphabetically. I would like the country that takes up most of the cell to take that cell. How do I get ArcGIS to do this??
I would like: if a country/marine boundary of a country is bordering the ocean (that is not apart of a country), I want that cell to be the country, even if the country is only slightly in the cell. But, when country boarders are bordering other countries, I want the country that takes up the majority of the cell to be that cell.
