divide polygons by area

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12-21-2011 02:10 PM
EmikoCondeso
New Contributor III
Hello,
I have a set of polygons (made from buffered points) that represent bird foraging areas.  In some places these polygons intersect, and where they do I would like to split the intersecting region into two equal areas that can be allocated to one foraging area or another (see attached image).  I can't find an easy way to divide the intersecting region so that the areas of the two resulting polygons are equal.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers,
CG
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P_Moeller
New Contributor
I'm also having this problem right now.  I have an irregularly shaped polygon I need to divide into 20 equal areas, so the split tool will not work.
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P_Moeller
New Contributor
I found this:

http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/About_dividing_parcels_by_area_in_the_...

It looks like it might only be available in v. 10, but I'm not sure yet.
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markdenil
Occasional Contributor III
You could generate Theissian (Voroni) Polygons from the points, and use them to split a merged buffer polygon using Identity, or clip the individual buffer circles.
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