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Populate field with value from underlaying polygon layer

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11-13-2014 05:14 AM
RobertThomson
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‎11-13-2014 05:14 AM

I have two separate layers, property records and water meters.  I would like to populate a field in "water meters" with the value of a PID (Property Identification) field found in the property records layer for which it touches.

Is this possible?  Hope I have the right group.

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RobertThomson
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‎11-28-2014 11:55 AM

The answer is to use the Geoprocessing Tool Spatial Join, answer from ESRI Tech Support.

This tool can be found in ArcToolbox> Analysis Toolbox> Overlay toolset> Spatial Join. Here is some information about how the Spatial Join tool works:

Spatial Join -

http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/#/Spatial_Join/00080000000q000000/

Select By Location: graphic examples -

http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//0017000000tp000000

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RobertThomson
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‎11-28-2014 11:55 AM

The answer is to use the Geoprocessing Tool Spatial Join, answer from ESRI Tech Support.

This tool can be found in ArcToolbox> Analysis Toolbox> Overlay toolset> Spatial Join. Here is some information about how the Spatial Join tool works:

Spatial Join -

http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/#/Spatial_Join/00080000000q000000/

Select By Location: graphic examples -

http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//0017000000tp000000

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