Hi everyone,
I'm trying to clear a polygon shapefile that contains a huge amount of holes, it looks like a colander. This shapefile was obtained from a raster, so the polygons have a lot of tiny square holes inside of them and I need to clear or fill them in order to get a solid polygon.
I tried to erase the points editing my shp and using Delete Vertex tool, but this is so slow.
If you have a better method than mine please let me know.
Thanks for your help!
Claudia.
I'm trying to clear a polygon shapefile that contains a huge amount of holes, it looks like a colander. This shapefile was obtained from a raster, so the polygons have a lot of tiny square holes inside of them and I need to clear or fill them in order to get a solid polygon.
I tried to erase the points editing my shp and using Delete Vertex tool, but this is so slow.
If you have a better method than mine please let me know.
Thanks for your help!
Claudia.
you can also zoom to the polygon and draw a new polygon inside the borders of the originally polygon that covers all the holes. select the old and the new and then use the merge tool to combine them. making sure to select the option to keep the attributes from the original polygon.
This is a little quicker than the sketch properties option, however it may not be as precise and it may leave some small holes you cannot see. sketch properties will show you all the holes.