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URP 3161: Geographical Information System
Ahsanul Kabir
BUFFER creates buffer polygons around specified input coverage features. Available at: ARC
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BUFFER {buffer_item} {buffer_table} {buffer_distance} {fuzzy_tolerance} {LINE | POLY | POINT | NODE} {ROUND | FLAT} {FULL | LEFT | RIGHT}
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- Polygon(s) representing a buffer zone - Polygon(s) outside the buffer zone
URP 3161: Geographical Information System
Ahsanul Kabir
Union computes the geometric intersection of two polygon coverages. All polygons from both coverages will be split at their intersections and preserved in the output coverage.
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UNION {fuzzy_tolerance} {JOIN | NOJOIN}
URP 3161: Geographical Information System
Ahsanul Kabir
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Union
URP 3161: Geographical Information System
Ahsanul Kabir
Union
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UNION creates a new region coverage by overlaying two sets of regions. In the figure below, the input coverage contains regions A and B. The union coverage contains regions C and D. The output coverage contains all four regions.
URP 3161: Geographical Information System
Ahsanul Kabir
Identity computes the geometric intersection of two coverages. All features of the input coverage, as well as those features of the identity coverage that overlap the input coverage, are preserved in the output coverage.
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IDENTITY {POLY | LINE | POINT} {fuzzy_tolerance} {JOIN | NOJOIN}
URP 3161: Geographical Information System
Ahsanul Kabir
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Identity
URP 3161: Geographical Information System
Ahsanul Kabir
Intersect computes the geometric intersection of two coverages. Only those features in the area common to both coverages will be preserved in the output coverage.
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INTERSECT {POLY | LINE | POINT} {fuzzy_tolerance} {JOIN | NOJOIN}
URP 3161: Geographical Information System
Ahsanul Kabir
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Intersect
URP 3161: Geographical Information System
Ahsanul Kabir