What is overlapping features?

What is overlapping features?

Overlapping features are any features that share two or more vertices. The search for duplicate features can be further refined to identify overlapping features with specific properties (layer, feature type, attribute, or attribute value).

How to select overlapping features in arcgis?

Select a feature from overlapping features

  1. On the Map tab, in the Selection group, click the Select drop-down menu and click Select By Rectangle .
  2. Click the map to select a feature.
  3. Click the button to cycle through the choices.
  4. Click the arrow to view a list of the features from which you can select.

How to prevent labels from one layer from overlapping features?

The Maplex settings are numerous. You can read more about them in the help. This is possible by assigning a higher weight to the line layer’s features than to the point layer’s labels. Open the Properties dialog for the line layer, and choose the Labels > Placement option, then set a High value for the Feature Weight.

How to select features based on another feature?

In the project I have another layer of features, that is populated with points. Each point has similar attributes : street name and postal code. For each polygon we must add a point that has the same values.

How to dictate the drawing order of overlapping features?

With symbol levels, you can dictate the drawing order of individual symbol groups within a layer. You’ll have to symbolize your layer either by categories or graduated symbols, but you could use the same style for everything if you want to. Thanks for contributing an answer to Geographic Information Systems Stack Exchange!

How to transfer attributes between features in ArcGIS?

Transferring attributes between features. Click the Spatial Adjustment menu and click Attribute Transfer Mapping. Click the Source Layer drop-down arrow and choose a layer. Click the Target Layer drop-down arrow and choose a layer.