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What is selection by location?
The Select By Location tool allows you to select features based on their location relative to features in another layer. For instance, you may want to know how many homes were affected by a recent flood, so you could select all the homes within the flood boundary.
How do you create a feature class from a selection?
Right-click the layer of the selected features in Table Of Contents > Selection > Create Layer from Selected Features. This creates a layer of the selected features. Right-click the newly created layer > Data > Export Data. This creates a new permanent feature class.
How do you make a selection layer?
Convert a selection into a new layer
- Choose Layer > New > Layer Via Copy to copy the selection into a new layer.
- Choose Layer > New > Layer Via Cut to cut the selection and paste it into a new layer.
How do I use the Select tool in Arcgis?
Use the Select tool for web maps You can select a feature on a web map and create reports. With a web map feature on the map, click it or press Shift and drag the pointer to select it. A pop-up appears with options to get reports.
What is location buffer?
Description: You can use the Buffer tool to identify or define an area within a specified distance around a feature. The width of the buffer can be specified as a fixed distance from an attribute table field (item) or from a distance table.
How can I create a layer from selected features?
You can work with selected features for a specific layer by right-clicking the layer name in the table of contents and clicking Selection. This displays the shortcut menu of various operations you can apply to the selection set of a layer. Follow these steps to use the Selection shortcut menu and create a layer from selected features:
How does the select by location tool work?
The Select By Location tool lets you select features based on their location relative to features in another layer. For instance, if you want to know how many homes were affected by a recent flood, you could select all the homes that fall within the flood boundary.
How to add a building to a selection?
Click Ok. That should select all 150 buildings in the original layer that you saved to the selection layer. Using the interactive selection (Select Features button on the Tools toolbar) and holding shift, click the building you want to add in the LargeBuilding layer. This should add it to the selection.
How do you select a feature in ArcGIS?
Select the desired features for a layer. Right-click the layer and click Selection on the shortcut menu. Click the desired operation on the menu. For example, click Create Layer from Selected Features to create a new selection layer.