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What is spatial selection?
Spatial selection allows you to create database queries for layers that reside in the database. This tool allows you to select any database feature from any database layer in your Map View. You can select features by attributes or by location depending on what do you need.
What is a spatial query used for?
Spatial query refers to the process of retrieving a data subset from a map layer by working directly with the map features. In a spatial database, data are stored in attribute tables and feature/spatial tables.
How does spatial selection work in a map?
Spatial Selection. While attribute queries select features by sorting through attribute records, spatial selection chooses features from the map in the user interface. In most cases, it selects features from one layer that fall within or touches an edge of polygon features in a second layer (or an interactively drawn graphic polygon).
How do you select a polygon in ArcGIS?
You can use a variety of selection methods to select the point, line, or polygon features in one layer that are near or overlap the features in the same or another layer. Use the following steps to apply the Select By Location tool.
How does select by location work in ArcGIS?
Select by Location in ArcGIS. The Select By Location tool selects features based on their location relative to features in another map layer. For instance, if you want to know how many homes were affected by a recent flood, you could select all the homes (layer 1) that fall within the flood boundary (layer 2).
How does the select by location tool work?
Select by Location in ArcGIS The Select By Location tool selects features based on their location relative to features in another map layer. For instance, if you want to know how many homes were affected by a recent flood, you could select all the homes (layer 1) that fall within the flood boundary (layer 2).