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SelectbyLocation
Previously,youselectedfeaturesaccordingtotheir attributevalues Nowyouwillselectfeaturesbasedontheirlocation Thatis,accordingtotheirspatialrelationship toother features Therearefour typesofspatialrelationshipsthatcanbe used:distance,containment,intersection,andadjacency

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DistanceContainment

IntersectionAdjacency

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CompletelyContain

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CompletelyWithin

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Intersect

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SelectbyLocation
ArcGISdefines11 spatialrelationships,eachavariationonone ofthefour types: Intersect Arewithinadistanceof Completelycontain Arecompletelywithin Havetheircenterin Sharealinesegmentwith Share a line segment with Touchtheboundaryof Areidenticalto Arecrossedbytheoutlineof Contain Arecontainedby
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Intersect
Intersectisthe mostgeneric operator Asitsname implies,itwill returnanyfeature thatgeometrically sharesacommon partwiththe source(reference) feature(or features)
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Arewithinadistanceof

TheArewithinadistance operatorcreatesabuffer b ff (orbuffers)withasize equaltothedistance specifiedaroundthe sourcefeature(or features),thenreturnsall thefeaturesthatare intersecting thebuffer (orbuffers)

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Completely contain

Forafeaturetobeconsideredascompletelycontaining anotherfeature,eachpointinthegeometryofthesource feature(reference)mustfallinsidethegeometryofthe target(tobeselected)feature,excludingitsboundaries

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Arecompletelywithin

Forafeaturetobeconsideredasbeingcompletelywithinanother feature,eachpointinthegeometryofthetarget(tobeselected) featuremustfallwithinthegeometryofthesourcefeatureexcluding itsboundaries.ThisisthereverseoperatorfromCompletelycontain

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Arewithin
Thismethoddiffers fromtheAre from the Are completely within methodinthatthe geometryofthetarget (tobeselected)feature mustfallinsidethe geometryofthesource f h featureevenifit touchesitboundaries

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Havetheircenterin
Atargetfeaturewillbe selectedbythisoperator ifthecentroid ofits if the centroid of its geometryfallsintothe geometryofthesource featureoronits boundaries Youcanalsospecifya distance

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Sharealine segmentwith
Withthismethod, thesourceandtarget featureswillbe features will be consideredassharing alinesegmentiftheir geometrieshaveat leasttwocontiguous verticesincommon Thesourceandtarget featuresmustbe eitherlinesor polygons
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Touchtheboundary of

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Areidenticalto

Twofeaturesareconsideredidenticaliftheirgeometries arestrictlyequal
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Arecrossedby theoutlineof
Theboundariesof thesource (reference)and (reference) and target(tobe selected)features musthaveatleast oneedge,vertex, orendpointin common. Thesourceand targetfeatures mustbeeither linesorpolygons
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Contain
Apolygon representingthe UnitedStateswill containtheState ofTexaseven thoughits boundaries overlapalongthe southernborderof theUS

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Intersect
Selectallthevillages intheWestBankthatarewithin areasthatatanelevationof400to500m

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Arewithinadistanceof
Toselect allthe rainfallstations inGazaStrip thatareata distanceless thanorequalto 200meters fromthe from the regionalroad network

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Arewithinadistanceof

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Arewithinadistanceof

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AreCompletelyWithin
Toselect all the groundwater monitoring wellsthatare locatedwithin GazaCity

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AreCompletelyWithin

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FindingFeaturesthatIntersect OtherFeatures
Findthemunicipalities thatareathighrisk ofgroundwater contamination

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FindingFeaturesthatIntersect OtherFeatures

Highlighttherisky areas

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FindingFeaturesthatIntersect OtherFeatures

Selectthe governoratesthat intersectswiththe selectedfeaturesin thevulnerability theme

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SelectbyLocation
Forexample,thereiscontainment (wherethecontained featuremaytouchtheboundaryofthecontaining feature)andcompletecontainment (wherethe feature) and complete containment (where the boundariesmaynottouch) Toselectfeaturesbylocation Youchoosetwolayers andspecify aspatial relationship l ti hi Features inthefirstlayer arethenspatiallycompared tofeatures inthesecondlayer andthefeatureswill beselected iftheysatisfytherelationship
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SelectbyLocation Definitions
BaseGeometry Select featuresfrom orin thislayer [whatisbeingselected] [what is being selected] ComparisonGeometry Determine selectionusing from itsfeatures

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BaseGeometry ComparisonGeometry Forinstance,youwantto findalltherainfallstations inGazaStripthatarewithin adistanceof 200meters fromtheregionalroad network

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SelectionofMethods

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SelectionBasedonIntersecting thePoints
Base:points, lines,or polygons Comparison:points

Cyanfeaturesare selectedinbase geometry geometry Redfeaturesrepresent comparison geometry

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SelectionBasedonIntersecting theLines
Base:points,lines,or polygons Comparison:lines

Cyanfeaturesare selectedinbase geometry geometry Redfeaturesrepresent comparison geometry

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SelectionBasedonIntersecting thePolygons
Base:points, lines,or polygons Comparison:polygons

Cyanfeaturesare selectedinbase geometry geometry Redfeaturesrepresent comparison geometry

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WithinaCertainDistanceof thePoints

Cyanfeaturesare selectedinbase geometry

Redfeaturesrepresent comparison geometry

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PickaMethod
Find potentialareasforalandfillsite (polygons)thatare nearaccessroads inordertomakeiteasytogettoit near access roads in order to make it easy to get to it

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PickaMethod

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PickaMethod

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PickaMethod
Youwouldliketoorganizeatourtoweatherstationsin yourgovernorate your governorate Yetyouwantonlytovisitstationsthatarenotfarfrom youroffice (sothatyouwillnotdrivetoofar)andclose tothemainroad (sothatyouwillnotwalk)

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PickaMethod

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PickaMethod

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AGoodExampletoWorkOn
Youwillbeselectingapotentiallocationforconstructing agroundwaterpumpingwellinaspecificgovernorate Asetofconcurrentconditionsshouldbefulfilledfor determiningthepotentiallocations Apotentiallocationshouldbeatadistanceofatleast3 kmfromdumpsitelocations,within7kmofmaintowns, km from dumpsite locations within 7 km of main towns 2kmatmostfrommainroads,locatedinhighrecharge areas(>150mm/year),andisnotinagriculturalareas ThegovernorateisJeninGovernorate
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