Maptitude - http://research.umbc.edu/~roswell/maptitude.html
Bob.
Just to have an idea of some of the presentation problem you may hve:
1) What would be the maximum number of points a polygon can "belong" to?
2) What is the length of the field to be used for tagging in the point layer?
3) Do you need to show the map at variable scales?
Cheers,
Armando
"McLaughlin, Bob (DHS-EHIB)" wrote:
> Maptitude - http://research.umbc.edu/~roswell/maptitude.html
>
> I have a layer of points (schools) and a layer of polygons (sections). I
> create a selection set of the polygons that are within 1.5 miles of the
> points. In many cases, a point "shares" the same polygon within the 1.5
> mile radius. Thus, within the 1.5 mile radius of point #1 are polygons #1,
> #2, and #3. Within the 1.5 mile radius of point #2 are polygons #3, #4, and
> # 5. Thus, polygon #3 is common to both points. Now, I want to tag each
> polygon with attributes from the points layer. I create a new field and
> fill it using the TAG method. This works great, except for the common
> polygons. These polygons get tagged with the attributes for the last point.
> What I need is for another record to added in these cases so that I have a
> table that has:
> Polygon #3 Attributes from point #1
> Polygon #3 Attributes from point #2
> Is it possible to do this in Maptitude? In the past, I've had to do this
> for just a few points, so I created separate selection sets for each
> point/polygon combination, tagged them, and then exported them and
> recombined them outside Maptitude. Now, however, I need to undertake this
> type of analysis on thousands of points, so this solution is not practical.
> Any insight is appreciated.
>
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