Andrew,

Open your sales areas and the polygon (region) showing GB coastline.
Make sales areas editable
Select the sales area to be clipped go to 'Objects' on the menu bar and
select 'Set Target' (hatch pattern should change)
Select the outline of GB, then select 'Objects' from the menu bar and 'Erase
Outside'

If the data held within the sales areas is population or sales figures etc.
then change the method to value, this will keep the figures un-touched.

Press OK and repeat for the other areas.

Ps work on a copy for the first time (I learnt the hard way!)

Regards
Malcolm Norman
GIS Development
Engineering & Design Services
Portsmouth City Council
UK


--Original Message--

Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 09:59:02 +0100
From: Andrew Whittam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MI-L Cutting off polygons against the coast

I have a set of polygons (sales territories) some of which go beyond the UK
coast - I want to make the coast the limit of the polygons so that some of
the territories arn't in the sea (i.e. cut them at the coast)  I'm sure that
this is fairly standard but I can't find a solution.  To those of you to
whom this is simple stuff... help!

Cheers - Andrew

Andrew Whittam
Senior Business Analyst
insight@TMW
Direct Tel: 020-7349 4087
Fax: 020-7349 4001

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