Dr. Haspel, Thanks for the tip. This has made my day much easier!
Ben Collins GIS Operations Coordinator The Standing Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment Mississippi Legislature --- In [email protected], Moshe Haspel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If I understand correctly, you want (for example) to lay precincts on > top of census blocks to determine what precinct each block is located > within? > > If so, Maptitude calls this "tagging" and it is ridiculously easy: > > 1) Open the two layers. > 2) Make the layer that you wish to tag (in this example the blocks > layer) the active layer. > 3) Add a new field to the layer Dataview... modify table. > 4) Open a dataview for the layer to which you have added the new field. > 5) Right click on the new field, select "fill". > 6) Select "tag", then the layer from which you are passing the data (in > this example the precincts layer) and the field (in this example the > precinct code), then OK. > > > > > Drogo wrote: > > > > Folks, > > > > In ArcMap there exists and IDENTITY tool. This tool assigns a given > > feature layer's attributes to another feature layer based on > > overlapping geometry (more or less). > > > > How would this same process be conducted in Maptitude? I've used > > the "merge geography" command, but have had limited success. I'm > > curious about how others approach the process. > > > > Any thoughts or comments are appreciated. Thanks in advance for the > > time and attention. > > > > Ben Collins > > GIS Operations Coordinator > > The Standing Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment > > Mississippi Legislature > > > > > > > -- > > > ======================================================== > | Moshe Haspel, Ph.D. | > | Director of Research and Evaluation, | > | Office of University-Community Partnerships | > | Adjunct Assistant Professor, | > | Department of Political Science | > | | > | Emory University | > | 1256 Briarcliff Road NE | > | Room 427-W | > | Mailstop 1256-001-1AL | > | Atlanta, GA 30322 | > | Phone: 404-712-9370 | > | | > | | > | Address for direct deliveries (FedEx, UPS, etc.) | > | 1256 Briarcliff Road NE, Suite 418-W, | > | Atlanta, GA 30306-2636 | > | | > ======================================================== > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Maptitude/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Maptitude/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
