Hi Jeff: If I understand your question correctly a possible solution is as follows:
Make your day care centers layer the working layer, and go to the bands dialog box (as you described in your question) It seems that you want to know the total square footage around all day cares combined, so you do not need to check the "separate bands" option. Once you have the new band layer, right click on the band layer in the Display Manager and choose New Dataview. The Area field displays the area of the bands in the system units which can be changed under Edit-Preferences (to feet for example). Maptitude Mapping Software <http://www.caliper.com> Group Moderator --- In [email protected], Jeff Kelly Lowenstein <jkellylowenstein@...> wrote: > > Dear Fellow Maptitude Users, > > I am a journalist working on a story about child sex offenders and residency > requirements in Chicago. My editor has asked me to quantify how much space is > available in the city for offenders to live and follow the 500-foot > requirements. > > I've mapped out the location of day care centers and placed bands around them, > and wanted to know how to add up the square footage contained within these often > overlapping areas. > > > Does anyone in the group know how to do this? I've looked in the Bands section > of the Maptitude manual, but not found anything specific. > > I'm attaching a Word document with a screen shot of the map so that you have an > idea of what I would like to do. > > Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. > > Jeff Kelly Lowenstein >
