The Assign Labels to Polygons operation can be used to recode polygons in a polygon map according to label points in a point map. For each label point, the closest polygon is determined; then the class name, ID or value of the label point is assigned to that polygon.
Dialog box options:
Input polygon map: |
Select an input polygon map. Open the list box and select the desired input map, or drag a polygon map directly from the Catalog into this box. No special input map requirements. |
Label points: |
Similarly, select an input point map. |
Output polygon map: |
Type a name for the output polygon map that will contain the recoded polygons. |
Description: |
Optionally, type a description for the output map. The description will appear in the status bar of the Main window when moving the mouse pointer over the map in a Catalog, and in the title bar of a map window when the output map is displayed. If no description is supplied, the output map will use its own definition as description. |
When you click the Show button, the dependent output map will be defined, calculated and shown. When you click the Define button, the dependent output map will only be defined; if necessary the map will be calculated later, for instance when the map is opened to be displayed.
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