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How Create Fishnet (Data Management) works

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Last modified November 29, 2010
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Creates a fishnet of rectangular cells.


Examples


In this example, a fishnet with two rows and three columns is generated. The fishnet origin is (0,0); (0,2) is a point that lies on the positive y-axis of the fishnet, with a cell size of 1 (width) by 1 (height), and with two rows and three columns.


Create Fishnet1


In this example, the fishnet origin is shifted to (2,0), and (2,2) is a point that lies on the y-axis of the fishnet. The orientation of the y-axis of the fishnet could also have been defined with other points like (2,1), (2,3), (2,4), and so on.


Create Fishnet2


In this example, the fishnet origin is shifted to (3,2). Notice how the x-axis and y-axis of the fishnet change accordingly.


Create Fishnet3


In this example, the fishnet origin is kept at (0,0). However, the y-axis of the grid is rotated relative to the y-axis of the Cartesian coordinate system. (2,2) is a point that lies on the y-axis of the rotated fishnet. The rotation of the y-axis of the fishnet could also have been defined using the points (1,1), (3,3), (4,4), and so on, in place of (2,2). Any point that falls on the positive y-axis of the fishnet will work.


Create Fishnet4


In this example, the fishnet origin is moved to (1,2). As in the previous example, the y-axis of the fishnet is rotated 45 degrees. (3,4) defines a point on the positive y-axis of the fishnet.


Create Fishnet5


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