Show Navigation
|
Hide Navigation
Select by Location: graphical examples |
|
|
Release 9.2
Last modified October 31, 2007 |
|
Below are sections dedicated to each geometry combination that can be used as input to Select By Location dialog in ArcMap & the Select Layer By Location tool.
Each graphic shows a different topological relationships (lettered A, B, C, ...) and the accompanying table lists valid "overlap" type and which case (A, B, C, ...) would result in the input feature being selected.
WITHIN_A_DISTANCE: overlap type is not included in the graphical examples below. When this overlap type is used, the overlap type is set to INTERSECT and the features in the select layer are buffered by the distance specified.
Clementini relationships
WITHIN_CLEMENTINI and CONTAINS_CLEMENTINI operations are not currently available. They will be available at a later release. "Clementini" refers to the following: Eliseo Clementini, Paolino Di Felice, and Peter van Oosterom, A Small Set of Formal Topological Relationships Suitable for End-User Interaction, Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Advances in Spatial Databases, p.277-295, June 23-25, 1993
Contrast of the 3 "contains" geometric relationships
Definition of boundary: for lines the boundary are the two endpoint, for polygon the boundary is the edge.
- CONTAIN: will select features in the input layer which contain a feature in the select layer. The select layer can be inside as well as on the boundary of the input layer.
- COMPLETELY_CONTAINS: will select features in the input layer which contain a feature in the select layer as long as the feature in the select layer does not intersects the boundary of the input feature.
- CONTAINS_CLEMENTINI: the results will be identical to CONTAINS with the exception that if the feature in the select layer is entirely on the boundary of the input feature, with no part of the contained feature is properly inside the feature in the input layer, the input feature will not be selected. CLEMENTINI states that the boundary of a point is always empty, the boundary of a line is the end-points.
- CONTAINS & CONTAINS_CLEMENTINI produces identical results with point and multipoint input and the select features are point or multipoint.
Contrast of the 3 "within/contained by" geometric relationships
- CONTAINED_BY: will select features in the input layer which are contained by features in the select layer.
- COMPLETELY_WITHIN: the result will be identical to CONTAINED_BY except if the feature in the input layer intersects the boundary of the feature in the select layer, then it will not be selected.
- WITHIN_CLEMENTINI: the result will be identical to CONTAINED_BY except if the entirety of the feature in the input layer is on the boundary of the feature in the select layer. CLEMENTINI states that the boundary of a point is always empty, the boundary of a line is the end-points.
Legend
Through the graphical examples below, the following legend applies
- Input feature: green
- Input feature's center: red "x"
- Select Feature: grey
The graphics are labeled A, B, C and so forth. Each overlap type (INTERSECT, CONTAINS, etc...) which is valid for that combination of geometries is listed in the left column of the table. The geometric cases which would be selected for that overlap type are listed in the right column of the table.
Select point using point
| INTERSECT | A |
| CONTAINS | A |
| CONTAINS_CLEMENTINI | A |
| CONTAINED_BY | A |
| WITHIN_CLEMENTINI | A |
| ARE_IDENTICAL_TO | A |
| HAVE_THEIR_CENTER_IN | A |
Select point using multi-point
| INTERSECT | A, C |
| CONTAINS | A |
| CONTAINS_CLEMENTINI | A |
| CONTAINED_BY | A, C |
| WITHIN_CLEMENTINI | A, C |
| ARE_IDENTICAL_TO | A |
| HAVE_THEIR_CENTER_IN | A, C |
Select point using line
| INTERSECT | A, C |
| CONTAINED_BY | A, C |
| COMPLETELY_WITHIN | A |
| WITHIN_CLEMENTINI | A |
| HAVE_THEIR_CENTER_IN | A, C |
Select point using polygon
| INTERSECT | A, C |
| CONTAINED_BY | A, C |
| COMPLETELY_WITHIN | A |
| WITHIN_CLEMENTINI | A |
| HAVE_THEIR_CENTER_IN | A, C |
Select multi-point using point
| INTERSECT | A, C |
| CONTAINS | A, C |
| CONTAINS_CLEMENTINI | A, C |
| CONTAINED_BY | A |
| WITHIN_CLEMENTINI | A |
| ARE_IDENTICAL_TO | A |
| HAVE_THEIR_CENTER_IN | A, D |
Select multi-point using multi-point
| INTERSECT | A, C, E, F |
| CONTAINS | A, F |
| CONTAINS_CLEMENTINI | A, F |
| CONTAINED_BY | A, C |
| WITHIN_CLEMENTINI | A, C |
| ARE_IDENTICAL_TO | A |
| HAVE_THEIR_CENTER_IN | A, D |
Select multi-point using line
| INTERSECT | A, C, E, F |
| CONTAINED_BY | A, C, E |
| COMPLETELY_WITHIN | A |
| WITHIN_CLEMENTINI | A, E |
| HAVE_THEIR_CENTER_IN | A, D, E |
Select multi-point using polygon
| INTERSECT | A, C, D, E, F |
| CONTAINED_BY | A, C, D, E |
| COMPLETELY_WITHIN | A |
| WITHIN_CLEMENTINI | A, D, E |
| HAVE_THEIR_CENTER_IN | A, B, C, E, F |
Select line using point
| INTERSECT | A, C, D |
| CONTAINS | A, C, D |
| COMPLETELY_CONTAINS | A, D |
| CONTAINS_CLEMENTINI | A, D |
| HAVE_THEIR_CENTER_IN | D |
Select line using multi-point
| INTERSECT | A, C, D, E |
| CONTAINS | A, C, E |
| COMPLETELY_CONTAINS | A |
| CONTAINS_CLEMENTINI | A, E |
| HAVE_THEIR_CENTER_IN | D |
Select line using line
| INTERSECT | A, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J |
| CONTAINS | G, H |
| COMPLETELY_CONTAINS | G |
| CONTAINS_CLEMENTINI | G, H |
| CONTAINED_BY | F, H |
| COMPLETELY_WITHIN | F |
| WITHIN_CLEMENTINI | F, H |
| ARE_IDENTICAL_TO | H |
| BOUNDARY_TOUCHES | C, E |
Select line using polygon
| INTERSECT | A, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O |
| CONTAINED_BY | A, D, G, H, I, O |
| COMPLETELY_WITHIN | A |
| WITHIN_CLEMENTINI | A, D, G, H, I |
| BOUNDARY_TOUCHES | D, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O |
| SHARE_A_LINE_SEGMENT_WITH | G, I, J, K, M, O |
| CROSSED_BY_THE_OUTLINE_OF | C, E, H, L, N |
| HAVE_THEIR_CENTER_IN | A, C, D, E, G, H, I, J, O |
Select polygon using point
| INTERSECT | A, B |
| CONTAINS | A, B |
| COMPLETELY_CONTAINS | A |
| CONTAINS_CLEMENTINI | A |
| HAVE_THEIR_CENTER_IN | A, D |
Select polygon using multi-point
| INTERSECT | A, B, C, E |
| CONTAINS | A, B, E |
| COMPLETELY_CONTAINS | A |
| CONTAINS_CLEMENTINI | A, B |
| HAVE_THEIR_CENTER_IN | A, D |
Select polygon using line
| INTERSECT | A, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O |
| CONTAINS | A, D, G, H, I, O |
| COMPLETELY_CONTAINS | A |
| CONTAINS_CLEMENTINI | A, D, G, H, I |
| BOUNDARY_TOUCHES | D, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O |
| SHARE_A_LINE_SEGMENT_WITH | G, I, J, K, M, O |
| CROSSED_BY_THE_OUTLINE_OF | C, E, H, L, N |
| HAVE_THEIR_CENTER_IN | E, I, L |
Select polygon using polygon
| INTERSECT | A, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, M |
| CONTAINS | C, E, H, M |
| COMPLETELY_CONTAINS | C |
| CONTAINS_CLEMENTINI | C, E, H, M |
| CONTAINED_BY | F, G, H, M |
| COMPLETELY_WITHIN | F |
| WITHIN_CLEMENTINI | F, G, H, M |
| ARE_IDENTICAL_TO | H, M |
| BOUNDARY_TOUCHES | D, E, G, H, I, J, M |
| SHARE_A_LINE_SEGMENT_WITH | D, H, I, M |
| CROSSED_BY_THE_OUTLINE_OF | A, E, G, J, K |
| HAVE_THEIR_CENTER_IN | C, E, F, G, H, K, L |