What is a geoprocessing tool?

Geoprocessing is a framework and set of tools for processing geographic and related data. The comprehensive suite of geoprocessing tools can be used to perform spatial analysis or manage GIS data in an automated way.

What is clip operation GIS?

In GIS, to clip is to overlay a polygon on one or more target features (layers) and extract from the target feature (or features) only the target feature data that lies within the area outlined by the clip polygon. In other words, the boundaries of the second polygon are imposed on the first polygon.

What is intersection GIS?

In GIS, an Intersect is an analytical operation that can be used to select any part of a feature that intersects with one or more other features. The areas of the map where all the input features intersect will create a feature as the intersect output.

What is spatial join?

A spatial join matches rows from the Join Features values to the Target Features values based on their relative spatial locations. By default, all attributes of the join features are appended to attributes of the target features and copied to the output feature class.

What do you mean by Vector overlay?

Vector overlay is an operation (or class of operations) in a geographic information system (GIS) for integrating two or more vector spatial data sets. Terms such as polygon overlay, map overlay, and topological overlay are often used synonymously, although they are not identical in the range of operations they include.

What is a GIS tool?

GIS software lets you produce maps and other geographic displays to analyze and present information. The displays typically include points, lines, areas or raster images (from photos or scanned images).

What does GIS stand for?

Geographic information systemGeographic information system / Full name
A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer system that analyzes and displays geographically referenced information. It uses data that is attached to a unique location.

How do you reverse a clip in ArcGIS?

I have found this method to work:

  1. Start an editing session.
  2. Select the layer (‘clip’ feature or the ‘output’ as referenced in your image above) that you want to clip out of a larger polygon.
  3. On your editor toolbar, click the “editor” drop-down and select “Clip”. Choose “discard the area that intersects”

What is a spatial join GIS?

spatial join. [spatial analysis] A type of table join operation in which fields from one layer’s attribute table are appended to another layer’s attribute table based on the relative locations of the features in the two layers.

What is a buffer ArcGIS?

A buffer is a reclassification based on distance: classification of within/without a given proximity. Buffering involves measuring distance outward in directions from an object. Buffering can be done on all three types of vector data: point, line, area. The resulting buffer is a polygon file.