Select by Location

Select by location allows us to select features in one layer (the target) that have a spatial relationship with another layer (the source). These relationships include:

• Intersect: Select features the Input Features that intersect with features in the Selecting Features
• Within a distance: Select features in the Input Features that are within a specified distance of features in the Selecting Features
• Contains: Select features in the Input Features contain a feature in the Selecting Features (the contained features may share bondaries with the selecting features)
• Completely Contains: Same as contains except Selecting Features will be not selected if they share a boundary.
• Widthin: Select features in the Input Features that are contained within the features in the Selecting Features (the contained features may share boundaries with the selecting features)
• Completely Within: Same as Within except the input features are only selected if the do not share boundaries.
• Are Identical To: Select features in the Input Features that are identical to features in the Selecting Features
• Boundary touches: Select features in the Input Features that touch features in the Selecting Features

We'll use "Select by Location" in the next lab and there are more details on how to use it there.

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