Conflation tools

Finds where the source line features spatially match the target line features and transfers specified attributes from source features to matched target features.

Transform Features. Converts the coordinates of input features from one location to another through scaling, shifting, and rotating based on the transformation links between known corresponding control points. Arc GIS Desktop. Tool Description Align Features Identifies inconsistent portions of the input features against target features within a search distance and aligns them with the target features. Calculate Transformation Errors Calculates residue errors and root mean square error RMSE based on the coordinates of the input links between known control points to be used for spatial data transformation.

Edgematch Features Modifies input line features by spatially adjusting their shapes, guided by the specified edgematch links, so they become connected with the lines in the adjacent dataset. Generate Edgematch Links Finds matching but disconnected line features along the edges of the source data's area and its adjacent data's area, and generates edgematch links from the source lines to the matched adjacent lines. Generate Rubbersheet Links Finds where the source line features spatially match the target line features and generates lines representing links from source locations to corresponding target locations for rubbersheeting.

These tools automatically find spatially corresponding features from input datasets, generate edgematch links or rubbersheet links, and perform edgematching or rubbersheeting adjustment using these links.

You can also transfer feature attributes from one source of features to matching features of another source. Edgematch Features. Modifies input line features by spatially adjusting their shapes, guided by the specified edgematch links, so they become connected with the lines in the adjacent dataset.

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Rubbersheet Features. Modifies input features by spatially adjusting them through rubbersheeting, using the specified rubbersheet links, so they are better aligned with the intended target features.

Split Line By Match. Splits input features based on matching relationships to obtain better corresponding line segmentation.

Transfer Attributes. Finds where the source line features spatially match the target line features and transfers specified attributes from source features to matched target features. Transform Features. Converts the coordinates of input features from one location to another through scaling, shifting, and rotating based on the transformation links between known corresponding control points.

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