How Polygon To Raster works

The following information specifies how the cells in raster datasets are assigned values under various conditions when using the Polygon to Raster tool.

There are three ways to control how the cell will be assigned a value when more than one feature falls withing a cell. The methods are identified below.

CELL_CENTER method

If no priority is specified, and:

If priority is specified, and:

MAXIMUM_AREA method

If no priority is specified, and:

If priority is specified, and:

MAXIMUM_COMBINED_AREA method

For this description, the combined feature is considered to be a single feature with the FID equal to the lowest of the combined features and the priority equal to the highest of the combined features.

If no priority is specified, and:

If priority is specified, and:

Illustration of six polygons that fall within a single cell
Illustration of six polygons that fall within a single cell

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11/14/2011