Question

1. In your own words describe how the following geoprocessing tools differ from one another.

Dissolve:

Union:

intersect:

Clip:

Answer 1

Dissolve

Dissolve is one of the Data Management tools used for generalizing features. This tool combines like features based on a specified attribute or attributes

Union

Union is another Analysis tool used to perform overlay analysis on feature classes. This tool builds a new feature class by combining the features and attributes of each feature class.

Intersect

Intersect is one of the Analysis tools used to perform overlay analysis on feature classes. This tool builds a new feature class from the intersecting features common in both feature classes

Clip

Clip is one of the Analysis tools used for extracting features or parts of features from a feature class. This tool uses a polygon boundary to cut features and their attributes from a feature class