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merging areas by a common attribute


I have several areas that have common boundaries and a common attribute.  I would like to dissolve the lines that touch to make one larger area.  I tried the amalgamator, but that didn't work, I have also tried the aggregator, but that isn't working either.  The data is an access workspace for a geomedia layer.  Any suggestions would be helpful.

 

 

Thank you.

4 replies

takashi
Influencer
  • May 14, 2013
Hi Joan,

 

 

Did you try Dissolver transformer?

 

 

Takashi

david_r
Celebrity
  • May 14, 2013
Hi Joan,

 

 

Takashi is spot on, the Dissolver will do the trick. Specify the common attribute in the Group By to only dissolve those with a common value.

 

 

If the areas aren't perfectly aligned, consider inserting a Snapper (or similar) before the Dissolver.

 

 

David

I tried the Dissolver, but my data is in an access table from Geomedia, should I export it as a shape file or something else so the dissolver will recognize it as geometry?

 

 

Thank you.

takashi
Influencer
  • May 15, 2013
Which reader are you trying to read the geomedia data with? I think you can read geometries normally with the FM0 (Intergraph GeoMedia Access Warehouse) Reader...

 

 

Takashi

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