Hi,
I am needing help determining the best way to dissolve all polygons which are ENTIRELY WITHIN another polygon but which also MAY TOUCH THE OUTER BOUNDARY. However, I do not want all of the intersections, just ones entirely within. I am working with one file which seems to be an issue for SpatialFilter as the Candidates and the Filters are the same.
I cannot have donuts or multi-part objects. Some dissolving of inner features is acceptable but the idea is to dissolve as many polygons into larger one as possible without creating donuts or multi-parts.
Here is a sample of what I am working with:
Here is what I hope to achieve (or something similar to reduce the number of polygons already within):
The main thing is to help keep it clean while simplifying the geometry.