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Combining attributes with PointOnAreaOverlay
What I want to be able to do is search my database using multiple keywords. I am using the PointOnAreaOverlay so when I search an address, it will have access to the attributes from both. However, only my area attrbributes are coming up in the inspector window not my points. Any advice? Thanks!
Best answer by gisgirl
Okay! Looks like I needed to be using AreaOnAreaOverlay because the input was still an area shapefile, just extracting points from it.
Thanks for your help though David, you're a rockstar! :)
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Hi,
are you sure that both the points and the polygons both have the same coordinate system?
I suggest you send both the points and the polygons to the Inspector to check visually that they really overlap.
David
I've manually typed in the same coordinate system for them. Maybe part of the problem is that the points are coming from an InsidePointExtractor, generating the centroids of each polygon and using those for the points to overlap with other polygons...? I can't actually see the centroids in the inspector.
Maybe I need to combine the area polygons with the centroids first, then input them into the overlay? Does that make sense? I'm very new to FME.. Thanks!
Okay! Looks like I needed to be using AreaOnAreaOverlay because the input was still an area shapefile, just extracting points from it.
Thanks for your help though David, you're a rockstar! :)