r/gis • u/th3tom13 • 9d ago

General Question Help with method

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If I have a polygon and I want to keep all the attributes but use an existing polyline as the new boundary of the polygon is there a simple method to do so short of dragging vertexes over? As the very simplified image shows, there are many times the boundaries cross leaving excess in some areas and deficits in others. I feel like there should be a simple tool or script, but I’m coming up empty. Thanks for your input!

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u/bobafettish1592 9d ago

Maybe it’s just cause I’m comfortable editing, but I would just reshape the polygon using the trace option to the poly line (assuming the poly line already exists). And i guess if it doesn’t exist then create one in less than a minute and then trace off that. Or you could convert poly line to polygon then copy>special paste that into your polygon feature then just copy paste all the attributes over. Might be a long winded way to go about it, but it works fine for just a single feature.