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Attribute Query
- How many acres of evergreen forest do we have: (query evergreen forest, summarize acre field)
- How many acres do we have that are older than 25? (query stands older than 25, summarize)
- How many acres of evergreen do we have that are older than 35? (query evergreen and age > 35, summarize)
- Where are the NON-forested sites? (query NOT forested sites, either create a selection layer or save selection out as a new layer)
- How many acres of each type do we have next to an open/water site? (…)
Summary Statistics w/ Case
- If you have selected records, then only those selected records will be summarized!!!
Select By Location
- Select all stands adjacent to evergreen forest > 50 acres (3 steps)
- Select evergreen forest > 50 acres
- 1517 selected evergreen stands > 50 acres
- Create layer from selected features
- Do NOT change the symbology
- Select by Location
- Selection Method: select features from
- Target Layer: original cover type layer
- Source Layer: <your selection layer>
- Selection Method: Are within a distance of the source layer feature
- Search distance: 10 meters
- 8744 polygons selected, BUT notice that your original ‘evergreen forest > 50 acres’ polygons are still selected. You need to unselect these
- Perform an attribute query where:
- Selection Method: Remove from current selection
- Use the dialog to form your query
- New selection contains 7227 selected records.