Buffering
Buffers
• Buffers are regions that are less than or equal
to a distance from one or more features
– Buffers can be created from a
point/line/polygon/raster
• Buffers are typically used to identify areas or
objects ‘inside’ or ‘outside’ the threshold dist.
– Examples of buffer uses?
Original Feature
Buffer around Feature
Buffer
Distance
Dissolving
Dissolve
Dissolve combines similar features within a data layer
based on an attribute