Compare Areas (Intelligence)

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Summary

Compares movement point tracks across multiple known areas of interest.

Usage

  • The tool is used to find the number of unique point track identities operating in known areas. To compare areas across location and time, time must be enabled on the values (layers) of both the Input Point Features and Input Area Features parameters.

    Learn more about setting time properties on data

  • The Output Feature Class parameter will return an area feature class with the input geometries and the unique identifiers from the Point Features Name Field and Area Features Name Field parameters.

Parameters

LabelExplanationData Type
Input Point Features

The point features representing the movement track points. The layer can be time enabled.

Feature Layer
Input Area Features

The area features representing the areas of interest that will be used to identify unique movement track point identifiers. The layer can be time enabled.

Feature Layer
Output Feature Class

The output area feature class. The output will contain a copy of the Input Area Features geometry and the unique identifiers from the Area Features Name Field and Point Features Name Field parameters.

If both the Input Point Features and Input Area Features parameter values are time enabled and Relationship is set to Location and Time, only the features matching the geometry and the time span will be returned.

Feature Layer
Point Features Name Field

The field containing the unique identifiers for the movement track points. The field can be either a number or a string.

Field
Area Features Name Field

The field containing the unique identifiers for the areas of interest. The field can be either a number or a string.

Field
Relationship

Specifies the relationship between the inputs.

  • Location Only — Points and area features will be evaluated based on spatial co-occurrence.
  • Location and Time — Points and area features will be evaluated based on spatial and temporal co-occurrence.
String
Time Difference
(Optional)

The time allowed between the Input Point Features and Input Area Features parameter values before a spatial relationship is considered invalid. This parameter is active when the Relationship parameter is set to Location and Time and both inputs are time enabled.

Time Unit

Licensing information

  • Basic: No
  • Standard: No
  • Advanced: Yes

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