ArcGIS Desktop – Creating Inner Buffer

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I am currently searching for how to create an "Inner Buffer" in ArcGIS for Desktop?

I have a lot of polygons (houses) in one feature class, and one big polygon (in another feature class).

I want so select all houses contained in that one big polygon within a distance to the outer border (e.g. 1000 meters).

Select Layer By Location could be one possibility to solve this but I can't figure out how.

Best Answer

The steps to do this are:

  1. Select your layer by clicking on it

  2. From the Editor toolbar, select Start Editing

  3. On the Editor Menu, select Buffer

  4. Write a Negative Distance Amount to create an inside buffer...

Without Inner Buffer:

unbuffer

With Inner Buffer:

with buffer

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