The weight “empty” area which is bounded by the orange boundary should represent a land use “Roads” so I should fill it with polygons. Now my question is how to fill these empty areas with polygons automatically?
I could use Autocomplete Polygons to fill the gaps, but it’s time consuming since I have more than 150 Urban master plans! Is there any method to do this more quickly and more precisely?
Best Answer
There are several ways to accomplish this depending on specific needs and available license level.
First step for all methods is to create a new feature class/layer for the gap areas. Even if you want to have them on the same layer in the end, working with two layers makes things much easier for editing purposes.
Next, draw a generalized polygon on this new temp layer that covers all the areas you wish to fill in. Depending on the method used in the next steps, there are some considerations on how you draw this polygon.
With the temp polygon created, now you need to cut away the parts you don't want using the existing polygons.
At this point you should have the road polygons that you want. You may need to use the Cut Polygon tool to trim off excess around the outside depending on how you created the temp polygons, or use the Aggregate Polygons method to create a boundary you can use to clip with. Which of all these variations is fastest depends on your needs and workflow.
Once you have the desired polygons, you can copy and paste, append, or whatever other method you like to get them into your existing polygon layer.