Region To Polygon Coverage (Coverage)

License Level:BasicStandardAdvanced

Summary

Converts a region subclass to a polygon coverage and creates an INFO table containing overlapping region information.

Learn more about how Region To Polygon Coverage works

Usage

Syntax

RegionPoly_arc (in_cover, out_cover, in_subclass, {out_table})
ParameterExplanationData Type
in_cover

The coverage containing the region subclass to convert to polygons.

Coverage
out_cover

The polygon coverage to be created from the Input Subclass. The coverage may not already exist.

Coverage
in_subclass

The region subclass of the Input Coverage that will be converted to a polygon coverage.

String
out_table
(Optional)

The output INFO table that will contain information for regions associated with each polygon.

INFO Table

Code Sample

RegionPoly example (stand-alone script)

The following stand-alone script demonstrates how to create a polygon coverage from a region subclass.

# Name: RegionPoly_Example.py
# Description: Creates a polygon coverage from a region subclass
# Requirements: ArcInfo Workstation

# Import system modules
import arcpy
from arcpy import env

# Set environment settings
env.workspace = "C:/data"

# Set local variables
inCover = "hydro"
outCover = "C:/output/genhydro"
inSubclass = "general"
outTable = "C:/output/genhydrotab"

# Execute RegionPoly
arcpy.RegionPoly_arc(inCover, outCover, inSubclass, outTable)

Environments

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Licensing Information

ArcGIS for Desktop Basic: No
ArcGIS for Desktop Standard: No
ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced: Requires ArcInfo Workstation installed
6/18/2012