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I'm hoping there might be a way to match features from one feature class to features of another feature class that are the most spatially similar. I have two datasets representing the same thing that were created by two different organizations. enter image description here

Now I need to get information form each of their attribute tables and learn how they relate. I've seen 10.2 has Similarity Search that looks promising but I'm working with 10.1.

Any help would be great.

Emil Brundage
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  • I've used to fix those with the spatial adjustment toolbar - http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//01m800000030000000 – Alex Tereshenkov Jul 02 '15 at 16:57

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Hi Emil. The technique is called "conflation" and unfortunately ESRI did a lot of development in conflation for 10.2. There is even a toolbox in 10.2 fully devoted to your problem.

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I would say, try using a spatial join, or using the "Attribute Transfer Tool" in the Spatial Adjustment toolbar in ArcMap.

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Or if you're really ambitious depending on the level of effort, you can invest in a software called MapMerger!

John
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    "Unfortunately" because he's on 10.1 and not 10.2. Your other option would be to use one of the Near tools. http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//00080000001q000000 http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//00080000001n000000 And then use a standard join based on a unique ID (like OBJECTID) to transfer attributes. – John Jul 02 '15 at 18:31