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Is there a way to create a fishnet where cells are only generated where they would overlap a point feature in ArcMap 10.3?

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    can you create fishnet for the entire area, delete cells that do not overlap the Points? – klewis Mar 01 '16 at 17:46
  • There are many avenues in ArcGIS, e.g. http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/154975/how-to-minimise-number-of-dynamic-pages-to-map-scattered-point – FelixIP Mar 01 '16 at 19:09
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    I would also create fishnet, use spatial selection to find and delete empty boxes... Create model with modelbuilder if you are doing this frequently – dkocich Mar 01 '16 at 20:14
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    @klewis you should write that up as an answer, I think it's the best option – Stephen Lead Mar 01 '16 at 22:25

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It might be easier to create a Fishnet and delete the Cells that do not overlap a Point. Select_by_Location is the tool to Select Cells that Intersect Points. Open the Attribute Table, switch the selection, Delete.

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  • This does indeed work. My original intention was to try and reduce the processing time as it was a very fine fishnet and I only actually needed several hundred out of the million odd cells produced. – Phil O Mar 11 '16 at 11:44