Split lines by attributes of overlapping polygon

Question

I have a long line, representing shoreline, with a 3km buffer overtop. The buffer has an attribute field representing the coastal characterisation for a certain length of shoreline, see image.

I am trying to split the line according to the coastal characterisation of the polygon buffer so I can get an accurate distance measure of the actual length of shoreline for each classification category

How about splitting the line by polygons? – JoeBe Mar 03 '20 at 00:29 — JoeBe, Mar 03 '20 at 00:29

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 03 '20 at 04:28

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Use the intersection tool:

It has an Overlay function to retrieve data from one layer and add them into another. Just leave it empty, it will add all the field names.

answered Mar 03 '20 at 04:28

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Split lines by attributes of overlapping polygon

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