Analyzing the responses collected with Maptionnaire is a key step toward understanding how people use different places and identifying trends within your data. One effective way to carry out this type of analysis is by using tools such as Spatial Join in ArcGIS Pro, which help you aggregate and summarize responses based on their spatial relationships. For example, you can count, or calculate statistics for responses within an area. This makes it easier to analyze patterns and compare regions.
Let's say respondents dropped points in different parks and rated their experience from 1–5. Spatial Join can calculate the average rating for each park.
Before you can run the Spatial Join tool, you need to set the following parameters::
Target Features: This refers to the layer that will receive the aggregated data. Join Features: This is the input layer—such as the point layer containing respondent data—from which statistical information will be calculated into the target polygon layer. Output Feature Class: The users can set the name of the new file created by this tool. Join operation: Can be “one to one” or “one to many” . The users can set the join operation according to their needs. Match option: This parameter will specify the spatial condition which will be used to match the point to the polygons. | |
| If the user unchecks the “Keep all Target Features” option, then only the target features that share the specified spatial relationship with the join features will be kept in the output feature class. | |
The output file will be automatically added to the map as a new layer. The output file’s attribute table will contain the calculated values.
Watch our demo video to find out more about this tool.