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nallaa
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5 years ago
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Custom Shape Map - Insert City Polygon in State County Map

Hello, I am trying to display City of Detroit along with Counties in Michigan map. I have downloaded and imported the City of Detroit shape file and Michigan Counties shape file to Mapshaper. I have...
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    nallaa
    5 years ago

    THe issue has been resolved. I have uploaded 2 source files to Mapshaper. One is of Detroit City map and the Other is of Michigan County Map. I have used "erase" command in Mapshaper to erase interecting boundary between Wayne County and Detroit city. Later, I have merged 2 layers using "merge-layers" command. Finally I have used Simplify in mapshaper to repair any interscetions resulted due to above 2 operations.

     

    Thank you,

    Abhinav

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nallaa
Frequent Visitor
5 years ago

THe issue has been resolved. I have uploaded 2 source files to Mapshaper. One is of Detroit City map and the Other is of Michigan County Map. I have used "erase" command in Mapshaper to erase interecting boundary between Wayne County and Detroit city. Later, I have merged 2 layers using "merge-layers" command. Finally I have used Simplify in mapshaper to repair any interscetions resulted due to above 2 operations.

 

Thank you,

Abhinav

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    AllisonKennedy
    Community Champion
    5 years ago
    Thanks for the update! Glad it's working and I'll be coming to you if I ever have any question on mapshaper. 😛