A multisided figure that represents area on a map A feature defined by the arcs that make up its boundary Every polygon contains one label point within its boundary Polygons have attributes that describe the geographic feature they represent
A two-dimensional figure with three or more sides Polygons represent features too large to be depicted as points or lines Polygons have length (perimeter) as well as an area
A polygon is a closed convex geometric figure with three of more sides A regular polygon is one with equal sides and equal interior angles Some special polygons: triangle: a polygon of three sides quadrilateral: a polygon of four sides pentagon: a polygon of five sides hexagon: a polygon of six sides heptagon: a polygon of seven sides octagon: a polygon of eight sides nonagon: a polygon of nine sides decagon: a polygon of ten sides n-gon: a polygon of n sides
A feature used to represent areas A polygon is defined by the lines that make up its boundary and a point inside its boundary for identification Polygons have attributes that describe the geographic feature they represent
A polygon is a flat, or plane closed figure made up of at least 3 lines Triangles, rectangles, octagons, and all other flat figures that have 3 or more sides are polygons Here is a dodecagon: (a polygon with 12 sides!)
a flat shape with three or more sides. In geometry, any closed curve consisting of a set of line segments (sides) connected such that no two segments cross. The simplest polygons are triangles (three sides), quadrilaterals (four sides), and pentagons (five sides). If none of the sides, when extended, intersects the polygon, it is a convex polygon; otherwise it is concave. A polygon with all sides equal is equilateral. One with all interior angles equal is equiangular. Any polygon that is both equilateral and equiangular is a regular polygon (e.g., equilateral triangle, square)
1 A feature used to represent areas A polygon is defined by the lines that make up its boundary and a point inside its boundary for identification Polygons have attributes that describe the geographic feature they represent 2 An ARC/INFO coverage feature class used to represent areas Polygon attributes, stored in a polygon attribute table (PAT), describe the geographic feature they represent
(n ) A planar shape created by a set of connected line segments (or vectors) that form vertexes at their meeting points Note that an n-gon is a polygon with an undetermined number of sides
Two-dimensional closed shape, bounded by line segments, typically with exactly two line segments, or sides, meeting at each vertex The faces of polyhedra are polygons
A coverage feature class used to represent areas A polygon is defined by the arcs that make up its boundary and a point inside its boundary for identification Polygons have attributes (PAT) that describe the geographic feature they represent