Using ArcGIS Desktop

To rubber sheet one set of features to match another, set the Spatial Adjustment method to Rubbersheet. You can also set
the rubber sheeting method. Use Natural Neighbor when you have a few links, widely spread. The Linear method works
best when you have many links, uniformly placed.

To rubber sheet one dataset to

another, set the Spatial Adjustment
method to Rubbersheet.

Click Options on the Spatial Adjustment drop-down

menu and set the Adjustment method to Rubbersheet.

Click the Options button on the dialog

box and specify the rubbersheet method.

To edge match features in two adjacent map sheets, set the Spatial Adjustment method to Edge Snap. Then open the
Adjustment Properties dialog box to specify (on the Edge Match tab) which features will snap to whichthe features
in the source layer will snap to those in the target layer. You can also specify (on the General tab) the edge match
methodSmooth (the default), or Line. The Line option moves only the last vertex on each line thats being adjusted;
the Smooth option adjusts the entire line, providing a smoother effect along the matched edge.

To edge match two datasets,

set the Spatial Adjustment
method to Edge Snap.

On the Edge Match tab,

specify the source and target
layers. The source layer will
adjust to the target layer.

Click Options on the Spatial Adjustment drop-down

menu, and set the Adjustment method to Edge Snap,
then click the Options button on the dialog box to
specify the method.

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3 Data Compilation and Editing

To create the links for edge matching, click the Edge Match tool on the Spatial Adjustment toolbar, and draw a rectangle
that encompasses the edge to be matchedthe links will be created automatically. Youll want to zoom to areas where
features are bunched together to make sure the links are linking the correct features (use the link table to delete any
incorrect links, then add them manually using the New Displacement Link button). You also need to select the features
that will be matcheduse the Edit tool on the Editor toolbar to draw a rectangle encompassing the edge to select the
corresponding features in both layers.

Use the Edge Match tool to draw a rectangle

around the area to matchthe links are
automatically created. Then use the Edit tool
on the Editor toolbar to select the features to
include in the edge matching processthe
selected features are highlighted. When you
click Adjust from the Spatial Adjustment dropdown menu, the features are matched.

Edit Tool

Edge Match

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