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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->Would
the Erase tool do the job for you? This is located in the ArcGIS 9 Toolbox
under Analysis Tools&gt;Overlay&gt;Erase.</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Karen</span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Sykes, John<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, December 02, 2005
3:00 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> shrug-L@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> shrug-l: Subtracting
Shapefiles</span></font></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Help!</span></font> </p>

<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Arial'>It has to be Friday or I would have figured this out
by now by myself!</span></font> </p>

<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Arial'>I have one shapefile that is completely contained
within a second shapefile.</span></font> </p>

<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Arial'>I want to subtract the first shapefile from the
second, creating a third shapefile that is the outer shapefile minus the
contained shapefile (e.g., the outer shapefile with a hole in it the size of
the contained shapefile).</span></font></p>

<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Suggestions?</span></font> </p>

<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Arial'>I tried the Cartographic Mask tool and using buffers,
neither worked right.</span></font> </p>

<p style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=5 face="Monotype Corsiva"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";font-weight:bold'>--
John</span></font></b> </p>

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