GIS@Grinnell : Training

How to Buffer Features at a Specified Distance

• Click the "Tools" menu and click "Buffer Wizard".
• Click to buffer "The features of a layer".
• Click the dropdown arrow and select the layer to buffer.
• Check "Use only selected features" if needed.
• Click Next.
• Click to create buffers "Amultiple buffer rings" and type the "Number of rings" and the "Distance between rings".
• Click the Distance units dropdown arrow and click the appropriate units.
• Click Next.
• Check "Yes" or "No" to "Dissolve barriers between buffers" as needed.
• Click to output the buffer as a graphic on the map or as a new layer.
• Click Finish.
• NOTES: To use the buffers you create on different maps, save the buffer as a new data source such as a shapefile. Then you can easily add the data to another map.