Hello everyone,
I am trying to find the point within irregular shaped polygons that maximize the interior (aka distance from all polygon edges). I have forest plots that have very strange shapes and I am looking to place traps where the greatest "interior" of the stand would exist. Centroid points are mostly giving me points outside the polygons, and when I "calculate geometry" and use "central point x/y coordinate" I cannot tell what the algorithm is doing. I also can't find any good information on ESRI about "central point x/y coordinate". Any idea how to maximize distance to polygon edge? I am using ArcGIS Pro. Thank you!
I am not sure if this would serve but were you to generate a Voroni network of thiessen polygons (a tool in ArcGIS) that would permit you to use the centroid of each polygon. When the polygons are regular they can be weighted, I believe, based on specific criteria. Also if you have a file of the polygons I would assume that the centroid tool applied to those polygons would give you a centre for each.
https://support.esri.com/en/technical-article/000021848
check this out.
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