Selecting joined features

What is the join feature?

The Join Features tool is designed to transfer and append information from one layer to another. The information that is transferred is based on the type of spatial relationship defined or based on a common attribute that is shared between the two datasets.

What is the difference between the target features and the join features?

The target features must be polygons or polylines. For this option, the target features cannot be points, and the join features can only be polygons when the target features are also polygons. Completely contains—The features in the join features will be matched if a target feature completely contains them.

What is a join GIS?

A Spatial join is a GIS operation that affixes data from one feature layer’s attribute table to another from a spatial perspective. Spatial joins begin by selecting a target feature and comparing it spatially to other feature layers.