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Build Convex Hull

Builds the Convex Hull of the features of a layer

Convex hull is a polygonal area that is of smallest length and so that any pair of points within the area have the line segment between them contained entirely inside the area.

Convex	Non Convex (Concave)

Defining the convex Hull of a set of points is useful, for example in the case of enclosing the points, using a fence of shortest total length.

Source Data	Convex Hull

While in general the Convex Hull is good to describe the shape of the input data points, in many cases a polygon that describes better the region occupied by the point cloud is needed. See the Create Concave Hull function

Convex Hull	Concave Hull

Inputs:

• A  feature layer  (Point, Polyline, Polygon)

Outputs:

• New polygon  feature class.