Conceptually, mosaics made with the Polygon option are much like quilts. Polygons are used to define the areas of the quilt and the layers associated with those areas serve as the fabrics that are stitched together to form the mosaic. Polygons are selected for use according to their layer (mask layer), attribute, and value. Splice layers are associated with the individual polygons. Figure 27 shows a polygon configuration and corresponding preview with 3 polygons. Splicing would stitch the splice layers associated with each polygon together to form a single mosaic.
The Splicing - Polygon Method has two tools that must be run in sequence to successfully make a habitat mosaic. The tools are Polygons - Create Configuration and Polygons - Make Mosaic. The second tool can be run as many times as desired with new combinations of user-specified settings after the first tool is completed.