Density Property Page

The Density Property page contains the settings that you use to customize the Display by Point Density legend type. Displaying by point density allows you to visualize your data in real-time, color-coded by the number of points per unit area (point density). The result is a map display that allows the user to easily see where there are large numbers of points clustered together and where points are more sparse.

Note: For Display by Point Density to be accurate, your map display must be zoomed to 100%.

Picture of the Density Property Page

Transparency makes the display more or less transparent, depending on the setting.

How to Modify the Point Density Legend Properties

1. Open the LAS Layer Properties dialog box by clicking the button on the LP360 toolbar.

2. Click the Symbology tab, then click the Density tab.

3. Under Cell Edge Length, enter a value greater than zero Map Units.

4. Select the number of intervals (from 3 to 10) for the points in the Intervals list. Based on the number of intervals you set here, along with the interval size, the Range column in the table displayed below displays the elevation ranges and the Color column displays the color that will be used for the range next to it. There can be as few or as many as the user desires. These settings will determine how the points are displayed in the map. Smaller ranges may make the differences in point density and cause them to "pop" more.

Note To change the color associated with a particular range, double-click the color box in the Color column and select a different color in the color selection dialog.

5. Enter a Point Density value and select the type of Units for the value you are specifying. Point Density calculates a magnitude per unit area from point features that fall within a neighborhood around each cell.

6. Click OK and the LAS files displayed by point density in the map.