When generating contours from a gridded point cloud, issues can arise in the resulting contours. This can cause horizontal offsets between lines from separate processing blocks resulting in contour lines that are split into multiple segments. Usually, the “Use Fast TIN” option is checked in the Las Properties dialog. The default value. This option uses…
Contours are polylines that are used to connect locations of equal value and show how values change across a surface model. Most of the time, elevation values are associated with contours, but any continuous data can be used, for instance: precipitation, pollution or even atmospheric pressure. When talking about contours it is not uncommon to…
In the previous issue of LP360 News, I introduced the use of Triangulated Irregular Networks (TIN) for modeling point derived elevation data as well as the basic concepts of “soft” breaklines. I realized when writing that first article that it is probably a useful exercise to review contours. Thus this part II article will be…
We often think of using LIDAR data either in simple operations for generating derived products, such as creating gridded elevation files, or for more esoteric operations, such as automatic extraction of building footprints. However, LIDAR data included as a standard layer in your ArcGIS® project (using LP360 for ArcGIS®, of course) can prove very useful,…
