Thin Spot Heights (Production Mapping)

Summary

Creates a band-specific elevation spot heights feature class from a spot heights feature class and elevation bands feature class. The resulting feature class is used by the Elevation Guide Bar surround element for display purposes.

Usage

Syntax

ThinSpotHeights_production (in_spot_height_features, in_spot_height_field, in_elevation_band_features, out_feature_class, {in_aoi_features}, {aoi_field})
ParameterExplanationData Type
in_spot_height_features

The spot heights feature class or feature layer that contains the spot height features to thin.

Feature Layer
in_spot_height_field

The spot height field that contains the spot height values.

Field
in_elevation_band_features

The elevation band feature class or feature layer that is created using the Bands From Raster geoprocessing tool.

Feature Layer
out_feature_class

The new or existing spot heights feature class that contains the spot heights after the thinning process is performed. When an existing feature class is used, thinning will overwrite the existing spot heights in the feature class.

Feature Class
in_aoi_features
(Optional)

The area of interest (AOI) feature class that is used to clip input spot height features. The thinning algorithm is executed on each extent of the AOI feature and results are written to the output elevation spot heights feature class specified in the out_feature_class parameter.

Feature Layer
aoi_field
(Optional)

The field that contains a unique identifier for each feature in aoi_field.

Field

Code Sample

ThinSpotHeights example (Python window)

The following ArcGIS Python window script shows how to use the ThinSpotHeights tool. The script runs the BandsFromRaster tool to create input data for ThinSpotHeights. The script references Production Mapping sample data.

import arcpy

# use the production mapping sample data
n32_dt0 = "C:\\data\\Foundation_Data_Tutorials\\Reference\\DEM\\dted\\w117\\n32.dt0"
ElevP = "C:\\data\\Foundation_Data_Tutorials\\MPS-Atlas\\GDB\\SoCal.gdb\\SoCal\\ElevP"

# names for feature and raster layer
ElevP_Layer = "ElevP_Layer"
MakeRas_dt01 = "MakeRas_dt01"

# output names
rasterBands = "C:\\data\\work.gdb\\rasterBands"
elev_thinned = "C:\\data\\work.gdb\\elev_thinned"

# Make Feature Layer
arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(ElevP, ElevP_Layer) 

# import the production mapping toolbox
arcpy.ImportToolbox(r'C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Production Mapping Tools.tbx')

# Make Raster Layer from the sample dted
arcpy.MakeRasterLayer_management(n32_dt0, MakeRas_dt01, "", "-117.004166666667 31.9958333333333 -115.995833333333 33.0041666666667", "")

# Bands From Raster to create one of the inputs for thin spot heights
arcpy.BandsFromRaster_production(MakeRas_dt01, "10", rasterBands, "", "", "")

# Thin Spot Heights
arcpy.ThinSpotHeights_production(ElevP_Layer, "zv2", rasterBands, elev_thinned, "", "")

Environments

This tool does not use any geoprocessing environments

Related Topics

Licensing Information

ArcView: No
ArcEditor: Requires Production Mapping
ArcInfo: Requires Production Mapping

5/4/2011