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Lab 2

The document outlines various functionalities of the ArcGIS 3D Analyst extension, including creating a TIN, slope maps, aspect, contours, hillshade, viewshade, and cut/fill datasets. Each section provides step-by-step instructions for utilizing these features within ArcMap or ArcScene. The document serves as a practical guide for users to analyze and visualize terrain data effectively.

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Lab 2

The document outlines various functionalities of the ArcGIS 3D Analyst extension, including creating a TIN, slope maps, aspect, contours, hillshade, viewshade, and cut/fill datasets. Each section provides step-by-step instructions for utilizing these features within ArcMap or ArcScene. The document serves as a practical guide for users to analyze and visualize terrain data effectively.

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Lab 2

Extensions of ArcGIS
1. 3D Analyst
1.1 Creating a TIN

TIN is often used to create DEM from either contour lines or point height source data. Asurface
representation derived from irregularly spaced sample points and breakline features. TINs are
made from mass points, breaklines, and polygons. They are often used to create DEM from
either contour lines or point height source data.

1. Load the 3D Analyst Extension (Tools/ Extensions /3D Analyst)


2. Display the 3D Analyst Toolbar (View/ ToolBars /3D Analyst)
3. In ArcMap or ArcScene, click the 3D Analys menu on the 3D Analyst toolbar. Point to
Create/Modify TIN and click Create TIN From Features.
4. Check the features that you want to use in building your TIN. You can use the Browse
button beside the Layers list to navigate to other feature classes to include in the TIN.

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5. Click the dropdown arrow and choose the Height Source field. You can choose shape
geometry if the features have 3D geometry.
6. Click the dropdown arrow and choose how the features should be incorporated into the
TIN— as mass points, breaklines, or polygons.
7. Optionally, click the dropdown arrow and choose the Tag Value Field if you wish to tag
the TIN features with a value from the input features.
8. Type a name for the TIN.
9. Click OK.

1.2 Creating slope map


The slope function calculates the maximum rate of change between each cell and its neighbors.
Every cell in the output raster has a slope value. The lower the slope value, the flatter the terrain;
the higher the slope value, the steeper terrain. The output slope dataset can be calculated as

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percent slope or degree of slope.

1. Click the 3D Analyst dropdown arrow, point to Surface Analysis, and click Slope.
2. Click the Input surface dropdown arrow and click the surface you want to calculate slope
for. (can be surface or TIN source)

3. Choose the Output measurement units.


4. Optionally, change the default Output cell size.
5. Specify a name for the output or leave the default to create a temporary dataset in your
working directory.
6. Click OK.

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1.3 Creating Aspect

Aspect identifies the steepest down slope direction from each cell to its neighbors. It can be thought
of as slope direction or the compass direction of a hill faces. Notice that the results are numbers (in
direction: 0 is north, 90 is east, 180 is south, and 270is west).

1. Click the Spatial Analyst dropdown arrow, point to Surface Analysis, and click Aspect.
2. Click the Input surface dropdown arrow and click the surface (or TIN) for which you
want to calculate aspect.
3. Optionally, change the default Output cell size.
4. Specify a name for the output or leave the default to create a temporary dataset in your
working directory.
5. Click OK

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1.4 Creating contour
1. From the 3D analyst drop down menu select surface analysis/ contour

2. Click the Input surface dropdown arrow and click the surface (or TIN)
3. you can type contour interval as you wish

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4. click OK

1.5 Hill shade


Hill shade is used to visualize the terrain. Azimuth is the angular direction of the sun measured
from North in clockwise degrees from 0 to 360. An azimuth of 90 is East Altitude is the slope or
angle of the illumination source above the horizon. from 0 on the horizon to 90- overhead.

1. From the 3D analyst drop down menu select surface analysis/hillshade


2. Click the Input surface dropdown arrow and click the surface (or TIN)
3. Check model hillshade and leave the rest as default
4. Click Ok

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1.6 Creating Viewshade
1. From the 3D analyst drop down menu select surface analysis/viewshade
2. Click the Input surface dropdown arrow and click the surface (or TIN)
3. Select point as observation point
4. Click OK

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1.7 Creating a Cut/Fill dataset
1. Click the 3D Analyst
dropdown arrow, point to
Surface Analysis, and click Cut/Fill.
2. Click the Before surface
dropdown arrow and click a surface.
3. Click the After surface
dropdown arrow and click
another surface.
4. Optionally, change the default Z-factor.
5. Optionally, change the default Output cell size.
6. Specify a name for the Output raster
or leave the default to create a temporary dataset in your working directory.
7. Click OK.

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