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- | Page for documenting NSW lidar processing | ||
====== Intro ====== | ====== Intro ====== | ||
NSW Spatial Services have undertaken a program to map all of NSW using lidar (light detecting and ranging) | NSW Spatial Services have undertaken a program to map all of NSW using lidar (light detecting and ranging) | ||
For details, see information on their [[http:// | For details, see information on their [[http:// | ||
- | Elevation data can best be accessed through the [[http:// | + | Elevation data can best be accessed through the [[http:// |
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+ | It can then processed with a GIS such as [[https:// | ||
====== Resources ====== | ====== Resources ====== | ||
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===== Contours ===== | ===== Contours ===== | ||
+ | ==== Basic Processing ==== | ||
There are various contour extraction algorithms in QGIS, for example: | There are various contour extraction algorithms in QGIS, for example: | ||
* GDAL : Raster Extraction : Contour (same as Raster -> Extraction -> Contour...) | * GDAL : Raster Extraction : Contour (same as Raster -> Extraction -> Contour...) | ||
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+ | Even with sink removal, small | ||
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+ | ==== Simplifying ==== | ||
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+ | Vectors can be compressed by using something like: | ||
+ | * Vector geometry : Simplify | ||
+ | A tolerance of 1(m) seems reasonable for 1:25000 mapping. Smaller tolerances may be appropriate for larger scale maps (eg 1:10000, 1:5000). | ||
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+ | For more options in compression, | ||
+ | * GRASS : [[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Cleaning ==== | ||
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+ | Once simplified, it is worth removing small closed loops, such as those in the image below. | ||
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+ | Here is one approach, which involves adding a length attribute to each contour, and removing those that fall below a certain length. It may cause issues if you have short sections of contour near the edge of the map that you need. | ||
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+ | * Open Attribute Table (F6) | ||
+ | * Open field calculator (Ctrl+I) | ||
+ | * Add new attribute length, calculated as $length | ||
+ | {{:: | ||
+ | * Select all features and filter on length < 25 (or whatever length is appropriate for your scale) | ||
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==== Contour Labelling ==== | ==== Contour Labelling ==== | ||
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The steps below have been tested in the Blue Mountains, a region that has a significant number of relatively vertical sandstone cliffs. It may be less effective in different terrain. | The steps below have been tested in the Blue Mountains, a region that has a significant number of relatively vertical sandstone cliffs. It may be less effective in different terrain. | ||
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+ | This is more a set of ideas than a fully fledged process. The main aims are to get a set of steps that can largely be automated, and that create cliffline vectors that are running in the correct direction. There is still some way to go on this! | ||
==== Initial analysis of slope, aspect ==== | ==== Initial analysis of slope, aspect ==== |
nsw_lidar.txt · Last modified: 2023/06/02 12:33 by allchin09