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I'm using ArcGIS 10.2 to show this contour lines information:
http://prntscr.com/4ncvc2
They're displayed with a 10 meter contour interval, but I want to display for example each 50 meters and hide those between lines. I'm using OS windows 7 and I'd like to get some heads up with this problem.
arcgis-desktop windows-7 display
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I'm using ArcGIS 10.2 to show this contour lines information:
http://prntscr.com/4ncvc2
They're displayed with a 10 meter contour interval, but I want to display for example each 50 meters and hide those between lines. I'm using OS windows 7 and I'd like to get some heads up with this problem.
arcgis-desktop windows-7 display
edited Sep 16 '14 at 13:50
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asked Sep 16 '14 at 13:23
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What attribution is available in the contour dataset? If there is a z value (elevation) you might be able to simply apply a definition query on the dataset.
– Dan_h_b
Sep 16 '14 at 13:30
That would be useful @Dan_h_b, the attribute field is called COTA, the answer below is not working for me by the way.
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 13:36
So if you open up the layer properties and go to the definition query tab, you could enter something like: "COTA" = 50 OR "COTA" =100 OR "COTA" = 150 This will show you the elevation only in increments of 50. This could be quite a long query depending on the range of your elevation values
– Dan_h_b
Sep 16 '14 at 13:40
add a comment |
I'm using ArcGIS 10.2 to show this contour lines information:
http://prntscr.com/4ncvc2
They're displayed with a 10 meter contour interval, but I want to display for example each 50 meters and hide those between lines. I'm using OS windows 7 and I'd like to get some heads up with this problem.
arcgis-desktop windows-7 display
edited Sep 16 '14 at 13:50
WhiteboxDev
9,32712353
asked Sep 16 '14 at 13:23
Edixon GutierrezEdixon Gutierrez
2203617
I'm using ArcGIS 10.2 to show this contour lines information:
http://prntscr.com/4ncvc2
They're displayed with a 10 meter contour interval, but I want to display for example each 50 meters and hide those between lines. I'm using OS windows 7 and I'd like to get some heads up with this problem.
arcgis-desktop windows-7 display
arcgis-desktop windows-7 display
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WhiteboxDev
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WhiteboxDev
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What attribution is available in the contour dataset? If there is a z value (elevation) you might be able to simply apply a definition query on the dataset.
– Dan_h_b
Sep 16 '14 at 13:30
That would be useful @Dan_h_b, the attribute field is called COTA, the answer below is not working for me by the way.
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 13:36
So if you open up the layer properties and go to the definition query tab, you could enter something like: "COTA" = 50 OR "COTA" =100 OR "COTA" = 150 This will show you the elevation only in increments of 50. This could be quite a long query depending on the range of your elevation values
– Dan_h_b
Sep 16 '14 at 13:40
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What attribution is available in the contour dataset? If there is a z value (elevation) you might be able to simply apply a definition query on the dataset.
– Dan_h_b
Sep 16 '14 at 13:30
That would be useful @Dan_h_b, the attribute field is called COTA, the answer below is not working for me by the way.
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 13:36
So if you open up the layer properties and go to the definition query tab, you could enter something like: "COTA" = 50 OR "COTA" =100 OR "COTA" = 150 This will show you the elevation only in increments of 50. This could be quite a long query depending on the range of your elevation values
– Dan_h_b
Sep 16 '14 at 13:40
What attribution is available in the contour dataset? If there is a z value (elevation) you might be able to simply apply a definition query on the dataset.
– Dan_h_b
Sep 16 '14 at 13:30
What attribution is available in the contour dataset? If there is a z value (elevation) you might be able to simply apply a definition query on the dataset.
– Dan_h_b
Sep 16 '14 at 13:30
That would be useful @Dan_h_b, the attribute field is called COTA, the answer below is not working for me by the way.
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 13:36
That would be useful @Dan_h_b, the attribute field is called COTA, the answer below is not working for me by the way.
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 13:36
So if you open up the layer properties and go to the definition query tab, you could enter something like: "COTA" = 50 OR "COTA" =100 OR "COTA" = 150 This will show you the elevation only in increments of 50. This could be quite a long query depending on the range of your elevation values
– Dan_h_b
Sep 16 '14 at 13:40
So if you open up the layer properties and go to the definition query tab, you could enter something like: "COTA" = 50 OR "COTA" =100 OR "COTA" = 150 This will show you the elevation only in increments of 50. This could be quite a long query depending on the range of your elevation values
– Dan_h_b
Sep 16 '14 at 13:40
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As for my personal research and my to my personal work, I have found that this formula: MOD("Elevation", 50)=0 was the only one that proved to work:
http://prntscr.com/4nd5v8
But it was @WhiteboxDev idea modification the main reason to find the answer so I'll give him the answer symbol, but is the way I did the way I found an answer to my issue.
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You're right that in the ArcGIS select by attribute feature modulo is carried out using MOD(Attribute,Value). I don't have Arc on my computer so I wasn't able to test, I'm afraid.
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 16 '14 at 14:15
Were you using QGIS or somthing @WhiteboxDev. If you do I'll be more than glad to try it there as well. By the way, I'm having issues using the formula in a feature class from a GDB.
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 14:18
No, I was using Whitebox Geospatial Analysis Tools. In it, Elev % 50 == 0 is equivalent to Arc's MOD("Elev", 50)=0. I'm on a Mac, so unfortunately I'm Arc-less ;)
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 16 '14 at 14:21
@WhitheboxDev, is that a free licnese software? I'm interested in programs like QGIS and GRASS. Also the MOD("Elevation", 50)=0 formula isn't working for feature claseses stored in a GDB. I'm using MOD([Elevation], 50)=0 instead but isn't working neither.
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 23 '14 at 21:36
Yes, Whitebox is free and open-source software; it's licensed under the GNU GPL. The equivalent statement in Whitebox is Elevation % 50 == 0 (it's actually a Groovy script) and it can be used in the Feature Selection tab of the ShapeFile's attribute table. There is a tutorial on selecting features by attribute in the Help menu and also see this blog for details: whiteboxgeospatial.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/…
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 24 '14 at 12:54
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You could select the contour features where the elevation attribute satisfies this condition:
Elev % 50 == 0
And save the selected features into a new shapefile. The % operator is the modulo and it returns the remainder from a division. You are essentially selecting the contours that are intervals of 50 m.
answered Sep 16 '14 at 13:30
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But it shows no % but the distance above the sea ( metros sobre el nivel del mar), will that helps?
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 13:32
2
No, in the expression above 'Elev' is whatever attribute you have in the file's attribute table that represents the elevation of a contour line feature. The % is the modulo operator that returns the remainder after dividing your elevation attribute by 50. When this expression equals 0, you have a contour with a 50 m interval (assuming you want it to go 0, 50, 100, 150, etc.)
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 16 '14 at 13:38
I have this attribute table: prntscr.com/4nd1mi So I go to select by atribute-> and write "Elevation"%50==0 prntscr.com/4nd1yk Teh I get this problem and it says that my SQL declaration is wrong
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 13:42
@EdixonGutierrez, you need 2 equal signs (==) for a test statement.
– Martin
Sep 16 '14 at 13:53
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For my personal work, I have found that this formula: MOD("Contour", 50)=0 was the only one that proved to work. I am using ArcGIS 10.6
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This works perfectly in ArcGIS 10.3 and probably others:
http://www.wwu.edu/huxley/spatial/tut/mod.htm
Given a contour file with contours every 10 m, here's how to show only every other contour (or every 5th contour, etc.).
•In ArcMap, add the 10m contour lines to the .mxd
• Open the Layer Properties and select the Definiation Query tab ◦Click on the Query Builder button
◦In the Query Builder, create the following query
◦MOD ("CONTOUR", 20) = 0 (this is assuming the field name for your contour elevations is "CONTOUR")
◦Optionally click Verify to test the query
◦Click OK to close the Query Builder dialog box
◦Click OK to apply the query and close the Layer Properties
•This should limit the data to only those features where the MOD of the contour elevations and 20 = 0 (that is, where the contour elevation divided by 20 is 0)
•Open the attribute table to check to see that only elevations divisible by 20 are still included (e.g., 20, 40, 60, 80...)
A similar process can be used to show only contours 50, 100, 150, etc,: MOD("CONTOUR", 50) = 0
OR to show only contours 100, 200, 300...: MOD("CONTOUR", 100) = 0
answered Apr 19 '17 at 17:40
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This is a harder-to-read version of the other two answers.
– Dan C
Apr 19 '17 at 17:50
no its not. sorry. The other two answers lead the user to select the contours in question, the answer I posted displays only the contours in question. I tried the other two methods below and then went hunting for a correct way to handle this.
– citrus
Apr 19 '17 at 21:30
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As for my personal research and my to my personal work, I have found that this formula: MOD("Elevation", 50)=0 was the only one that proved to work:
http://prntscr.com/4nd5v8
But it was @WhiteboxDev idea modification the main reason to find the answer so I'll give him the answer symbol, but is the way I did the way I found an answer to my issue.
edited Jul 17 '15 at 1:33
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answered Sep 16 '14 at 13:57
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You're right that in the ArcGIS select by attribute feature modulo is carried out using MOD(Attribute,Value). I don't have Arc on my computer so I wasn't able to test, I'm afraid.
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 16 '14 at 14:15
Were you using QGIS or somthing @WhiteboxDev. If you do I'll be more than glad to try it there as well. By the way, I'm having issues using the formula in a feature class from a GDB.
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 14:18
No, I was using Whitebox Geospatial Analysis Tools. In it, Elev % 50 == 0 is equivalent to Arc's MOD("Elev", 50)=0. I'm on a Mac, so unfortunately I'm Arc-less ;)
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 16 '14 at 14:21
@WhitheboxDev, is that a free licnese software? I'm interested in programs like QGIS and GRASS. Also the MOD("Elevation", 50)=0 formula isn't working for feature claseses stored in a GDB. I'm using MOD([Elevation], 50)=0 instead but isn't working neither.
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 23 '14 at 21:36
Yes, Whitebox is free and open-source software; it's licensed under the GNU GPL. The equivalent statement in Whitebox is Elevation % 50 == 0 (it's actually a Groovy script) and it can be used in the Feature Selection tab of the ShapeFile's attribute table. There is a tutorial on selecting features by attribute in the Help menu and also see this blog for details: whiteboxgeospatial.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/…
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 24 '14 at 12:54
add a comment |
As for my personal research and my to my personal work, I have found that this formula: MOD("Elevation", 50)=0 was the only one that proved to work:
http://prntscr.com/4nd5v8
But it was @WhiteboxDev idea modification the main reason to find the answer so I'll give him the answer symbol, but is the way I did the way I found an answer to my issue.
edited Jul 17 '15 at 1:33
Fezter♦
16.7k105398
answered Sep 16 '14 at 13:57
Edixon GutierrezEdixon Gutierrez
2203617
You're right that in the ArcGIS select by attribute feature modulo is carried out using MOD(Attribute,Value). I don't have Arc on my computer so I wasn't able to test, I'm afraid.
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 16 '14 at 14:15
Were you using QGIS or somthing @WhiteboxDev. If you do I'll be more than glad to try it there as well. By the way, I'm having issues using the formula in a feature class from a GDB.
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 14:18
No, I was using Whitebox Geospatial Analysis Tools. In it, Elev % 50 == 0 is equivalent to Arc's MOD("Elev", 50)=0. I'm on a Mac, so unfortunately I'm Arc-less ;)
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 16 '14 at 14:21
@WhitheboxDev, is that a free licnese software? I'm interested in programs like QGIS and GRASS. Also the MOD("Elevation", 50)=0 formula isn't working for feature claseses stored in a GDB. I'm using MOD([Elevation], 50)=0 instead but isn't working neither.
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 23 '14 at 21:36
Yes, Whitebox is free and open-source software; it's licensed under the GNU GPL. The equivalent statement in Whitebox is Elevation % 50 == 0 (it's actually a Groovy script) and it can be used in the Feature Selection tab of the ShapeFile's attribute table. There is a tutorial on selecting features by attribute in the Help menu and also see this blog for details: whiteboxgeospatial.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/…
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 24 '14 at 12:54
add a comment |
As for my personal research and my to my personal work, I have found that this formula: MOD("Elevation", 50)=0 was the only one that proved to work:
http://prntscr.com/4nd5v8
But it was @WhiteboxDev idea modification the main reason to find the answer so I'll give him the answer symbol, but is the way I did the way I found an answer to my issue.
edited Jul 17 '15 at 1:33
Fezter♦
16.7k105398
answered Sep 16 '14 at 13:57
Edixon GutierrezEdixon Gutierrez
2203617
As for my personal research and my to my personal work, I have found that this formula: MOD("Elevation", 50)=0 was the only one that proved to work:
http://prntscr.com/4nd5v8
But it was @WhiteboxDev idea modification the main reason to find the answer so I'll give him the answer symbol, but is the way I did the way I found an answer to my issue.
edited Jul 17 '15 at 1:33
Fezter♦
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answered Sep 16 '14 at 13:57
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2203617
edited Jul 17 '15 at 1:33
Fezter♦
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Fezter♦
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You're right that in the ArcGIS select by attribute feature modulo is carried out using MOD(Attribute,Value). I don't have Arc on my computer so I wasn't able to test, I'm afraid.
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 16 '14 at 14:15
Were you using QGIS or somthing @WhiteboxDev. If you do I'll be more than glad to try it there as well. By the way, I'm having issues using the formula in a feature class from a GDB.
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 14:18
No, I was using Whitebox Geospatial Analysis Tools. In it, Elev % 50 == 0 is equivalent to Arc's MOD("Elev", 50)=0. I'm on a Mac, so unfortunately I'm Arc-less ;)
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 16 '14 at 14:21
@WhitheboxDev, is that a free licnese software? I'm interested in programs like QGIS and GRASS. Also the MOD("Elevation", 50)=0 formula isn't working for feature claseses stored in a GDB. I'm using MOD([Elevation], 50)=0 instead but isn't working neither.
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 23 '14 at 21:36
Yes, Whitebox is free and open-source software; it's licensed under the GNU GPL. The equivalent statement in Whitebox is Elevation % 50 == 0 (it's actually a Groovy script) and it can be used in the Feature Selection tab of the ShapeFile's attribute table. There is a tutorial on selecting features by attribute in the Help menu and also see this blog for details: whiteboxgeospatial.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/…
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 24 '14 at 12:54
add a comment |
You're right that in the ArcGIS select by attribute feature modulo is carried out using MOD(Attribute,Value). I don't have Arc on my computer so I wasn't able to test, I'm afraid.
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 16 '14 at 14:15
Were you using QGIS or somthing @WhiteboxDev. If you do I'll be more than glad to try it there as well. By the way, I'm having issues using the formula in a feature class from a GDB.
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 14:18
No, I was using Whitebox Geospatial Analysis Tools. In it, Elev % 50 == 0 is equivalent to Arc's MOD("Elev", 50)=0. I'm on a Mac, so unfortunately I'm Arc-less ;)
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 16 '14 at 14:21
@WhitheboxDev, is that a free licnese software? I'm interested in programs like QGIS and GRASS. Also the MOD("Elevation", 50)=0 formula isn't working for feature claseses stored in a GDB. I'm using MOD([Elevation], 50)=0 instead but isn't working neither.
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 23 '14 at 21:36
Yes, Whitebox is free and open-source software; it's licensed under the GNU GPL. The equivalent statement in Whitebox is Elevation % 50 == 0 (it's actually a Groovy script) and it can be used in the Feature Selection tab of the ShapeFile's attribute table. There is a tutorial on selecting features by attribute in the Help menu and also see this blog for details: whiteboxgeospatial.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/…
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 24 '14 at 12:54
You're right that in the ArcGIS select by attribute feature modulo is carried out using MOD(Attribute,Value). I don't have Arc on my computer so I wasn't able to test, I'm afraid.
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 16 '14 at 14:15
You're right that in the ArcGIS select by attribute feature modulo is carried out using MOD(Attribute,Value). I don't have Arc on my computer so I wasn't able to test, I'm afraid.
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 16 '14 at 14:15
Were you using QGIS or somthing @WhiteboxDev. If you do I'll be more than glad to try it there as well. By the way, I'm having issues using the formula in a feature class from a GDB.
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 14:18
Were you using QGIS or somthing @WhiteboxDev. If you do I'll be more than glad to try it there as well. By the way, I'm having issues using the formula in a feature class from a GDB.
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 14:18
No, I was using Whitebox Geospatial Analysis Tools. In it, Elev % 50 == 0 is equivalent to Arc's MOD("Elev", 50)=0. I'm on a Mac, so unfortunately I'm Arc-less ;)
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 16 '14 at 14:21
No, I was using Whitebox Geospatial Analysis Tools. In it, Elev % 50 == 0 is equivalent to Arc's MOD("Elev", 50)=0. I'm on a Mac, so unfortunately I'm Arc-less ;)
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 16 '14 at 14:21
@WhitheboxDev, is that a free licnese software? I'm interested in programs like QGIS and GRASS. Also the MOD("Elevation", 50)=0 formula isn't working for feature claseses stored in a GDB. I'm using MOD([Elevation], 50)=0 instead but isn't working neither.
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 23 '14 at 21:36
@WhitheboxDev, is that a free licnese software? I'm interested in programs like QGIS and GRASS. Also the MOD("Elevation", 50)=0 formula isn't working for feature claseses stored in a GDB. I'm using MOD([Elevation], 50)=0 instead but isn't working neither.
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 23 '14 at 21:36
Yes, Whitebox is free and open-source software; it's licensed under the GNU GPL. The equivalent statement in Whitebox is Elevation % 50 == 0 (it's actually a Groovy script) and it can be used in the Feature Selection tab of the ShapeFile's attribute table. There is a tutorial on selecting features by attribute in the Help menu and also see this blog for details: whiteboxgeospatial.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/…
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 24 '14 at 12:54
Yes, Whitebox is free and open-source software; it's licensed under the GNU GPL. The equivalent statement in Whitebox is Elevation % 50 == 0 (it's actually a Groovy script) and it can be used in the Feature Selection tab of the ShapeFile's attribute table. There is a tutorial on selecting features by attribute in the Help menu and also see this blog for details: whiteboxgeospatial.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/…
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 24 '14 at 12:54
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You could select the contour features where the elevation attribute satisfies this condition:
Elev % 50 == 0
And save the selected features into a new shapefile. The % operator is the modulo and it returns the remainder from a division. You are essentially selecting the contours that are intervals of 50 m.
answered Sep 16 '14 at 13:30
WhiteboxDevWhiteboxDev
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But it shows no % but the distance above the sea ( metros sobre el nivel del mar), will that helps?
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 13:32
2
No, in the expression above 'Elev' is whatever attribute you have in the file's attribute table that represents the elevation of a contour line feature. The % is the modulo operator that returns the remainder after dividing your elevation attribute by 50. When this expression equals 0, you have a contour with a 50 m interval (assuming you want it to go 0, 50, 100, 150, etc.)
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 16 '14 at 13:38
I have this attribute table: prntscr.com/4nd1mi So I go to select by atribute-> and write "Elevation"%50==0 prntscr.com/4nd1yk Teh I get this problem and it says that my SQL declaration is wrong
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 13:42
@EdixonGutierrez, you need 2 equal signs (==) for a test statement.
– Martin
Sep 16 '14 at 13:53
add a comment |
You could select the contour features where the elevation attribute satisfies this condition:
Elev % 50 == 0
And save the selected features into a new shapefile. The % operator is the modulo and it returns the remainder from a division. You are essentially selecting the contours that are intervals of 50 m.
answered Sep 16 '14 at 13:30
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But it shows no % but the distance above the sea ( metros sobre el nivel del mar), will that helps?
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 13:32
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No, in the expression above 'Elev' is whatever attribute you have in the file's attribute table that represents the elevation of a contour line feature. The % is the modulo operator that returns the remainder after dividing your elevation attribute by 50. When this expression equals 0, you have a contour with a 50 m interval (assuming you want it to go 0, 50, 100, 150, etc.)
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 16 '14 at 13:38
I have this attribute table: prntscr.com/4nd1mi So I go to select by atribute-> and write "Elevation"%50==0 prntscr.com/4nd1yk Teh I get this problem and it says that my SQL declaration is wrong
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 13:42
@EdixonGutierrez, you need 2 equal signs (==) for a test statement.
– Martin
Sep 16 '14 at 13:53
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You could select the contour features where the elevation attribute satisfies this condition:
Elev % 50 == 0
And save the selected features into a new shapefile. The % operator is the modulo and it returns the remainder from a division. You are essentially selecting the contours that are intervals of 50 m.
answered Sep 16 '14 at 13:30
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You could select the contour features where the elevation attribute satisfies this condition:
Elev % 50 == 0
And save the selected features into a new shapefile. The % operator is the modulo and it returns the remainder from a division. You are essentially selecting the contours that are intervals of 50 m.
answered Sep 16 '14 at 13:30
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answered Sep 16 '14 at 13:30
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answered Sep 16 '14 at 13:30
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answered Sep 16 '14 at 13:30
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But it shows no % but the distance above the sea ( metros sobre el nivel del mar), will that helps?
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 13:32
2
No, in the expression above 'Elev' is whatever attribute you have in the file's attribute table that represents the elevation of a contour line feature. The % is the modulo operator that returns the remainder after dividing your elevation attribute by 50. When this expression equals 0, you have a contour with a 50 m interval (assuming you want it to go 0, 50, 100, 150, etc.)
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 16 '14 at 13:38
I have this attribute table: prntscr.com/4nd1mi So I go to select by atribute-> and write "Elevation"%50==0 prntscr.com/4nd1yk Teh I get this problem and it says that my SQL declaration is wrong
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 13:42
@EdixonGutierrez, you need 2 equal signs (==) for a test statement.
– Martin
Sep 16 '14 at 13:53
add a comment |
But it shows no % but the distance above the sea ( metros sobre el nivel del mar), will that helps?
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 13:32
2
No, in the expression above 'Elev' is whatever attribute you have in the file's attribute table that represents the elevation of a contour line feature. The % is the modulo operator that returns the remainder after dividing your elevation attribute by 50. When this expression equals 0, you have a contour with a 50 m interval (assuming you want it to go 0, 50, 100, 150, etc.)
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 16 '14 at 13:38
I have this attribute table: prntscr.com/4nd1mi So I go to select by atribute-> and write "Elevation"%50==0 prntscr.com/4nd1yk Teh I get this problem and it says that my SQL declaration is wrong
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 13:42
@EdixonGutierrez, you need 2 equal signs (==) for a test statement.
– Martin
Sep 16 '14 at 13:53
But it shows no % but the distance above the sea ( metros sobre el nivel del mar), will that helps?
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 13:32
But it shows no % but the distance above the sea ( metros sobre el nivel del mar), will that helps?
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 13:32
2
2
No, in the expression above 'Elev' is whatever attribute you have in the file's attribute table that represents the elevation of a contour line feature. The % is the modulo operator that returns the remainder after dividing your elevation attribute by 50. When this expression equals 0, you have a contour with a 50 m interval (assuming you want it to go 0, 50, 100, 150, etc.)
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 16 '14 at 13:38
No, in the expression above 'Elev' is whatever attribute you have in the file's attribute table that represents the elevation of a contour line feature. The % is the modulo operator that returns the remainder after dividing your elevation attribute by 50. When this expression equals 0, you have a contour with a 50 m interval (assuming you want it to go 0, 50, 100, 150, etc.)
– WhiteboxDev
Sep 16 '14 at 13:38
I have this attribute table: prntscr.com/4nd1mi So I go to select by atribute-> and write "Elevation"%50==0 prntscr.com/4nd1yk Teh I get this problem and it says that my SQL declaration is wrong
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 13:42
I have this attribute table: prntscr.com/4nd1mi So I go to select by atribute-> and write "Elevation"%50==0 prntscr.com/4nd1yk Teh I get this problem and it says that my SQL declaration is wrong
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 13:42
@EdixonGutierrez, you need 2 equal signs (==) for a test statement.
– Martin
Sep 16 '14 at 13:53
@EdixonGutierrez, you need 2 equal signs (==) for a test statement.
– Martin
Sep 16 '14 at 13:53
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For my personal work, I have found that this formula: MOD("Contour", 50)=0 was the only one that proved to work. I am using ArcGIS 10.6
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For my personal work, I have found that this formula: MOD("Contour", 50)=0 was the only one that proved to work. I am using ArcGIS 10.6
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For my personal work, I have found that this formula: MOD("Contour", 50)=0 was the only one that proved to work. I am using ArcGIS 10.6
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For my personal work, I have found that this formula: MOD("Contour", 50)=0 was the only one that proved to work. I am using ArcGIS 10.6
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This works perfectly in ArcGIS 10.3 and probably others:
http://www.wwu.edu/huxley/spatial/tut/mod.htm
Given a contour file with contours every 10 m, here's how to show only every other contour (or every 5th contour, etc.).
•In ArcMap, add the 10m contour lines to the .mxd
• Open the Layer Properties and select the Definiation Query tab ◦Click on the Query Builder button
◦In the Query Builder, create the following query
◦MOD ("CONTOUR", 20) = 0 (this is assuming the field name for your contour elevations is "CONTOUR")
◦Optionally click Verify to test the query
◦Click OK to close the Query Builder dialog box
◦Click OK to apply the query and close the Layer Properties
•This should limit the data to only those features where the MOD of the contour elevations and 20 = 0 (that is, where the contour elevation divided by 20 is 0)
•Open the attribute table to check to see that only elevations divisible by 20 are still included (e.g., 20, 40, 60, 80...)
A similar process can be used to show only contours 50, 100, 150, etc,: MOD("CONTOUR", 50) = 0
OR to show only contours 100, 200, 300...: MOD("CONTOUR", 100) = 0
answered Apr 19 '17 at 17:40
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1
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This is a harder-to-read version of the other two answers.
– Dan C
Apr 19 '17 at 17:50
no its not. sorry. The other two answers lead the user to select the contours in question, the answer I posted displays only the contours in question. I tried the other two methods below and then went hunting for a correct way to handle this.
– citrus
Apr 19 '17 at 21:30
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This works perfectly in ArcGIS 10.3 and probably others:
http://www.wwu.edu/huxley/spatial/tut/mod.htm
Given a contour file with contours every 10 m, here's how to show only every other contour (or every 5th contour, etc.).
•In ArcMap, add the 10m contour lines to the .mxd
• Open the Layer Properties and select the Definiation Query tab ◦Click on the Query Builder button
◦In the Query Builder, create the following query
◦MOD ("CONTOUR", 20) = 0 (this is assuming the field name for your contour elevations is "CONTOUR")
◦Optionally click Verify to test the query
◦Click OK to close the Query Builder dialog box
◦Click OK to apply the query and close the Layer Properties
•This should limit the data to only those features where the MOD of the contour elevations and 20 = 0 (that is, where the contour elevation divided by 20 is 0)
•Open the attribute table to check to see that only elevations divisible by 20 are still included (e.g., 20, 40, 60, 80...)
A similar process can be used to show only contours 50, 100, 150, etc,: MOD("CONTOUR", 50) = 0
OR to show only contours 100, 200, 300...: MOD("CONTOUR", 100) = 0
answered Apr 19 '17 at 17:40
citruscitrus
1
1
This is a harder-to-read version of the other two answers.
– Dan C
Apr 19 '17 at 17:50
no its not. sorry. The other two answers lead the user to select the contours in question, the answer I posted displays only the contours in question. I tried the other two methods below and then went hunting for a correct way to handle this.
– citrus
Apr 19 '17 at 21:30
add a comment |
This works perfectly in ArcGIS 10.3 and probably others:
http://www.wwu.edu/huxley/spatial/tut/mod.htm
Given a contour file with contours every 10 m, here's how to show only every other contour (or every 5th contour, etc.).
•In ArcMap, add the 10m contour lines to the .mxd
• Open the Layer Properties and select the Definiation Query tab ◦Click on the Query Builder button
◦In the Query Builder, create the following query
◦MOD ("CONTOUR", 20) = 0 (this is assuming the field name for your contour elevations is "CONTOUR")
◦Optionally click Verify to test the query
◦Click OK to close the Query Builder dialog box
◦Click OK to apply the query and close the Layer Properties
•This should limit the data to only those features where the MOD of the contour elevations and 20 = 0 (that is, where the contour elevation divided by 20 is 0)
•Open the attribute table to check to see that only elevations divisible by 20 are still included (e.g., 20, 40, 60, 80...)
A similar process can be used to show only contours 50, 100, 150, etc,: MOD("CONTOUR", 50) = 0
OR to show only contours 100, 200, 300...: MOD("CONTOUR", 100) = 0
answered Apr 19 '17 at 17:40
citruscitrus
1
This works perfectly in ArcGIS 10.3 and probably others:
http://www.wwu.edu/huxley/spatial/tut/mod.htm
Given a contour file with contours every 10 m, here's how to show only every other contour (or every 5th contour, etc.).
•In ArcMap, add the 10m contour lines to the .mxd
• Open the Layer Properties and select the Definiation Query tab ◦Click on the Query Builder button
◦In the Query Builder, create the following query
◦MOD ("CONTOUR", 20) = 0 (this is assuming the field name for your contour elevations is "CONTOUR")
◦Optionally click Verify to test the query
◦Click OK to close the Query Builder dialog box
◦Click OK to apply the query and close the Layer Properties
•This should limit the data to only those features where the MOD of the contour elevations and 20 = 0 (that is, where the contour elevation divided by 20 is 0)
•Open the attribute table to check to see that only elevations divisible by 20 are still included (e.g., 20, 40, 60, 80...)
A similar process can be used to show only contours 50, 100, 150, etc,: MOD("CONTOUR", 50) = 0
OR to show only contours 100, 200, 300...: MOD("CONTOUR", 100) = 0
answered Apr 19 '17 at 17:40
citruscitrus
1
answered Apr 19 '17 at 17:40
citruscitrus
1
answered Apr 19 '17 at 17:40
citruscitrus
1
answered Apr 19 '17 at 17:40
citruscitrus
1
1
1
This is a harder-to-read version of the other two answers.
– Dan C
Apr 19 '17 at 17:50
no its not. sorry. The other two answers lead the user to select the contours in question, the answer I posted displays only the contours in question. I tried the other two methods below and then went hunting for a correct way to handle this.
– citrus
Apr 19 '17 at 21:30
add a comment |
1
This is a harder-to-read version of the other two answers.
– Dan C
Apr 19 '17 at 17:50
no its not. sorry. The other two answers lead the user to select the contours in question, the answer I posted displays only the contours in question. I tried the other two methods below and then went hunting for a correct way to handle this.
– citrus
Apr 19 '17 at 21:30
1
1
This is a harder-to-read version of the other two answers.
– Dan C
Apr 19 '17 at 17:50
This is a harder-to-read version of the other two answers.
– Dan C
Apr 19 '17 at 17:50
no its not. sorry. The other two answers lead the user to select the contours in question, the answer I posted displays only the contours in question. I tried the other two methods below and then went hunting for a correct way to handle this.
– citrus
Apr 19 '17 at 21:30
no its not. sorry. The other two answers lead the user to select the contours in question, the answer I posted displays only the contours in question. I tried the other two methods below and then went hunting for a correct way to handle this.
– citrus
Apr 19 '17 at 21:30
add a comment |
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What attribution is available in the contour dataset? If there is a z value (elevation) you might be able to simply apply a definition query on the dataset.
– Dan_h_b
Sep 16 '14 at 13:30
That would be useful @Dan_h_b, the attribute field is called COTA, the answer below is not working for me by the way.
– Edixon Gutierrez
Sep 16 '14 at 13:36
So if you open up the layer properties and go to the definition query tab, you could enter something like: "COTA" = 50 OR "COTA" =100 OR "COTA" = 150 This will show you the elevation only in increments of 50. This could be quite a long query depending on the range of your elevation values
– Dan_h_b
Sep 16 '14 at 13:40