TIN To Raster (3D Analyst)

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Summary

Interpolates a raster using z-values from the input TIN.

Learn more about how TIN To Raster works

Illustration

Create Raster From TIN illustration

Usage

  • Because interpolation of the input TIN surface occurs at regular intervals, some loss of information in the output raster should be expected. How well the raster represents the TIN is dependent on the resolution of the raster and the degree and interval of TIN surface variation. Generally, as the resolution is increased, the output raster more closely represents the TIN surface. Because the raster is a cell structure, it cannot maintain the hard and soft breakline edges that may be present in the TIN.

  • When exporting a large raster, you can specify the Output Data Type parameter value as an integer to save disk space if the accuracy requirements of the z-values can be represented by integer data.

Parameters

LabelExplanationData Type
Input TIN

The TIN dataset that will be processed.

TIN Layer
Output Raster

The location and name of the output raster. When storing a raster dataset in a geodatabase or in a folder such as an Esri Grid, do not add a file extension to the name of the raster dataset. A file extension can be provided to define the raster's format when storing it in a folder, such as .tif to generate a GeoTIFF or .img to generate an ERDAS IMAGINE format file.

If the raster is stored as a .tif file or in a geodatabase, the raster compression type and quality can be specified using geoprocessing environment settings.

Raster Dataset
Output Data Type
(Optional)

Specifies the type of numeric values that will be stored in the output raster.

  • Floating PointThe output raster will use 32-bit floating point, which supports values ranging from -3.402823466e+38 to 3.402823466e+38. This is the default.
  • IntegerThe output raster will use an appropriate integer bit depth. This option will round z-values to the nearest whole number and write an integer to each raster cell value.
String
Method
(Optional)

The interpolation method used to create the raster.

  • LinearCalculates cell values by applying linear interpolation to the TIN triangles. This is the default.
  • Natural NeighborsCalculates cell values by using natural neighbors interpolation of TIN triangles
String
Sampling Distance
(Optional)

The sampling method and distance used to define the cell size of the output raster.

  • ObservationsDefines the number of cells that divide the longest side of the output raster. This method is used by default with the value of 250.
  • Cell SizeDefines the cell size of the output raster.
String
Z Factor
(Optional)

The factor by which z-values will be multiplied. This is typically used to convert z linear units to match x,y linear units. The default is 1, which leaves elevation values unchanged. This parameter is not available if the spatial reference of the input surface has a z-datum with a specified linear unit.

Double
Sampling Value

The value that corresponds with the Sampling Distance for specifying the output raster's cell size.

Double

Licensing information

  • Basic: Requires 3D Analyst
  • Standard: Requires 3D Analyst
  • Advanced: Requires 3D Analyst

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