Calculates the aspect (the
direction in which slope faces) of each cell of the input raster in degrees.
The result added to ArcMap is categorized in 9 groups.
- N - North ( 0 to 22.5 and 337.5 to 360)
- NE - North East (22,5 to 67.5)
- E - East (67.5 to 112.5)
- SE - South East (112.5 to 157.5)
- S - South (67.5 to 112.5)
- SW - South West (202.5 to 247.5)
- W - West (247.5 to 292.5)
- NW - North West (292.5 to 337.5)
- U - Undefined - Slope = 0
Read more about Aspect and its importance
here.
Inputs:
- Input raster dataset
- Output raster name and format
Output:
Example:
|
Source Elevation raster |
 |
|
Result Aspect raster |
|
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Notes:
- Initially the name of the output raster
defines the raster format
- no extension specified - ESRI binary GRID
- .img extension (for example raster1.img) -
ERDAS IMAGINE image.
- .tif extension (for example raster1.tif -
Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) image.
- The initial output raster format can be
changed by selecting the desired output in the dialog.
- Currently only file based rasters are
supported. Rasters cannot be stored in a GeoDatabase. After you get the
desired result, you can export the raster to a GeoDatabase using the
standard ArcGIS tools.
- The input raster must be in a projected
coordinate system.
ToolBox
implementation
Command line syntax
ETS_GPRasterAspect <Input Raster> <Out
Raster>
Parameters
| Expression |
Explanation |
| <Input
Raster> |
A
Raster dataset or Raster layer |
| <Out
Raster> |
A String
- the full name of the output raster (A raster with the same full
name should not exist). The output raster type depends on the extension
of the output file(see Notes above) |
Scripting syntax
ETS_GPRasterAspect (Input
Raster, Out Raster)
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Copyright: Ianko Tchoukanski |