CreateViewshed

Titleā€ƒ CreateViewshed

Summary

Returns polygons of visible areas for a given set of input observation points.


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Parameter Explanation
inputLayer <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><P><SPAN>The point features to use as the observer locations.</SPAN></P></DIV>
demResolution (Optional) <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><P><SPAN>The approximate spatial resolution (cell size) of the source elevation data used for the calculation. </SPAN></P></DIV>
maximumDistance (Optional) <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><P><SPAN>The maximum distance to calculate the viewshed. </SPAN></P></DIV>
maxDistanceUnits (Optional)

The units for the maximumDistance parameter.

observerHeight (Optional)

The height above the surface of the observer.

observerHeightUnits (Optional) <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><P><SPAN>The units for the observerHeight parameter. </SPAN></P></DIV>
targetHeight (Optional)

The height above the surface of the object you are viewing.

targetHeightUnits (Optional) <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><P><SPAN>The units for the targetHeight parameter. </SPAN></P></DIV>
generalize (Optional) <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><P><SPAN>Specifies whether the viewshed polygons will be generalized.</SPAN></P></DIV>
outputName (Optional)

The name of the viewshed polygon layer that will be created. This layer contains the visible areas where the observers can see, and the number of observers is recorded in the frequency field.

context (Optional) <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><P><SPAN>Specifies the analysis environments.</SPAN></P></DIV>

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