@@ -890,7 +890,8 @@ Elevation Properties
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The |elevationscale | :guilabel: `Elevation ` tab provides options to control
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the layer elevation properties within a :ref: `3D map view <label_3dmapview >`
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and its appearance in the :ref: `profile tool charts <label_elevation_profile_view >`.
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- Specifically, you can set:
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+ Specifically, you can choose to :guilabel: `Disable ` this configuration if the layer
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+ does not contain elevation data or you can set:
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.. _figure_raster_elevation :
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@@ -899,12 +900,27 @@ Specifically, you can set:
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Raster Elevation Properties
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- * | unchecked | :guilabel: `Represents Elevation Surface `:
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+ * :guilabel: `Represents Elevation Surface `:
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whether the raster layer represents a height surface (e.g DEM) and the pixel
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values should be interpreted as elevations.
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- Check this option if you want to display a raster in an :ref: `elevation profile view <label_elevation_profile_view >`.
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+ Choose this option if you want to display a raster in an :ref: `elevation profile view <label_elevation_profile_view >`.
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You will also need to fill in the :guilabel: `Band ` to pick values from
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and can apply a :guilabel: `Scale ` factor and an :guilabel: `Offset `.
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+ * :guilabel: `Fixed Elevation Range `: The raster layer (or selected raster band)
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+ is associated with a fixed elevation range.
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+ This mode can be used when a layer has a single fixed elevation or a range (slice) of elevation values.
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+ If a range is specified, pixels will be extruded over this range.
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+ You can set the :guilabel: `Lower ` and :guilabel: `Upper `
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+ elevation range values for the layer, and specify whether the lower or upper :guilabel: `Limits ` are inclusive or exclusive.
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+ * :guilabel: `Fixed Elevation Range Per Band `: Each band in the raster can have a fixed elevation range
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+ associated with it. This is designed for data sources that expose elevation-related data in bands, such as NetCDF files.
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+ For example, a raster with temperature data at different ocean depths.
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+ When rendering, the uppermost matching band will be selected and used for the layer's data.
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+ This feature is exposed as a user-editable table for raster bands with lower and upper values.
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+ Users can either populate the lower and upper values manually
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+ or use an |expression | :guilabel: `Expression ` to auto-fill all band values based on expression.
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+ The expression-based fill allows you to design expressions that extract useful information from band names.
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+ For example, extracting the depth value from a band name like "Band 001: depth=-5500 (meters)".
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* :guilabel: `Profile Chart Appearance `: controls the rendering
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of the raster elevation data in the profile chart.
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The profile :guilabel: `Style ` can be set as:
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