topic Re: 3D mapping Soil Nutrients, Chemistry and Microbe Communities in 3D Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/3d-mapping-soil-nutrients-chemistry-and-microbe/m-p/296#M5 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Jason</P><P>1. More sample locations (points) are important to create a better surface. Check here to see about interpolation&nbsp;<A class="link-titled" href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/spatial-analyst-toolbox/an-overview-of-the-interpolation-tools.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/spatial-analyst-toolbox/an-overview-of-the-interpolation-tools.htm">An overview of the Interpolation toolset—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp; &nbsp;i. Here the tool to create random poins (samples)&nbsp;<A class="link-titled" href="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/data-management/create-random-points.htm" title="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/data-management/create-random-points.htm">Create Random Points—Data Management toolbox | ArcGIS Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P>2. I didn´t understand what you want.</P><P>3. Could you explain more?&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:04:12 GMT Luiz_AmadeuCoutinho 2018-12-17T17:04:12Z 3D mapping Soil Nutrients, Chemistry and Microbe Communities https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/3d-mapping-soil-nutrients-chemistry-and-microbe/m-p/295#M4 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am going to be doing an academic project which requires me to take soil samples for laboratory analysis. Here are several questions which I need to understand.</P><P></P><OL><LI>Am I correct in thinking the more sample locations used the higher the resolution?<OL style="list-style-type: lower-roman;"><LI>is there a tool in ArcGIS to create Sample locations to download onto a handheld GPS for fieldwork?</LI></OL></LI><LI>I plan to drape these results over a TIN/DEM (is this the best way?)<OL style="list-style-type: lower-roman;"><LI>Do I need to create a different excel sheet for each depth and then use&nbsp;kriging tool for them and stack them draped of TIN/DEM ?</LI></OL></LI><LI>Any advice for doing this with mixed microbe populations would be greatly welcomed.</LI></OL><P></P><P>Many thanks in advance</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 19 Nov 2018 15:00:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/3d-mapping-soil-nutrients-chemistry-and-microbe/m-p/295#M4 JasonWilliams_James 2018-11-19T15:00:14Z Re: 3D mapping Soil Nutrients, Chemistry and Microbe Communities https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/3d-mapping-soil-nutrients-chemistry-and-microbe/m-p/296#M5 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Jason</P><P>1. More sample locations (points) are important to create a better surface. Check here to see about interpolation&nbsp;<A class="link-titled" href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/spatial-analyst-toolbox/an-overview-of-the-interpolation-tools.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/spatial-analyst-toolbox/an-overview-of-the-interpolation-tools.htm">An overview of the Interpolation toolset—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp; &nbsp;i. Here the tool to create random poins (samples)&nbsp;<A class="link-titled" href="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/data-management/create-random-points.htm" title="http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/data-management/create-random-points.htm">Create Random Points—Data Management toolbox | ArcGIS Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P>2. I didn´t understand what you want.</P><P>3. Could you explain more?&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:04:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/3d-questions/3d-mapping-soil-nutrients-chemistry-and-microbe/m-p/296#M5 Luiz_AmadeuCoutinho 2018-12-17T17:04:12Z