topic Re: Clipping an Interpolated Area in ArcGIS GeoStatistical Analyst Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-geostatistical-analyst-questions/clipping-an-interpolated-area/m-p/419489#M877 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>It depends on whether you are creating rasters or geostatistical layers.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If you're creating rasters, you can use the </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//001w0000001t000000">Mask</A><SPAN> environmental setting when running the geoprocessing tool (starting at ArcGIS 10.1, all Geostatistical Analyst tools that output a raster will honor Mask).&nbsp; You can also use the </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//00170000009n000000">Clip</A><SPAN> tool if you already have the rasters or do not have ArcGIS 10.1 or later.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If you're creating geostatistical layers, they cannot be clipped directly.&nbsp; But you can use something called </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//00s90000000q000000">Dataframe Clipping</A><SPAN> to make the layer transparent over land (which, visually, will look just like a clip).&nbsp; To see an example of this with geostatistical layers, see steps 18-21 at the bottom of the first </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#/Exercise_1_Creating_a_surface_using_default_parameters/0031000000p0000000/">Geostatistical Analyst tutorial</A><SPAN>.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 12 May 2014 14:25:42 GMT EricKrause 2014-05-12T14:25:42Z Clipping an Interpolated Area https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-geostatistical-analyst-questions/clipping-an-interpolated-area/m-p/419488#M876 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am currently attempting to interpolate some molecular data across a space of the Celtic Sea.&nbsp; Various parts of the rectangular output are on the land.&nbsp; Is there a way to clip the output to prevent GIS from interpolating land areas.&nbsp; The land is represented in the form of a shape file.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Many thanks for any help!!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Cheers,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Matt</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 10 May 2014 14:11:23 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-geostatistical-analyst-questions/clipping-an-interpolated-area/m-p/419488#M876 MatthewNicholson 2014-05-10T14:11:23Z Re: Clipping an Interpolated Area https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-geostatistical-analyst-questions/clipping-an-interpolated-area/m-p/419489#M877 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>It depends on whether you are creating rasters or geostatistical layers.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If you're creating rasters, you can use the </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//001w0000001t000000">Mask</A><SPAN> environmental setting when running the geoprocessing tool (starting at ArcGIS 10.1, all Geostatistical Analyst tools that output a raster will honor Mask).&nbsp; You can also use the </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//00170000009n000000">Clip</A><SPAN> tool if you already have the rasters or do not have ArcGIS 10.1 or later.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If you're creating geostatistical layers, they cannot be clipped directly.&nbsp; But you can use something called </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//00s90000000q000000">Dataframe Clipping</A><SPAN> to make the layer transparent over land (which, visually, will look just like a clip).&nbsp; To see an example of this with geostatistical layers, see steps 18-21 at the bottom of the first </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#/Exercise_1_Creating_a_surface_using_default_parameters/0031000000p0000000/">Geostatistical Analyst tutorial</A><SPAN>.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 12 May 2014 14:25:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-geostatistical-analyst-questions/clipping-an-interpolated-area/m-p/419489#M877 EricKrause 2014-05-12T14:25:42Z