idea Eliminate Buffered AOI while Generating Topographic Contours in ArcGIS Production Mapping Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-production-mapping-ideas/eliminate-buffered-aoi-while-generating/idi-p/932970 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>For large raster's, generating the topographic contours can be overbearing on system resources and often result in an out of memory issue. To alleviate this I have run the Generate Topographic Contour script against a grid index. The underlying script enforces a buffer based on the chosen scale or will default to buffer by 5 kilometers. When the script is run across a gridded raster like this there will invariably be an overlap of topographic contours along the grid seams.</P><P></P><P>The only work around that I can think of is to run each grid, clip based on AOI and then merge all the grids back together again.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Alternatively, if the buffer range could be set as an optional parameter this would alleviate the need to clip and merge.&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 May 2020 20:03:38 GMT ColinJohnson3 2020-05-07T20:03:38Z Eliminate Buffered AOI while Generating Topographic Contours https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-production-mapping-ideas/eliminate-buffered-aoi-while-generating/idi-p/932970 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>For large raster's, generating the topographic contours can be overbearing on system resources and often result in an out of memory issue. To alleviate this I have run the Generate Topographic Contour script against a grid index. The underlying script enforces a buffer based on the chosen scale or will default to buffer by 5 kilometers. When the script is run across a gridded raster like this there will invariably be an overlap of topographic contours along the grid seams.</P><P></P><P>The only work around that I can think of is to run each grid, clip based on AOI and then merge all the grids back together again.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Alternatively, if the buffer range could be set as an optional parameter this would alleviate the need to clip and merge.&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 May 2020 20:03:38 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-production-mapping-ideas/eliminate-buffered-aoi-while-generating/idi-p/932970 ColinJohnson3 2020-05-07T20:03:38Z