topic Automating sinkhole identification and classification in ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/automating-sinkhole-identification-and/m-p/746598#M10820 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have created a 2m DEM from bare earth lidar points and now need to extract the sinkholes and calculate their spatial properties. I have read of how to do this by writing custom python code but I am pressed for time so I am trying to figure out how to do this using the tools available in ArcDesktop 10 ArcInfo license. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This is what I would like to automate:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Input DEM</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Run 3x3 median operator (High Pass Filter)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Create a depressionless DEM by raising cells to their spill elevation</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Create DEM with depression cells having their depth value and all non-depression cells have a value of 0</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Flow direction</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Watershed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Classify depression objects based on spatial attributes (volume, depth, eccentricity, etc...)</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:54:11 GMT AaronBryant1 2012-04-21T19:54:11Z Automating sinkhole identification and classification https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/automating-sinkhole-identification-and/m-p/746598#M10820 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have created a 2m DEM from bare earth lidar points and now need to extract the sinkholes and calculate their spatial properties. I have read of how to do this by writing custom python code but I am pressed for time so I am trying to figure out how to do this using the tools available in ArcDesktop 10 ArcInfo license. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This is what I would like to automate:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Input DEM</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Run 3x3 median operator (High Pass Filter)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Create a depressionless DEM by raising cells to their spill elevation</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Create DEM with depression cells having their depth value and all non-depression cells have a value of 0</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Flow direction</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Watershed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Classify depression objects based on spatial attributes (volume, depth, eccentricity, etc...)</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:54:11 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/automating-sinkhole-identification-and/m-p/746598#M10820 AaronBryant1 2012-04-21T19:54:11Z