topic Re: Calculating Surface Volume from Point Data in ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/calculating-surface-volume-from-point-data/m-p/135609#M1932 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>converting to raster isn't sufficient, you need a continuous surface and will probably have to interpolate your point data into a surface, since conversion straight to raster will not create the <A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#/Cut_Fill/009z000000tz000000/">raster surface needed </A>as shown in the help file </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 05 Jan 2015 05:48:27 GMT DanPatterson_Retired 2015-01-05T05:48:27Z Calculating Surface Volume from Point Data https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/calculating-surface-volume-from-point-data/m-p/135608#M1931 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm trying to calculate the volume of stockpiles of material. I have Trimble point data from which I can define a reference plane and the surface plane. I tried converting to raster and running the Cut Fill tool in Spatial Analyst but it errors out.</P><P></P><P>Any insight into process details would be appreciated.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 05 Jan 2015 05:42:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/calculating-surface-volume-from-point-data/m-p/135608#M1931 ScottEverett 2015-01-05T05:42:42Z Re: Calculating Surface Volume from Point Data https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/calculating-surface-volume-from-point-data/m-p/135609#M1932 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>converting to raster isn't sufficient, you need a continuous surface and will probably have to interpolate your point data into a surface, since conversion straight to raster will not create the <A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#/Cut_Fill/009z000000tz000000/">raster surface needed </A>as shown in the help file </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 05 Jan 2015 05:48:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/calculating-surface-volume-from-point-data/m-p/135609#M1932 DanPatterson_Retired 2015-01-05T05:48:27Z Re: Calculating Surface Volume from Point Data https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/calculating-surface-volume-from-point-data/m-p/135610#M1933 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you kindly, Sir. Is there any reason to choose or avoid specific methods for the interpolation?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 05 Jan 2015 06:25:47 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/calculating-surface-volume-from-point-data/m-p/135610#M1933 ScottEverett 2015-01-05T06:25:47Z Re: Calculating Surface Volume from Point Data https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/calculating-surface-volume-from-point-data/m-p/135611#M1934 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It all depends upon the nature of your data.&nbsp; Whole courses are taught on the subject...and the subject is often subjective in itself.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 05 Jan 2015 07:27:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/calculating-surface-volume-from-point-data/m-p/135611#M1934 DanPatterson_Retired 2015-01-05T07:27:06Z