topic Detecting mound boundaries in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/detecting-mound-boundaries/m-p/971#M49 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello all,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Does anyone have a method for detecting mound boundaries? </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am working on bathymetry data which consists of mound features ~ 50 m high and average 200 m diameter. Some are rounded, many are elongate. The edges of the mounds are difficult to see on a shaded relief image, impeding the ability to place accurate zone boundaries. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The mound boundary could be defined as the point where the 6 degree slope contour begins. I would like to create a polygon at&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; this slope degree contour boundary; however the resulting 6 degree slope contour raster has many 6 degree contour points (see image). So perhaps a this information could be used in addition to peak heights I.E. create separate polygons around all contiguous areas between the 6 degree slope contour and the peak height.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>[ATTACH=CONFIG]22925[/ATTACH]</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN> Or if anyone has software allowing me to utilize (or test) an automated mound detection method that would be ideal.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thank you,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Stapes</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:35:31 GMT FionaStapleton 2013-03-25T10:35:31Z Detecting mound boundaries https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/detecting-mound-boundaries/m-p/971#M49 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello all,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Does anyone have a method for detecting mound boundaries? </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am working on bathymetry data which consists of mound features ~ 50 m high and average 200 m diameter. Some are rounded, many are elongate. The edges of the mounds are difficult to see on a shaded relief image, impeding the ability to place accurate zone boundaries. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The mound boundary could be defined as the point where the 6 degree slope contour begins. I would like to create a polygon at&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; this slope degree contour boundary; however the resulting 6 degree slope contour raster has many 6 degree contour points (see image). So perhaps a this information could be used in addition to peak heights I.E. create separate polygons around all contiguous areas between the 6 degree slope contour and the peak height.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>[ATTACH=CONFIG]22925[/ATTACH]</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN> Or if anyone has software allowing me to utilize (or test) an automated mound detection method that would be ideal.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thank you,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Stapes</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:35:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/detecting-mound-boundaries/m-p/971#M49 FionaStapleton 2013-03-25T10:35:31Z