topic Grid Point Sampling - LARGE dataset in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/grid-point-sampling-large-dataset/m-p/184495#M6211 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am attempting to determine, on average, how many raw LiDAR points are within a 2m x 2m grid over the extent of an area of interest that is 35 km x 35 km. Most geoprocessing attempts I've made to create a 2m x 2m polygonal grid have failed (too large a dataset for this kind of heavy lifting, plus my computer only has 3 gigs of RAM). </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm thinking there may be a different software solution out there for this kind of analysis, but I'm bound and determined to try to perform this analysis in ArcMap. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Has anyone out there attempted this kind of analysis on a large dataset with such a small grid? Let me know any suggestions you might have...</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Jesse Pinchot</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>GIS Specialist</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>URS Corp.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:10:30 GMT JessePinchot 2011-04-12T20:10:30Z Grid Point Sampling - LARGE dataset https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/grid-point-sampling-large-dataset/m-p/184495#M6211 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am attempting to determine, on average, how many raw LiDAR points are within a 2m x 2m grid over the extent of an area of interest that is 35 km x 35 km. Most geoprocessing attempts I've made to create a 2m x 2m polygonal grid have failed (too large a dataset for this kind of heavy lifting, plus my computer only has 3 gigs of RAM). </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm thinking there may be a different software solution out there for this kind of analysis, but I'm bound and determined to try to perform this analysis in ArcMap. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Has anyone out there attempted this kind of analysis on a large dataset with such a small grid? Let me know any suggestions you might have...</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Jesse Pinchot</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>GIS Specialist</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>URS Corp.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:10:30 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/grid-point-sampling-large-dataset/m-p/184495#M6211 JessePinchot 2011-04-12T20:10:30Z Re: Grid Point Sampling - LARGE dataset https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/grid-point-sampling-large-dataset/m-p/184496#M6212 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Take a look at PointStats using NPOINTS as the statistic type.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:00:58 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/grid-point-sampling-large-dataset/m-p/184496#M6212 JeffreyEvans 2011-04-12T22:00:58Z