topic Re: elevation query in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/elevation-query/m-p/158905#M12159 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">The Raster to Point tool is the easiest way to convert a raster to point elevation.&nbsp; The Extract Values to Points tool will extract values from an underlying elevation raster to an existing points feature class/shapefile.<BR /><BR />If you have 3D Analyst, you can use the <A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//00q90000006m000000">Interpolate Shape</A> tool to convert your line to 3D based off of an elevation raster.&nbsp; There is an option within this tool for the interpolation to use the input vertex locations.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I've managed to get the points, but how would be able to select only the points that on the end of lines or closest point? I need to code it in for a new tool, but trying to find the tools that already do it, and looking at how the code is and how it can be altered.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:41:17 GMT MarcusHumphrey 2012-12-18T21:41:17Z elevation query https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/elevation-query/m-p/158903#M12157 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>There's a few parts to this question.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>How do you get points of a DTM? I managed to get it working by doingrastor to multipoint.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I did try extract value to point before and the DTM havd no features until I did rastor to multipoint.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is there a quicker way or easier way?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Also how can elevations be added to end points of lines?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:35:46 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/elevation-query/m-p/158903#M12157 MarcusHumphrey 2012-12-18T14:35:46Z Re: elevation query https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/elevation-query/m-p/158904#M12158 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The Raster to Point tool is the easiest way to convert a raster to point elevation.&nbsp; The Extract Values to Points tool will extract values from an underlying elevation raster to an existing points feature class/shapefile.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If you have 3D Analyst, you can use the </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//00q90000006m000000">Interpolate Shape</A><SPAN> tool to convert your line to 3D based off of an elevation raster.&nbsp; There is an option within this tool for the interpolation to use the input vertex locations.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:06:45 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/elevation-query/m-p/158904#M12158 JakeSkinner 2012-12-18T16:06:45Z Re: elevation query https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/elevation-query/m-p/158905#M12159 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">The Raster to Point tool is the easiest way to convert a raster to point elevation.&nbsp; The Extract Values to Points tool will extract values from an underlying elevation raster to an existing points feature class/shapefile.<BR /><BR />If you have 3D Analyst, you can use the <A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//00q90000006m000000">Interpolate Shape</A> tool to convert your line to 3D based off of an elevation raster.&nbsp; There is an option within this tool for the interpolation to use the input vertex locations.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I've managed to get the points, but how would be able to select only the points that on the end of lines or closest point? I need to code it in for a new tool, but trying to find the tools that already do it, and looking at how the code is and how it can be altered.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:41:17 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/elevation-query/m-p/158905#M12159 MarcusHumphrey 2012-12-18T21:41:17Z Re: elevation query https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/elevation-query/m-p/158906#M12160 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You can extract the endpoints from lines using the </SPAN><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//00170000003p000000">Feature Vertices to Points</A><SPAN> tool.&nbsp; Choose the option BOTH_ENDS for the Point Type.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:48:05 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/elevation-query/m-p/158906#M12160 JakeSkinner 2012-12-19T09:48:05Z Re: elevation query https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/elevation-query/m-p/158907#M12161 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">You can extract the endpoints from lines using the <A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//00170000003p000000">Feature Vertices to Points</A> tool.&nbsp; Choose the option BOTH_ENDS for the Point Type.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I have done that for something else created.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>How would I get the elevations of those specific points? There is only elevation on the DTM and got the points from that.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:09:49 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/elevation-query/m-p/158907#M12161 MarcusHumphrey 2012-12-19T14:09:49Z