Add a “Use as ground” entry to the single-band raster layers’ local menu

[ÁkosHalmai]

Please, add a “Use as ground” entry to the single-band raster layers’ local menu (where the “Symbology” and the “Zoom to Layer” is located”). It would be a perfect tool for DEM comparison (creating profiles, detecting LiDAR classification errors, integrating manual geodetic measurements into remote sensing datasets). Now, I have to add the DEM as Ground and then I have to add the DEM itself as a raster layer. It would be easier to add the raster layer and then right-click and select “Use as Ground” or “Add to Ground” or something similar.

The opposite would be also appreciated: having an entry in a Ground or other surface layers local menu saying, “Use as raster layer”.  Alternatively, it could be implemented trough bi-directional drag & drop with Ctrl/Shift/Alt modification key.

This functionality could be introduced into the “Add presets” gallery too: “Add Ground & Raster Layer”.

H.Á.

[Andrew--Johnson]

We have installed this functionality into ArcGIS Pro 3.2.

There is now a Elevation context menu on raster and tin layers.

Duplicate in Ground: Duplicates layer in the ground elevation surface layer

Create Surface Layer from Sources: Creates a custom elevation surface layer and adds the selected layer to the custom surface (Note this option does not set the rasters elevation mode to the custom surface. You will still need to open up layer properties and select the surface). If you want that functionality see below.

Additionally we have added the following usability enhancement. If you add the raster layer to the scene you can also open up the layer properties and select "On custom elevation surface". This will do the following in one click

1. Create the custom surface

2. Add the selected raster layer as a source to the custom surface

3. Set the elevation mode for the selected raster to the custom surface.