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Polyline around cluster of points

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11-12-2024 04:21 AM
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fred7
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I have csv file with sea surface temperature values. Each value has its coordinates. I am trying to interpolate the temperature values using "Spline with barriers". For that reason (barrier) I have to make new shapefile and draw polyline around these points. Is there more professional way to create barrier around cluster of points? For example somekind of buffer around points with certain distance from point.

Please look at the picture I added to this post.

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fred7
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I did not want to install any extra plugins so I described my problem to Copilot (chatgpt). He suggested firstly to use tool "Aggregate Points", then tool "Buffer" and then "Polygon to Line", deleted some unwanted lines and finally using "Dissolve" to make the multi polyline to single polyline.

There is a tool "Minimum Bounding Geometry" which has Convex Hull, but unfortunaltely no Concave Hull that I needed, so skipped that tool.

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DanPatterson
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That is a "concave hull" which has not direct implementation in Pro.

There are a number of python implementations out there.

Concave Hulls ... the elusive container - Esri Community

for more discussion.


... sort of retired...
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Robert_LeClair
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In the Spline with Barriers GP tool, if you click the Environments tab at the top of the tool, you can set the Extent parameter based upon another layer, a graphic polygon and more to limit the processing extent of the output raster dataset.

spline_with_barriers_env.JPG

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SeaRM
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You can build concave or just convex hulls grouping input points, maybe with added buffer.

https://xtools.pro/en/features/analysis-tools/concave-hull/

https://xtools.pro/en/features/analysis-tools/convex-hull/

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fred7
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I did not want to install any extra plugins so I described my problem to Copilot (chatgpt). He suggested firstly to use tool "Aggregate Points", then tool "Buffer" and then "Polygon to Line", deleted some unwanted lines and finally using "Dissolve" to make the multi polyline to single polyline.

There is a tool "Minimum Bounding Geometry" which has Convex Hull, but unfortunaltely no Concave Hull that I needed, so skipped that tool.

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SeaRM
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You can run the XTools Pro Concave Hull online tool, it's free if your archived data is not more than 10 Mb.

https://xtoolspro.online/

https://online.xtools.pro/portal/tools/ConcaveHull

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