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Linear Features

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Linear Features

Linear features routine classifies points from fences, or other similar features forming a continuous linear chain.

The point cloud should have distance to ground calculated in Distance attribute field using compute distance -routine before executing this tool.

classify_linear_features

SETTING

EFFECT

From class

Source class(es). The source classes must contain the water surface and the bottom.

_select_classes

Opens the Select classes dialog which contains the list of active classes in TerraScan. You can select multiple source classes from the list that are then used in the From class field.

To class

Target class.

Max width

Maximum horizontal width allowed for each linear feature.

Min length

Minimum continuous length required for each linear feature.

Min height

Minimum height required for each linear feature. This option validates the features checking the point Distance attribute values.

Max height

Maximum height allowed for each linear feature. This option validates the features checking the point Distance attribute values.

Require rating

Classification sensitivity. Use higher value for more strict classification tolerance.

Inside fence only

If on, only points inside a fence or selected polygon(s) are classified.

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