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Working With Grids April 2014: Eric Böker

This 3 sentence summary provides an overview of the key points covered in the document: The document outlines how to perform terrain analysis in SAGA GIS, including how to load a grid, set the coordinate reference system, stretch the color scheme, and generate an interactive terrain profile using the AS grid and RTP1dv layer. Step-by-step instructions are provided to complete each task, from loading and preparing the data to visualizing and extracting values from the generated profile. The overall aim is to introduce the user to working with grids in SAGA GIS and performing terrain analysis using its interactive profiling module.

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Working With Grids April 2014: Eric Böker

This 3 sentence summary provides an overview of the key points covered in the document: The document outlines how to perform terrain analysis in SAGA GIS, including how to load a grid, set the coordinate reference system, stretch the color scheme, and generate an interactive terrain profile using the AS grid and RTP1dv layer. Step-by-step instructions are provided to complete each task, from loading and preparing the data to visualizing and extracting values from the generated profile. The overall aim is to introduce the user to working with grids in SAGA GIS and performing terrain analysis using its interactive profiling module.

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Module 3

Working with
Grids

April 2014

Eric Bker


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In this module you will learn:

How to load a Grid using Saga

Set a Coordinate Reference System to your Grid

Stretch the colour schemes of you Grid

Perform a Terrain Analysis using the Interactive profiles module

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Load a Grid that is in your Folder
C:\Users\XXX\Desktop\SagaCourse\Data\Gridsfiles
Choose: As.sgrd
Note that in Saga the grids extension is: .sgrd
Once the Grid is Loaded check in the Messages
Window for any error messages.
In the Manager Window under Data/Tree you will see
the Grid: 01.AS. With the Name:
50; 5707x 3935y; 214832.576585x 7481345.87525y
Explain.
How to load a Grid using Saga
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Once your Grid is selected in the
Manager Window, check the Object
Properties Window under Description.

Details description of your AS Grid is
found.
Note that under Projection you read
Undefined Coordinate System.

The Next step will be to set a Coordinate
Reference System to your Grid.

In the Manager Window, Select the
Modules Tab, Right Click the Modules
Libraries Icon and Type Proj.4 and Okay
button.
The Module Libraries locates the
Modules and now you can choose from
the list the Appropriate module.

Set Coordinate Reference System:
Define or change the Coordinate
Reference System (CRS) associated with
the supplied data sets.
Set a Coordinate Reference System to your Grid
Double Click the
Module: Set
Coordinate Reference
System
In the new Tab, under
Data Objects/Grid
select the grid you
want to assign the
Coordinate System. In
Our case the AS.sgrd

Then under Project
Parameters/User
Defined select from
the drop down list the
UTM
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Set a Coordinate Reference System to your Grid
Under UPGS code/Geographic Coordinates Systems,
select WGS84

Under UPGS code/Projected
Coordinates Systems, select
WGS84/UTM zone 34S

The Set Coordinate Preference System Module
should look like this:
Note the EPSG Code 32734 for further use
See also http://www.epsg-registry.org/
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Set a Coordinate Reference System to your Grid
Click the Okay button to execute the module.
Check the messages Window/General. You can
read in Green that the module execution
succeeded.

Under Objects Properties Window/Description
once the AS.sgrd is selected the full description
of the file shows you that now its reference
projection system is correct.
Click the Add the Map/New command to appear the
As grid in a new window.

As you can see the appearance of the As grid is not
so nice.

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Set a Coordinate Reference System to your Grid
Reorganise your work space with
the AS grid, the road shape and
the Histogram of the AS values.
From the Histogram read the
interval of AS values.

In the Object Properties
Windows/Settings under
Colors/Scaling you can also read
the value range of the AS grid.

Change the Scaling/Mode option
to Logarithmic (up) with
Logarithmic Stretch Factor of
100.

Play around until the your happy
with the stretching factor.

Note that the values of the Grid
do not change its only the colour
stretch who does (Histogram)
Stretch the colour schemes of you Grid
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In the properties
Window tick the
Show Cell Values.
Apply the changes
and see that for
each Cell the
actual values is
shown. You can
change the
Boundary Effect
using the drop
down menu select
none for
example.
In the display
Properties see the
effect of using
Interpolation
Bilinear on the
Grid.
Stretch the colour schemes of you Grid
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Follow the same steps and add to
the existing AS the RTP1dv Layer
grid. Move the AS on Top (Module2)

On the Workspace Click the
Modules button and select Terrain
Analysis/Profiles [Interactive]

In the new tab select the Grid
System and Select for the >>DEM
option a grid that you want to see
and work when orientating our
profiles.

Under >Values Select any available
grid on which you want to extract
values from you profiles Position (AS
and RTP1dv).
Perform a Terrain Analysis using the
Interactive profiles module
http://www.saga-gis.org/en/index.html
Zoom to the Fortuna/Fiesta
anticline closure.

Select the action button

On the AS grid Left Click your
mouse to the point where
you want to start a profile
and drag the Action Arrow to
the point where you want
the profile to stop.

Then right Click your mouse
to end the interactive
profiling. A yellow line was
drown.

In the Manager Window
under Data/Tree 2 new
shapes were added. Line and
Point shape were added with
the name: Profile [AS]
Perform a Terrain Analysis using the
Interactive profiles module
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Right Click in the Manager Window the Profile
[AS] new shape until you select Diagram
under Attributes.
Select under the Attributes the Attributes you
want to be shown in the Diagram.
For the X axis select Distance.
Press Okay.
Following the previous described steps make
new profiles and see that the Profile Diagram
changes automatically
Perform a Terrain Analysis using the
Interactive profiles module
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The End

Any Questions ????

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