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Inmeteorologyandoceanographyoftenrequiresdisplayamagnitudeanddirectionofflow,thedirectiondefinedbythe
angles,whilethemagnitudeisdefinedbythesizeofthesymbol,youcanalsosymbolizeasinglelayerthatrepresentseither
themagnitudeordirectionthisentryshowshowtocreateamapofwindfromspeedanddirectiondataobtainedfrom
meteorologicalstations,thisprocedureisperformedinArcGIS,buttheGoldenSurferapplicationalsoprovidespowerfultools
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ThefirststepistocreateaSHPdatapointsinthetable,throughtheAddXYDatatool,theninterpolates(withIDW,Kriging,
Spline)valuesofdirectionandwindspeedtogenerateitsrespectiveraster.
ArcToolbox>SpatialAnalystTools>Interpolation
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Withinthestudyareatogenerateameshofrandomorregularpoints(alsocouldonlydisplaydatafromexistingstations),in
ordertoobtainagreaterdistributionofvectorsagainstthepointsoftheseasons,withtheExtractMultiValuestoPoints
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toollocatedat:
ArcToolbox>SpatialAnalystTools>Extraction
Getthevaluesoftherasterdirectionandspeedonthenewlayerofmeshpoints.
Thenextstepissimplytodisplaythemagnitudeanddirectioninthepropertiesofthelayercontainingthemeshpointsinthe
SymbologytablocatedatQuantitiesselectGraduatedSymbolsintheFieldssection,fieldValueselectthefield
(magnitude)thatcontainsthevaluesofspeed,atthebottomunderAdvanced>Rotationselectthefieldthatcontainsthe
valuesofthedirection(flowingeographiccoordinates).Youcanalsocustomizethesizeofthesymbolandthenumberof
classes.
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Tocustomizethesymbolismofthearrowcontainingtheflowdirectiontoopenthepropertyeditorsymbolfrom:
Template>EditSymbol>CharacterMarkerSymbol>ESRICartography
Finallyselectasymbolarrowshapeandacceptallopendialogboxesbeforeprintingorpostingthemapofwind,itis
recommendedtouseallhisskillsforefficientandattractivedesign.
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GreatpostFranz!
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Beautyful!
RememberhowIdidsomethinglikethisinArcView3.2usingprogrammingonAvenueManyyearsago
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Thisisawesome.IhavebeencuriousontheexactstepstodothissinceseeingwindjsandnowI
justhavetofigureouthowtoanimateitwithleaflet
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Wonderful,Thispostcomeinhandy!IwaswonderinghowtodothatjustthisafternooninArcGIS!.
Thankyou!
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