How to create an Average Overlay based on feature attributes

Editor → Current Situation (Ribbon tab) → Overlays (Ribbon bar)

How to create an Average Overlay based on feature attributes:

1. Select Current Situation in the ribbon bar of the editor.
2. Hover over Overlays, and under Grid Calculation, select Avg & Interpolation.
3. With the Overlay selected, open the Configuration Wizard by clicking on the button in the detail panel.
4. Once the wizard is ready, select next.
5. In the operator step, select the option named AVG.
6. In the type step, select the option named The overlay's input is based on feature attributes.
7. In the layer step, choose 'First occurrence', 'Minimum value', or 'Maximum value' for multiple layers, or 'Specific Layer only' and specify a layer (e.g., Buildings).
8. In the attribute step, click on the select button to select an attribute that should be rasterized.
9. Optionally adjust the default value in case no features are present at a particular location.
10. Click next and close the wizard by clicking on the finish button.
11. Adjust the Cell averaging distance (m) as needed.

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  2. Add a new Average Overlay.
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  5. Select the AVG option.
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  6. Select the The overlay's input is based on feature attributes option.
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  7. Select the method how to obtain the feature attribute from layers.
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  8. Select the attribute, and optionally define the NO_DATA value.
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  9. Specify the averaging distance.

Notes

• The layer sequence of first occurrence is defined in Rasterization.
• In the attribute step, the number of timeframes can be increased if the attribute uses an array of values.

How-to's

• How to create an Average Overlay based on another Grid Overlay.
• How to fill NO_DATA values in a grid overlay by interpolation using an Average Overlay.
• How to configure an Average Overlay to gain insight into grid cell values.

See also

• Average Overlay