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THE INTERPOLATE TOOL

You can access this tool by opening a 16 bit file loaded via :
- the Contour Treatment / Open Memory Session function;
- the Contour Treatment / Open Disk Session function and extracted via the tool.

This tool is used after the contour lines extraction. The program scans through the file until
an elevation value of -1 is discovered. This is a flag telling the program that the value is
unknown, and therefore requires to be interpolated. The program then looks at the nearest
values which are filled and it then evaluates the interpolated value.

Procedures

1/ Open a 16 bit file (.ic2 or .geo) containing the contour lines extracted via the Contour
Treatment / Open Memory Session function or by selecting the Contour Treatment / Open
Disk Session function and then by extracting a zone via the tool (See the Scissors tool).
2/ Select the tool by clicking (8 left button) directly over its icon.
The following Interpolation Param. box appears :

This box presents several fields : THE INTERPOLATE TOOL

a. Click in the Black Box checkbox to run several automatic interpolations.
The Black Box interpolation can be used only for small DTM because a temporary
memory block of twice the size of the loaded block is attributed.
b. Click in the Standard 8 dir checkbox to run a standard manual interpolation :
- Start Dist fixes the distance of research of the points which value is unknown (in
pixel). Value 5 recommanded for a first interpolation.
- Step fixes the step of research of the points which value is unknown (in meters).
Value 5 recommanded for a first interpolation.
- Directions fixes the number of directions of research of the points which value is
unknown. Value 3 recommanded for a first interpolation.
c. Click in the Dist to zero checkbox to calculate in each point of the terrain the
distance in km to the nearest frontier (Step fixes the step of calculation in meters).
3/ Validate the configuration via the OK button.

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To cancel the operation, click over the Cancel button.
The interpolation process is run. The status bar indicates the status process.
4/ A message box indicates the end of the process :

5/ Close the box by clicking over the OK button.

6/ In the case of a standard manual interpolation (Standard 8 dir), several interpolations
are necessary with the following parameters :
For a second interpolation, Start Dist should be 5, Step should be 5 and Directions should be
2. For a third interpolation, Start Dist should be 5, Step should be 5 and Directions should be
1.

THE INTERPOLATE TOOL

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