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Inmeteorologyandoceanographyoftenrequiresdisplayamagnitudeanddirectionofflow,thedirectiondefinedbytheangles,whilethemagnitudeisdefinedbythesizeofthesymbol,youcanalsosymbolizeasinglelayerthatrepresentseitherthemagnitudeordirectionthisentryshowshowtocreateamapofwindfromspeedanddirectiondataobtainedfrommeteorologicalstations,thisprocedureisperformedinArcGIS,buttheGoldenSurferapplicationalsoprovidespowerfultoolsforyourdesign.
Station UTMX UTMY Direction Speed
A 615380 9531496 22.5 15
B 616004 9533157 45 14
C 617620 9533808 90 12
D 619191 9532326 135 12
E 621295 9530663 112.5 5
F 622303 9533906 180 5
G 616992 9532169 22.5 13
ThefirststepistocreateaSHPdatapointsinthetable,throughtheAddXYDatatool,theninterpolates(withIDW,Kriging,Spline)valuesofdirectionandwindspeedtogenerateitsrespectiveraster.
ArcToolbox>SpatialAnalystTools>Interpolation
Withinthestudyareatogenerateameshofrandomorregularpoints(alsocouldonlydisplaydatafromexistingstations),inordertoobtainagreaterdistributionofvectorsagainstthepointsoftheseasons,withtheExtractMultiValuestoPointstoollocatedat:
ArcToolbox>SpatialAnalystTools>Extraction
Getthevaluesoftherasterdirectionandspeedonthenewlayerofmeshpoints.
ThenextstepissimplytodisplaythemagnitudeanddirectioninthepropertiesofthelayercontainingthemeshpointsintheSymbologytablocatedatQuantitiesselectGraduatedSymbolsintheFieldssection,fieldValueselectthefield(magnitude)thatcontainsthevaluesofspeed,atthebottomunderAdvanced>Rotationselectthefieldthatcontainsthevaluesofthedirection(flowingeographiccoordinates).Youcanalsocustomizethesizeofthesymbolandthenumberofclasses.
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Tocustomizethesymbolismofthearrowcontainingtheflowdirectiontoopenthepropertyeditorsymbolfrom:
Template>EditSymbol>CharacterMarkerSymbol>ESRICartography
Finallyselectasymbolarrowshapeandacceptallopendialogboxesbeforeprintingorpostingthemapofwind,itisrecommendedtouseallhisskillsforefficientandattractivedesign.
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FREDRICKJUMA 8:49am March5,2015
ThisisAwesome.Canthisbeappliedforrealtimesimulationsofwinddata.Haveyoutiredthattogetacontinouschangeforalongerperiod,andprobablythatcanbepublishedonadynamicArcGISonline.Iwillfollowyouonthissubject.
Juma(Nairobi,Kenya)
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SAMLAMMIE 2:55pm March5,2015
GreatpostFranz!
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OBEHIEGUAKHIDE 12:26am March6,2015
Impressive!
Pleasehelpmewithwriting(comment),myEnglishisnotgood.
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IGORNAKOLYUSHKIN 1:36am March6,2015
Beautyful!RememberhowIdidsomethinglikethisinArcView3.2usingprogrammingonAvenueManyyearsago
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MOHSENALIAKBARI 1:58am March6,2015
Thankyouverymuchfranz.Yourpostwasveryusefull
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MEL 10:12am March6,2015
Thisisawesome.IhavebeencuriousontheexactstepstodothissinceseeingwindjsandnowIjusthavetofigureouthowtoanimateitwithleaflet
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SHIFERAW 12:59am March9,2015
ItisveryinterestingjobFranz.
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AZIZEMILLOGO 3:22pm March10,2015
Wonderful,Thispostcomeinhandy!IwaswonderinghowtodothatjustthisafternooninArcGIS!.Thankyou!
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