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ContourGenerator, getting flat contours along the edges.

  • August 11, 2020
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Running the contour generator on a USGS LAS dataset, I filter for ground points, then generate contours. Once this is done along the edge of the las file the contours draw to each other, like there is a straight vertical wall along the edge. Please see red circle attached. Also does not matter if I change my tolerance on the contour generator. Tried at 1 and 100. Same result

My transformers

las--> point cloud filter-->contour generator--> line combiner 

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redgeographics
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This is a result of there not being any data outside of your source point cloud. Best way to avoid this is to feed in data for a larger area than you'll actually need (if you have that data available) and then clip the contours afterwards.


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  • August 11, 2020

Yes, that works, but not always available. This does not happen in Civil3d, when I run a surface model. Seems like there should be a boundary or something in fme to aid this problem.