Template:SMS Review-Edit Elevation Data Workflow

1. Review and set object projections.
Right-click on an object in the Project Explorer and select the Projection command. Set the horizontal and vertical projection using the Object Projection dialog. To set a global projection, use the Horizontal Projection dialog.

2. Review elevation data.

3. Remove erroneous points.

After reviewing the imported data, points or the triangles covering regions of no data should be deleted. 1. Use the Scatter Options dialog. Open the Scatter Options dialog. Select or delete duplicate points. Select or delete long triangles. Select thin triangles. Use a triangulation optimization option. 2. Manually remove points. Use Select Scatter Point tool to select erroneous points in the scatter set. Review and edit point data in the Edit Window. Delete erroneous points.

4. Merge datasets.

1. Merge scatter datasets Select the Scatter | Merge Sets command. Use the Merge Scatter Sets dialog to select elevation data to be merged. 2. Merge coverages. Select multiple coverages that have feature objects which need to be on the same coverage. Use the Merge Coverages right-click command. Right-click on the new coverage and set the correct coverage type. Use the Clean Options dialog to resolve conflicting feature object data in the new coverage.