Tool NameGrid Cell Area Covered by Polygons
Tool ID8
Library IDgrid_gridding
Version1.0
Author(s)O.Conrad (c) 2016

Description

This tool calculates for each grid cell of the selected grid system the area that is covered by the input polygons layer.

Parameters

NameTypeIdentifierDescriptionConstraints
Input
Polygonsshapes, inputPOLYGONS
Target Systemgrid, input, optionalTARGET_TEMPLATEuse this grid's system for output grids
Output
Area of Coveragegrid, outputAREA
Options
MethodchoiceMETHODChoose cell wise, if you have not many polygons. Polygon wise will show much better performance, if you have many (small) polygons.Available Choices:
[0] cell wise
[1] polygon wise
Default: 1
OutputchoiceOUTPUTAvailable Choices:
[0] area
[1] percentage
Default: 1
Only Selected PolygonsbooleanSELECTIONDefault: 1
Target Grid SystemchoiceTARGET_DEFINITIONAvailable Choices:
[0] user defined
[1] grid or grid system
Default: 0
Cellsizefloating point numberTARGET_USER_SIZEMinimum: 0.000000
Default: 1.000000
Westfloating point numberTARGET_USER_XMINDefault: 0.000000
Eastfloating point numberTARGET_USER_XMAXDefault: 100.000000
Southfloating point numberTARGET_USER_YMINDefault: 0.000000
Northfloating point numberTARGET_USER_YMAXDefault: 100.000000
Columnsinteger numberTARGET_USER_COLSNumber of cells in East-West direction.Minimum: 1
Default: 101
Rowsinteger numberTARGET_USER_ROWSNumber of cells in North-South direction.Minimum: 1
Default: 101
RoundingbooleanTARGET_USER_FLATRound bounding coordinates to multiples of cell size. Ignored if cell size has decimal places.Default: 1
FitchoiceTARGET_USER_FITSAvailable Choices:
[0] nodes
[1] cells
Default: 0