SAGA-GIS Tool Library Documentation (v7.7.0)

Tool Terrain Surface Texture

Terrain surface texture as proposed by Iwahashi & Pike (2007) for subsequent terrain classification.


References


Parameters

 NameTypeIdentifierDescriptionConstraints
InputElevationGrid, inputDEM--
OutputTextureGrid, outputTEXTURE--
OptionsGrid SystemGrid systemPARAMETERS_GRID_SYSTEM--
Flat Area ThresholdFloating pointEPSILONmaximum difference between original and median filtered elevation (3x3 moving window) that still is recognized flatMinimum: 0.000000
Default: 1.000000
Scale (Cells)IntegerSCALE-Minimum: 1
Default: 10
MethodChoiceMETHOD-Available Choices:
[0] counting cells
[1] resampling
Default: 1
Weighting FunctionChoiceDW_WEIGHTING-Available Choices:
[0] no distance weighting
[1] inverse distance to a power
[2] exponential
[3] gaussian
Default: 0
PowerFloating pointDW_IDW_POWER-Minimum: 0.000000
Default: 2.000000
BandwidthFloating pointDW_BANDWIDTHBandwidth for exponential and Gaussian weightingMinimum: 0.000000
Default: 1.000000

Command-line

Usage: saga_cmd ta_morphometry 20 [-DEM <str>] [-TEXTURE <str>] [-EPSILON <double>] [-SCALE <num>] [-METHOD <str>] [-DW_WEIGHTING <str>] [-DW_IDW_POWER <double>] [-DW_BANDWIDTH <double>]
  -DEM:<str>            	Elevation
	Grid, input
  -TEXTURE:<str>        	Texture
	Grid, output
  -EPSILON:<double>     	Flat Area Threshold
	Floating point
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 1.000000
  -SCALE:<num>          	Scale (Cells)
	Integer
	Minimum: 1
	Default: 10
  -METHOD:<str>         	Method
	Choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] counting cells
	[1] resampling
	Default: 1
  -DW_WEIGHTING:<str>   	Weighting Function
	Choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] no distance weighting
	[1] inverse distance to a power
	[2] exponential
	[3] gaussian
	Default: 0
  -DW_IDW_POWER:<double>	Power
	Floating point
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 2.000000
  -DW_BANDWIDTH:<double>	Bandwidth
	Floating point
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 1.000000