SAGA-GIS Tool Library Documentation (v8.4.1)

Tool Coastal Profile Crossings

The Coastal Profile Crossings tool identifies the crossing points between coastal profiles along a reference coastline (from CliffMetrics Normal outputs) and any other coast lines and calculates the distance and coastline differences metrics.

Parameters

 NameTypeIdentifierDescriptionConstraints
InputSeaSide Profile Lines LayerShapes, inputLINES_SeaSide--
LandSide Profile Lines LayerShapes, inputLINES_LandSide--
Coast Lines LayerShapes, inputLINES_Coast--
OutputCrossings at Sea SideShapes, outputCROSSINGS_SEASIDE--
Crossings at Land SideShapes, outputCROSSINGS_LANDSIDE--
Distances to profile start pointShapes, outputDISTANCESDistances > 0 if towards sea side (acretion) and < 0 if towards landside (erosion)-
OptionsParent AttributesChoiceATTRIBUTESattributes inherited by parent lines layersAvailable Choices:
[0] index
[1] attributes
[2] index and attributes
Default: 0

Command-line

Usage: saga_cmd ta_cliffmetrics 1 [-LINES_SeaSide <str>] [-LINES_LandSide <str>] [-LINES_Coast <str>] [-CROSSINGS_SEASIDE <str>] [-CROSSINGS_LANDSIDE <str>] [-ATTRIBUTES <str>] [-DISTANCES <str>]
  -LINES_SeaSide:<str>     	SeaSide Profile Lines Layer
	Shapes, input
  -LINES_LandSide:<str>    	LandSide Profile Lines Layer
	Shapes, input
  -LINES_Coast:<str>       	Coast Lines Layer
	Shapes, input
  -CROSSINGS_SEASIDE:<str> 	Crossings at Sea Side
	Shapes, output
  -CROSSINGS_LANDSIDE:<str>	Crossings at Land Side
	Shapes, output
  -ATTRIBUTES:<str>        	Parent Attributes
	Choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] index
	[1] attributes
	[2] index and attributes
	Default: 0
  -DISTANCES:<str>         	Distances to profile start point
	Shapes, output