diff --git a/docs/user_manual/working_with_raster/img/rasterElevation.png b/docs/user_manual/working_with_raster/img/rasterElevation.png index f8b65d3fc19..994e3b26846 100644 Binary files a/docs/user_manual/working_with_raster/img/rasterElevation.png and b/docs/user_manual/working_with_raster/img/rasterElevation.png differ diff --git a/docs/user_manual/working_with_raster/raster_properties.rst b/docs/user_manual/working_with_raster/raster_properties.rst index 235324976ee..fb207ab5089 100644 --- a/docs/user_manual/working_with_raster/raster_properties.rst +++ b/docs/user_manual/working_with_raster/raster_properties.rst @@ -890,7 +890,8 @@ Elevation Properties The |elevationscale| :guilabel:`Elevation` tab provides options to control the layer elevation properties within a :ref:`3D map view ` and its appearance in the :ref:`profile tool charts `. -Specifically, you can set: +Specifically, you can choose to :guilabel:`Disable` this configuration if the layer +does not contain elevation data or you can set: .. _figure_raster_elevation: @@ -899,12 +900,27 @@ Specifically, you can set: Raster Elevation Properties -* |unchecked| :guilabel:`Represents Elevation Surface`: +* :guilabel:`Represents Elevation Surface`: whether the raster layer represents a height surface (e.g DEM) and the pixel values should be interpreted as elevations. - Check this option if you want to display a raster in an :ref:`elevation profile view `. + Choose this option if you want to display a raster in an :ref:`elevation profile view `. You will also need to fill in the :guilabel:`Band` to pick values from and can apply a :guilabel:`Scale` factor and an :guilabel:`Offset`. +* :guilabel:`Fixed Elevation Range`: The raster layer (or selected raster band) + is associated with a fixed elevation range. + This mode can be used when a layer has a single fixed elevation or a range (slice) of elevation values. + If a range is specified, pixels will be extruded over this range. + You can set the :guilabel:`Lower` and :guilabel:`Upper` + elevation range values for the layer, and specify whether the lower or upper :guilabel:`Limits` are inclusive or exclusive. +* :guilabel:`Fixed Elevation Range Per Band`: Each band in the raster can have a fixed elevation range + associated with it. This is designed for data sources that expose elevation-related data in bands, such as NetCDF files. + For example, a raster with temperature data at different ocean depths. + When rendering, the uppermost matching band will be selected and used for the layer's data. + This feature is exposed as a user-editable table for raster bands with lower and upper values. + Users can either populate the lower and upper values manually + or use an |expression| :guilabel:`Expression` to auto-fill all band values based on expression. + The expression-based fill allows you to design expressions that extract useful information from band names. + For example, extracting the depth value from a band name like "Band 001: depth=-5500 (meters)". * :guilabel:`Profile Chart Appearance`: controls the rendering of the raster elevation data in the profile chart. The profile :guilabel:`Style` can be set as: