Density Property Page – LP360

Available in all license levels of LP360.

The Density Property page of the Symbology Property Page contains the settings that you use to customize the Display by Point Density legend type. Displaying by point density allows you to visualize your data in real-time, color-coded by the number of points per unit area (point density). The result is a map display that allows the user to easily see where there are large numbers of points clustered together and where points are sparser.

Note: For Display by Point Density to be accurate, your map display must be zoomed to 100%.

Figure 1: Density Property Page

How to Modify the Point Density Legend Properties

Open the LAS Layer Properties from the TOC right click menu.
Select the Symbology tab, then the Density tab.
Under Cell Edge Length, enter a value greater than zero Map Units.

Figure 2: Cell Edge Length

Select the number of intervals (from 3 to 10) for the points in the Intervals list. Based on the number of intervals you set here, along with the interval size, the Range column in the table displayed below displays the elevation ranges and the Color column displays the color that will be used for the range next to it. There can be as few or as many as the user desires. These settings will determine how the points are displayed in the map. Smaller ranges may make the differences in point density and cause them to "pop" more.

Figure 3: Setting the number of Intervals

Note To change the color associated with a particular range, double-click the color box in the Color column and select a different color in the color selection dialog.

Enter a Point Density value and select the type of Units for the value you are specifying. Point Density calculates a magnitude per unit area from point features that fall within a neighborhood around each cell.