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SearchNeighborhoodStandardCircular

Summary

The SearchNeighborhoodStandardCircular class can be used to define the search neighborhood for Empirical Bayesian Kriging, IDW, Local Polynomial Interpolation, and Radial Basis Functions.

Learn more about search neighborhoods

Syntax

SearchNeighborhoodStandardCircular({radius}, {angle}, {nbrMax}, {nbrMin}, {sectorType})

Name Explanation Data type

radius

(Optional)

The distance, in map units, specifying the length of the radius of the searching circle.

Double

angle

(Optional)

The angle of the search circle. This parameter will only affect the angle of the sectors.

Double

nbrMax

(Optional)

Maximum number of neighbors, within the search ellipse, to use when making the prediction.

Long

nbrMin

(Optional)

Minimum number of neighbors, within the search ellipse, to use when making the prediction.

Long

sectorType

(Optional)

The searching ellipse can be divided into 1, 4, 4 with an offset of 45º, or 8 sectors.

String

Properties

Name Explanation Data type

angle

(Read and Write)

The angle of the search ellipse.

Double

radius

(Read and Write)

The distance, in map units, specifying the length of the radius of the searching circle.

Double

nbrMax

(Read and Write)

Maximum number of neighbors, within the search ellipse, to use when making the prediction.

Long

nbrMin

(Read and Write)

Minimum number of neighbors, within the search ellipse, to use when making the prediction.

Long

nbrType

(Read only)

The neighborhood type: Smooth or Standard.

String

sectorType

(Read and Write)

The searching ellipse can be divided into 1, 4, 4 with an offset of 45º, or 8 sectors.

String

Code sample

SearchNeighborhoodSmoothCircular (Python window)

An example of SearchNeighborhoodStandardCircular with Empirical Bayesian Kriging to produce an output raster.

import arcpy
arcpy.ga.EmpiricalBayesianKriging("ca_ozone_pts", "OZONE", "outEBK", "C:/gapyexamples/output/ebkout",
                                  10000, "NONE", 50, 0.5, 100,
                                  arcpy.SearchNeighborhoodStandardCircular(300000, 0, 15, 10, "ONE_SECTOR"),
                                  "PREDICTION", "", "", "")
SearchNeighborhoodSmoothCircular (stand-alone script)

An example of SearchNeighborhoodStandardCircular with Empirical Bayesian Kriging to produce an output raster.

# Name: EmpiricalBayesianKriging_Example_02.py
# Description: Bayesian kriging approach whereby many models created around the
#   semivariogram model estimated by the restricted maximum likelihood algorithm is used.
# Requirements: Geostatistical Analyst extension

# Import system modules
import arcpy

# Set environment settings
arcpy.env.workspace = "C:/gapyexamples/data"

# Set local variables
inPointFeatures = "ca_ozone_pts.shp"
zField = "ozone"
outLayer = "outEBK"
outRaster = "C:/gapyexamples/output/ebkout"
cellSize = 10000.0
transformation = "NONE"
maxLocalPoints = 50
overlapFactor = 0.5
numberSemivariograms = 100
# Set variables for search neighborhood
radius = 300000
angle = 0
maxNeighbors = 15
minNeighbors = 10
sectorType = "ONE_SECTOR"
searchNeighbourhood = arcpy.SearchNeighborhoodStandardCircular(radius,
                                                       angle, maxNeighbors,
                                                       minNeighbors, sectorType)
outputType = "PREDICTION"
quantileValue = ""
thresholdType = ""
probabilityThreshold = ""

# Run EmpiricalBayesianKriging
arcpy.ga.EmpiricalBayesianKriging(inPointFeatures, zField, outLayer, outRaster,
                                  cellSize, transformation, maxLocalPoints, overlapFactor, numberSemivariograms,
                                  searchNeighbourhood, outputType, quantileValue, thresholdType, probabilityThreshold)