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I have three columns  (other than OID FID) in my shapefiles for river. And I want to update "from node" and "to node column" Before update from node    to node    gridcode    2            3          8 3            2          9 7            2          5 After update, I want "node column" to be same as "grid code" column, so I used field calculator in ArcGIS (from node = gridcode). My "from node" column has been changed to gridcode but not sure how to update "to node" column (that depends on values in “from node” column) Below is the final result I want: from node    to node    gridcode 8            9          8 9            8          9 5            8          5 Half of the code is working   import arcpy, os, sys     from arcpy import env     fc=r"C:/Users/wis/Desktop/python/fe/fea_c.shp"    # instantiate empty dictionary    #'FROM_NODE','GRID_CODE','TO_NODE' name of columns in my attribute table      node_values = {}    # build dictionary of values    with arcpy.da.SearchCursor(fc, ['FROM_NODE','GRID_CODE']) as cursor:      for row in cursor:            old_node = row[0]            new_node= row[1]                       node_values[FROM_NODE] = new_node      with arcpy.da.UpdateCursor(fc, ['FROM_NODE','TO_NODE','GRID_CODE']) as cursor:            for row in cursor:            # set fromnode to gridcode value                     row[0] = row[2]            # set tonode to new equivalent node                     to_node = row[1]# I get an error here                     new_to_node = node_values[TO_NODE]                     row[1] = new_to_node                      cursor.updateRow(row) The error is because row[1] or "to node" does not have all numbers that are in "from node" or "grid code" Because some values will repeat in t"no node" because one river can be connected to more than one rivers. However no repetition in "gridcode" and "from node" Any suggestions ... View more

I was using arc Swat to delineate my watershed. arc swat produce  streams network using DEM and my resultant streams were disconnected so I came across arc hydro tool to burn actual network in my DEM. I am using 10 m USGS dem.  Probably not the best choice (for hydrologic modeling) but LIDAR <5 DEM is not available in my study area. I reconditioned my DEM (somehow DEM leveling did not work for me after trying several times.  I got error in arc hydro). Reconditioning worked then I build walls and in the last I did filling. Inner wall:- roads (all network, major minor) Breach line- all stream network   I noticed that after using the resultant Dem, the flow paths for my network have improved, but my network is still disconnected at few locations. (see the images below please) Changing stream buffer from 5 number of cells to 10 also did not make a difference. However I have not played around with smooth drop raise and sharp raise. I was using default values in arc hydro manual.  I also think that in my case there is not actually significant mismatch between actual and delineated streams but more like shorter length of delineates streams. The segments that dem missed to delineate are not only first order streams (that’s what I thought initially). Half of them are first order, remaining half ae higher order streams Some other things I am planning to do based on suggestions from old posts: Take raw DEM, convert it form 10 m to 1 meter by (raster resampling) and then repeat Dem Reconditioning, Build walls and Filling. However I don’t think that I will make much difference Take DEM that I have already reconditioned, burn it again with stream segments where there is  mismatch between my actual and  delineated network. (but I think that I am overusing burning and forcing my streams to follow a certain path. Still there is a chance this method wont work where segments  are disconnected) By browsing through answers in this community related to arc hydro, someone suggested using roads as buffers and then clip streams segments where roads intersect. I think arc hydo already does that during building wall process. So I don’t need to do that Just in case I separately clipped my streams using 5 meter road buffer outside of arc hydro in arc gis and I got some tiny dots as segments where stream is crossing a roads. Now if I zoom , does not look like the problem is because of road crossing. For some reasons I think that I should fill my raw dem first then DEM reconditioning and then building walls) Any suggestions from experienced people would help  me to improve  my dem.   ... View more