How to create elevation profile from swath (not just line)

[AlexanderShenkin]

Hi all,

I have successfully created elevation profiles from a raster DEM using lines in 3D Analyst (I'm most interested in the data export, not the graph itself).  However, I now need to do the same thing, but instead of taking elevation data from a single line, I need to average it across a swath.  Is there a way to do this?

Thanks!

[DanPatterson_Retired]

What does the swath data look like?  If the spacing between points in the travel direction is equal, then it is fairly easy to do using a combination of arcpy and numpy.

In this example, z values represent values collected at the same collection line with 3 points on the line, sequentially from 03-12.  The averages are then calculated using axis averaging.

Swath...	swath average
across swath    start          end ||  0.67   1.67   2.67|   |  3.67   4.67   5.67|   |  6.67   7.67   8.67|   |  9.67  10.67  11.67|   | 12.67  13.67  14.67|   | 15.67  16.67  17.67|   | 18.67  19.67  20.67|   | 21.67  22.67  23.67|   | 24.67  25.67  26.67|   | 27.67  28.67  29.67||	||  1.67|   |  4.67|   |  7.67|   | 10.67|   | 13.67|   | 16.67|   | 19.67|   | 22.67|   | 25.67|   | 28.67||

[AlexanderShenkin]

Thanks Dan,

I only have the data from the original line.  Getting the swath data is the problem.

Thanks,

Allie

[DanPatterson_Retired]

picture? what does it look like?