
The parameters that are supplied to this method are controlled by the interpolate option. Interpolate Points works by building local interpolation models that are mixed together to create the final prediction map.

This tool uses the Esri Empirical Bayesian Kriging method to perform the interpolation. A 95 percent confidence interval can be calculated for the interpolated layer by taking the interpolation value and adding two standard errors for the upper limit and subtracting two standard errors from the lower limit. The more accurate the predictions, the slower the results take to calculate and vice versa.Ī layer of standard errors can be created by this tool using the output prediction error option. The Interpolate Points tool can be set to optimize speed or accuracy, or a middle ground. It is not appropriate for data such as population or median income that change very abruptly over short distances. Interpolate Points is designed to work with data that changes slowly and smoothly over the landscape, like temperature and pollution levels. The input layer must have a numeric field to serve as the basis of the interpolation. Labs supporting Ukrainian Scientists is an expansive list of labs and PIs offering support at this time.A point layer is used as the input.Science for Ukraine provides an overview of labs offering a place for researchers and students who are affected to work from, as well as offers of employment, funding, and accommodation:.Personally, I have found the messages of support from scientists everywhere to be truly heartfelt, and I would like to highlight some of the community initiatives I’ve seen here:

We also want to use our platform to highlight the response from the scientific community. After running your interpolation, you could validate the surface by running the add surface information on your point data and new DEM - this will show you how closely the surface honours the original data. From 40 points marked, 14 points are accessible and have been plotted. ArcGIS's help files have some good illustrations of how the different interpolators honour data - worth looking at before you decide. This study highlights the application of interpolation in ArcGIS spatial analysis. If you do decide to use splines you can increase the tension parameter to reduce the smoothing. If you really need to honour the data, then the natural neighbours/TIN is the way to go - splines may overshoot and undershoot your data, so will look smoother, but may not be as accurate. The TIN can then be exported as a grid at whatever resolution you like. You could also try Arc's Tin tools, and generate a terrain surface, which allows breaklines to be used (known steps in your region that relate to ridge-lines of other topographic features). My understanding is that ArcGIS uses natural neighbours when generating a TIN and I think this is the best interpolator to use as a first past.
