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Version: 7.1.0

interpolate

Description

Takes a set of points and estimates their 'property' values on a grid using the Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW) method.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
pointsFeatureCollection<Point>with known value
cellSizenumberthe distance across each grid point
options?ObjectOptional parameters (default {})
options.gridType?stringdefines the output format based on a Grid Type (options: 'square' | 'point' | 'hex' | 'triangle') (default 'square')
options.property?stringthe property name in points from which z-values will be pulled, zValue fallbacks to 3rd coordinate if no property exists. (default 'elevation')
options.units?stringused in calculating cellSize, can be degrees, radians, miles, or kilometers (default 'kilometers')
options.weight?numberexponent regulating the distance-decay weighting (default 1)

Returns

Examples

var points = turf.randomPoint(30, { bbox: [50, 30, 70, 50] });

// add a random property to each point
turf.featureEach(points, function (point) {
point.properties.solRad = Math.random() * 50;
});
var options = { gridType: "points", property: "solRad", units: "miles" };
var grid = turf.interpolate(points, 100, options);

Installation

$ npm install @turf/interpolate

import { interpolate } from "@turf/interpolate";
const result = interpolate(...);
$ npm install @turf/turf

import * as turf from "@turf/turf";
const result = turf.interpolate(...);