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ITerrain.PyramidType Property (ArcObjects .NET 10.5 SDK)
ArcObjects Library Reference (GeoDatabaseExtensions)  

ITerrain.PyramidType Property

The pyramid type of this Terrain.

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public ReadOnly Property PyramidType As esriTerrainPyramidType
[C#]
public esriTerrainPyramidType PyramidType {get;}
[C++]
HRESULT get_PyramidType(
  esriTerrainPyramidType* pType
);
[C++]

Parameters pType [out, retval]
pType is a parameter of type esriTerrainPyramidType

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Description

At this time the only type of terrain pyramid is one based on z-tolerance. On a tile by tile basis, subsets of measurements are selected to contribute to pyramid levels. The surface for each level can only deviate from the next higher higher level of detail by an amount up to the z-tolerance.

See Also

ITerrain Interface