ITerrain Interface

Provides access to members used to acquire information about a Terrain and to retrieve DynamicSurface objects from which raster and TIN surfaces are made.

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Description

The ITerrain interface is used to acquire information about a terrain and its data sources. Additionally, it's used to retrieve DynamicSurface objects which extract terrain information in the form of rasters, TINs, and measurement points.

Members

	Name	Description
	CreateDynamicSurface	Returns an implicit surface from which TINs and rasters are derived.
	DataSource	Returns the data source specified by the index.
	DataSourceCount	The number of data sources participating in the terrain.
	Extent	The approximate xyz extent of the terrain.
	ExtractFromEmbeddedDataSource	Copies features of an embedded data source to the specified feature class.
	FeatureDataset	The feature dataset which contains the terrain.
	GetDirtyTiles	Returns all dirty tiles.
	GetPointCount	Returns the approximate number of points in the terrain within a given area and at a particular pyramid level.
	ID	The database identifier of the terrain.
	IsDirty	Indicates whether or not a partial rebuild is needed.
	IsValid	Indicates whether or not a full build is required.
	MaxOverviewTerrainPoints	The maximum number of points in the most generalized representation of a Terrain.
	MaxPointsPerShape	The maximum number of vertices per multipoint.
	Name	The name of the terrain.
	PyramidLevel	Returns the pyramid level specified by the index.
	PyramidLevelCount	The number of pyramid levels in the terrain.
	PyramidType	The pyramid type of this Terrain.
	QueryTileInfo	Returns horizontal partitioning information about the terrain data.
	Size	The total number of points in the Terrain.
	SpatialReference	The spatial reference of the terrain.
	TileSize	The horizontal distance used to spatially index and partition terrain data.

CoClasses that implement ITerrain

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