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SetLayerElevationAttribute

Updated
globalmapper.SetLayerElevationAttribute(GM_LayerHandle_t32 aLayer, str aAttrName, uint32 aReserved=0) → GM_Error_t32

Sets the name of the feature attribute to use for when determining the elevation of a feature. Provide an empty string to reset this to the default behavior which searches for any number of known elevation attributes and also checks the display name for elevation-based types, like contour lines and spot elevations.

Parameters:

  • aLayer (GM_LayerHandle_t32) – Layer to modify

  • aAttrName (str) – Name of attribute to use for elevations

  • aReserved (uint32) – Reserved value for future expansion (defaults to zero)

Returns:

Error Code

Return type:

GM_Error_t32

Example

The following is an example of SetLayerElevationAttribute.

import os
import globalmapper as gm

import_dir = "Z:/GM-20069/vector_layer_editing_sample_data/"
# Close all layers that may be open
layers_are_open = gm.GetLoadedLayerList()
if layers_are_open:
    arr_ptr, arr_size = layers_are_open
    initial_layers = gm.GM_LayerHandle_array_frompointer(arr_ptr)
    for i in range(arr_size):
        gm.CloseLayer(initial_layers[i])

err_LoadLayerList, array_pointer, array_size_param = gm.LoadLayerList(
    os.path.join(import_dir, "point.shp"),
    gm.GM_LoadFlags_HideAllPrompts,
)

# Get handle for the loaded layers
arr_ptr, arr_size = gm.GetLoadedLayerList()
layers_array = gm.GM_LayerHandle_array_frompointer(arr_ptr)
layers_list = gm.carray_to_list(layers_array, arr_size)

### START SAMPLE
err_SetLayerElevationAttribute = gm.SetLayerElevationAttribute(
    layers_list[0], "PeakElevation", 0
)

### END SAMPLE

assert (
    gm.GM_Error_None == err_LoadLayerList
), f"LoadLayerList: Expected {gm.GM_Error_None}, got {err_LoadLayerList}"
assert (
    gm.GM_Error_None == err_SetLayerElevationAttribute
), f"SetLayerElevationAttribute: Expected {gm.GM_Error_None}, got {err_SetLayerElevationAttribute}"

assert os.path.isdir(import_dir), f"Import directory doesn't exist: {import_dir}"

assert os.path.exists(
    os.path.join(import_dir, "point.shp")
), "Sample data doesn't exist"