Object Symbology/Color scale

• Objects added to the map, see:

Add Map Layers

Changing Symbology and Color Scales for data added to the map. GeoScene3D allows you to customize the appearance of datasets shown on the map by changing their symbology and color scale. This can be helpful for highlighting patterns, improving visualization, or adapting the display to a specific workflow. It can be useful to adjust Minimum and Maximum Values or Render the color intervals correlating to the data. These limits can be adjusted manually to:

• Emphasize specific value ranges
• Improve comparison between datasets
• Reduce the influence of extreme values

Make sure the map is showing, or check the map under “Objects” (see screenshot below; #1). To open the Layer Manager, click on the button seen on the same screenshot (#2). Make sure that the data of interest is added to the map. To see how to add data on the map, see Add Map Layers

In the Layer manager (#3) right-click on the data and chose Layer Symbology.

#3 right-click:

The symbology window has different lay-outs, depending on the data type (raster, point vector layer, profile vector layer,..)

It is important to note, that different data types will have different options for rendering symbology / color scale. Generally speaking, there are three map data types (vector layers);

1. point data (boreholes, wells, logs etc.)
2. lines/polygons (profiles, regions, borders etc.)
3. raster (terrain, geological 2D- or 3D-layers, waterlevel, etc).

For raster layers on the map you have two options. The “symbology” botton (or double click) mainly decides the opacity. To open the color scale for raster layers, simply right-click and choose “Layer Properties”.

A new window opens with the color scale. To edit the color scale click:

The color scale is typically based on the minimum and maximum values found in the dataset.

You can also import an existing color scale:

There are some predefined color scales as seen below, or you can also upload a local color scale from your PC.

GeoScene3D can visualize point data using a color scale based on attribute values. This allows numerical data to be displayed directly on the map, making it easier to identify trends, patterns, and anomalies.

For example:

• Low values can be displayed in red
• High values can be displayed in green
• Intermediate values are assigned colors between the selected end members (within the RGB-model; Red, Green, Blue)

you can also display the symbol in different sizes for intervals of your choosing.

• Low values can be displayed with a small symbol for instance,
• High values can then be displayed with a bigger symbol
• or you can chose different symbols; see picture below:

On the right in the picture above you can see a preview of the symbols being depicted on the map (blue triangle downwards).

• Style: choose the symbol (box, circle, cross, triangle etc.)
• Size: decide the size of the symbol
• Color: choose a field value which determines the color. These values have to be set up in the 3D object list ⇒ object Properties, for xyz-points see XYZ Points Object and look under “Material”

You can also render the intervals manually, to do so, check “Use renderer” under either the size and/or color.

Rendering allows attribute values to be grouped into classes (intervals) rather than displayed as a continuous scale.

For example:

To start rendering, go to the “Renderer” tab. Start the “Rendering Wizard” by simply click on “Wizard …”

Choose the value you want to determine the rendering…

Decide if you want uniqe values or continous …

Continuous Values assign colors along a continuous gradient based on the selected attribute value. This is useful for visualizing numerical data such as elevation, groundwater levels, or concentrations.

Unique Values assign a separate color or symbol to each distinct attribute value. This is typically used for categorical data such as lithology, geological units, or land-use classes.

Finally, check which “Features” (in this case markers is the only option, since the data is point based) and choose by what it should be rendered; color or symbology.

GeoScene3D offers two different ways of controlling how objects are displayed on the map:

Symbology

Symbology controls the visual appearance of an object, such as:

• Symbol shape (circle, square, triangle, cross, etc.)
• Symbol size
• Line style and thickness
• Fill color and transparency

Symbology is typically used when all objects should be displayed using the same visual style.

Color Scale

A color scale uses attribute values from the dataset to determine the displayed color.

Examples include:

• Borehole depth
• Groundwater level
• Elevation
• Concentration values
• Temperature

Instead of assigning a single color to all objects, GeoScene3D automatically colors each object according to the selected attribute value.

This makes it easier to identify spatial patterns and variations within the data.