Object Symbology/Colorscale

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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 useful for highlighting patterns, improving visualization, or adapting the display to a specific workflow.

Make sure the map is showing, or check the map under “Objects” (see screenshot; #1). To open the Layer Manager, click on the button seen on the 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:

Adjusting Minimum and Maximum Values. The color scale is typically based on the minimum and maximum values found in the dataset. These limits can also be adjusted manually to:

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

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 / colorscale. 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 (EG: terrain, geological layers, waterlevel).

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 pink
• High values can be displayed in green
• Intermediate values are assigned colors between the selected end members

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

• Low values can be displayed with a small symbol
• High values can be displayed with a big symbol
• or you can chose different symbols; see picture below:

On the right 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.