Vertical Mapper Tips

Introduction

This page contains a brief introduction to the Vertical Mapper plugin to MapInfo. There are a number of TUFLOW related tasks that can be performed in Vertical Mapper (abbreviated in this wiki as VM). The Vertical Mapper tasks which are repeatedly used in creating a TUFLOW model are described below, each of these has a separate page. If you have any suggestions to be included in these pages, please add them to the discussion page. Please add Vertical Mapper Suggestions Here!.

Grid File Formats

A Vertical Mapper grid consists of two files: a MapInfo Table file (.tab) and a .grd (numeric grid) or .grc (classified grid). Most of the grids that are used in TUFLOW modelling are numeric grids (such as Digital Elevation Models (DEMs). At each cell in a grid, a value is stored. So for a DEM with cell resolution of 1m, each 1m x 1m cell has an elevation assigned. The Vertical Mapper Grid formats are binary format files and are only edited within the Vertical Mapper interface.

Basics

In this section are some basic Vertical Mapper functions and menus that are regularly used.

1. Grid Manager
2. Importing Grids
3. Create a Grid from Points
4. Inspect Values from Grid(s)

Tips and Tricks

1. Create a Breakline from Vertical Mapper Grid
2. Resize a Grid