v.outlier(1)

NAME
v.outlier - Removes outliers from vector point data

KEYWORDS
vector, statistics

SYNOPSIS
v.outlier
v.outlier help
v.outlier input=name output=name outlier=name [qgis=name] [soe=float] [son=float] [lambda_i=float] [thres_o=float] [--overwrite]

  Flags:

--overwrite

  Parameters:

input=name
    Name of input vector map

output=name
    Name for output vector map

outlier=name
    Name of output outlier vector map

qgis=name
    Name of vector map for visualization in qgis

soe=float
    Interpolation spline step value in east direction Default: 10

son=float
    Interpolation spline step value in north direction Default: 10

lambda_i=float
    Thychonov regularization weigth Default: 0.1

thres_o=float
    Threshold for the outliers Default: 50

DESCRIPTION
v.outlier removes outlier points. By default, the outlier identification is done by a bicubic spline interpolation of the observation with a high regularization parameter and a low resolution in south-north and east-west directions. Those points that differ in an absolute value more than the given threshold from a fixed value, reckoned from its surroundings by the interpolation, are considered as an outlier, and hence are removed. There is a flag to create a vector that can be visualizated by qgis. That means that topology is build and the z coordinate is considered as a category.

EXAMPLES
Basic outlier removal
v.outlier input=vector_map output=vector_output outlier=vector_outlier thres_O=25
In this case, a basic outlier removal is done with a threshold of 25 m. Basic outlier removal
v.outlier -q input=vector_map output=vector_output outlier=vector_outlier qgis=vector_qgis
Now, the outlier removal uses the default threshold and there is also an output vector available for visualizaton in QGIS (http://www.qgis.org).

NOTES
This module is designed to work with LIDAR data, so not topology is built but in the QGIS output.

SEE ALSO
v.surf.bspline

AUTHORS
Original version of the program in GRASS 5.4:
Maria Antonia Brovelli, Massimiliano Cannata, Ulisse Longoni and Mirko Reguzzoni
Updates for GRASS 6:
Roberto Antolin

Last changed: $Date: 2006/09/05 02:59:46 $

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