The task to modify geospatial rasters considering future elements can be a complex task with the available GIS tools. We have optimized the way we can represent the surface of future (or current) water reservoirs on a fully geospatial raster. This tutorial shows the complete process to create a geospatial raster (TIF file) based on the contours from the dam and the reservoir extension.

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#!pip install hatariTools

from hatariTools.geospatialTools.rasterTools import modifyRasterwithRasterOnMask, modifyRasterwithElevOnMask

wholeRasterPath = "../rst/tsfDem10m.tif"
partialRasterPath = "../output/damElev.tif"
maskLayerPath = "../shp/damEnvelope_v2.shp"
modifiedRasterPath = "../output/demWithDam.tif"

modifyRasterwithRasterOnMask(wholeRasterPath,
                             partialRasterPath,
                             maskLayerPath,
                             modifiedRasterPath)

wholeRasterPath = "../output/demWithDam.tif"
elevValue = 670
maskLayerPath = "../shp/tailingsEnvelope_v2.shp"
modifiedRasterPath = "../output/demWithReservoir.tif"

modifyRasterwithElevOnMask(wholeRasterPath,
                           elevValue,
                           maskLayerPath,
                           modifiedRasterPath)

Input data

You can download the input data from this link.

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