LAB 2

AIM:
To slice a given map after digitizing .

THEORY:
Slicing to give profile of map: Topographic profiles are used to understand what a
topographic map is telling you in a specific area (or, you can think about it like it is
giving you a "side view" of the landscape along a specific line on the map). Interestingly,
many geologists are quite visual and like to have visual representations of data.
Because maps are two-dimensional but represent three dimensions (that is,
topographic maps are flat with lines that represent hills and valleys). Professional
geologists use exercises such as the ones you will practice with below to help you (and
us) visualize a two dimensional cross-section of what the land surface looks like (from
the side) - giving you a slice of the third dimension. In other words, profiles help you to
understand what a topographic map is telling us about hills and valleys along a
particular line.

PROCEDURE:
Use the Grid Slice command. This option extracts a slice through the grid along the trace
defined by a polyline. The polyline can be drawn on the map as part of a base layer, or it
can be in a vector file format (e.g. BLN, BNA, SHP, DXF, etc.).

If you have the XY values for the section line, an easy vector format to create is the BLN
format. It is an ASCII format consisting of a header line with the number of vertices,
followed by the XY coordinates of the vertices. Additional information about creating a
BLN file can be found in the article Create a NoData Polygon or BLN file in Surfer.

Here in the assignment we have created : slicingNNVS.bln file.

To create the cross section:

1. Click Grids | Calculate | Slice.

2. In the Grid Slice dialog:
● Click the Browse button to navigate to and select the grid file slicingNNSV.bln
● In the Slice Line section, either select a base layer created from your vector
file or the base layer with the drawn line on it, or click the Browse button to
navigate to and select the vector file.
● The Output BLN field will be checked by default and is the appropriate file
type. Change the filename to SlicedNNSV.bln
● If you would also like a DAT file, check the box next to Output DAT. The DAT file
differs from the BLN in that it will export the coordinates as well as Z values,
where the BLN just exports the distance value and the Z coordinate
necessary to create the cross section. I saved a dat file named
SlicedNNSV.dat
● Click OK to generate the BLN file.
3. Back in the plot window, click Home | New Map | Base | Base.
4. In the Import dialog, select the newly saved BLN - SlicesNNSV file and click Open.
5. The map is created with proportional scaling.
6. On the General page in the Properties window, change the Color in the Line
properties section.

RESULT:
Screenshot of the profile created: