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Hi ,<BR>
&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; I'm&nbsp;working with&nbsp;a&nbsp;database&nbsp;for&nbsp;the three-dimensional&nbsp;interpolation&nbsp;in<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; GRASS&nbsp;which is&nbsp;composed of&nbsp;data&nbsp;ranging&nbsp;from 0 to 100, and<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; coordinates&nbsp;x,y,z,&nbsp;to&nbsp;conduct&nbsp;a&nbsp;zoning&nbsp;3D&nbsp;attribute.<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; I'm&nbsp;using&nbsp;v.vol.rst, but&nbsp;I'm&nbsp;having trouble&nbsp;finding&nbsp;the&nbsp;best<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; parameters&nbsp;for&nbsp;3D&nbsp;interpolation.<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; I&nbsp;realized&nbsp;several&nbsp;simulations&nbsp;varying&nbsp;the&nbsp;parameters&nbsp;npmin,segmax,&nbsp;tension&nbsp;and&nbsp;smooth.<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; However, using&nbsp;as&nbsp;example&nbsp;the&nbsp;default&nbsp;parameters&nbsp;of&nbsp;v.vol.rst (tension&nbsp;=<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; 40,&nbsp;smooth&nbsp;=&nbsp;0.1,&nbsp;=&nbsp;50&nbsp;segmax,&nbsp;npmin&nbsp;=&nbsp;200&nbsp;and&nbsp;dmin=&nbsp;0.5)&nbsp;the&nbsp;results&nbsp;generate&nbsp;voxels&nbsp;with&nbsp;an<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; average of&nbsp;77&nbsp;and standard deviation&nbsp;equal&nbsp;8.<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; But&nbsp;most of my&nbsp;input data&nbsp;is close&nbsp;to a&nbsp;range&nbsp;of&nbsp;values&nbsp;from 90 to<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; 100&nbsp;(46%&nbsp;of&nbsp;vector points), but the volume&nbsp;voxels&nbsp;generated for<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; this&nbsp;interval&nbsp;has&nbsp;a ratio of 3%.<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; How&nbsp;these parameters&nbsp;influence&nbsp;the&nbsp;equation&nbsp;of the&nbsp;spline v.vol.rst?<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; What&nbsp;parameters&nbsp;could&nbsp;be influence&nbsp;this result?<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; Whereby&nbsp;the highest&nbsp;percentage of&nbsp;interpolated values&nbsp;is<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; between&nbsp;the&nbsp;range&nbsp;of&nbsp;values&nbsp;from 75 to 90&nbsp;and&nbsp;not&nbsp;90 to 100.<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; Why are&nbsp;the&nbsp;values&nbsp;from 90 to 100&nbsp;may&nbsp;be&nbsp;having&nbsp;a&nbsp;small weight in<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; the&nbsp;interpolation?<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; Thanks<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; Vivian<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR><BR>                                               </body>
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