Non-spatial data object

Non-spatial data object

Non-spatial data object (nsData) is a type of object that does not have visualization methods in the 3D viewer but allows other functions to exist and also types of data. If you want to input string data into GEOMS2 you'll have to do it as nsData, for example.

Implementation

nsData objects are stored the same way as point objects, for instance. Each column in a file is considered a variable. Also all columns must have the same number of elements (string or numeric). A test is made to see if the column is numeric or string using the "isdigit" function. So if it catch an element in the first row which is not numeric, considers the row to be string alike. This can be changed afterwards inside the software. Remember than NaN (or nan,Nan,etc.) strings are not recognized in GEOMS2 as null value for numeric data.

Related Functions

See also

These are the type of objects GEOMS2 supports:
- Point object
- Mesh object
- Surface object
- nsData object