Greetings,
An engineer in my department inquired how effectively ArcGIS could model a drainage basin. I am not extensively familiar with modeling drainage in ArcGIS so I am hoping someone can guide this question for me:
Are there extensions or add-ons available for ArcGIS that will enable a model to be performed where an analyst can place a drop of water on a digital elevation model or TIN surface and trace the downhill route that drop will take both overland and through the City's underground storm drainage pipe network all the way to a creek then to its final river destination?
Is this a realistic expectation for ArcGIS or would I be better off looking into industry specific software (for example those offered by Autodesk)?
Any thoughts are appreciated.
An engineer in my department inquired how effectively ArcGIS could model a drainage basin. I am not extensively familiar with modeling drainage in ArcGIS so I am hoping someone can guide this question for me:
Are there extensions or add-ons available for ArcGIS that will enable a model to be performed where an analyst can place a drop of water on a digital elevation model or TIN surface and trace the downhill route that drop will take both overland and through the City's underground storm drainage pipe network all the way to a creek then to its final river destination?
Is this a realistic expectation for ArcGIS or would I be better off looking into industry specific software (for example those offered by Autodesk)?
Any thoughts are appreciated.