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I am attempting to extract and calculate the average height of buildings using LiDAR converted to raster elevation data. I've created a DSM to cover the entire area and I am trying to extract just the buildings out, I need the average height based upon the DSM elevation pixels. How do I calculate this?

I've attempted clipping these images out according to the polygons (which created thousands of individual rasters) but still I am unsure how to get the average within the bounds of the footprint.

Building with footprint outline and 10cm pixels

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  • Assign good ids to polygons, use zonal statistics from spatial analyst
    – FelixIP
    Commented Dec 6, 2015 at 23:41
  • @FelixIP, I just ran zonal stats and it worked perfectly. It's strange because I'm positive I tried it before with all different settings and it constantly failed, making me think it was the wrong approach. Thank you! - An aside - how do I verify this as 'answered'?
    – Corey Pembleton
    Commented Dec 6, 2015 at 23:55
  • Glad it works, forget about it. I am sure there are multiple similar posts on this forum.
    – FelixIP
    Commented Dec 7, 2015 at 0:16

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As Felix suggested, the Zonal Statistics tool worked. The mistake made before was not using a unique ID for the polygon 'zones'. The output worked well:

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    +1 For including the picture which shows what can be achieved.
    – David W
    Commented Dec 7, 2015 at 14:10
  • +1 for feedback and reply. Legend colours ar no good though
    – FelixIP
    Commented Dec 7, 2015 at 22:47

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