BoxPlot

The BoxPlot is a plot operator that computes a box plot over

  • a selection of numerical columns of a single vector dataset, or
  • multiple raster datasets.

Thereby, the operator considers all data in the given query rectangle.

The boxes of the plot span the 1st and 3rd quartile and highlight the median. The whiskers indicate the minimum and maximum values of the corresponding attribute or raster.

Vector Data

In the case of vector data, the operator generates one box for each of the selected numerical attributes. The operator returns an error if one of the selected attributes is not numeric.

Parameter

ParameterTypeDescriptionExample Value
columnNamesVec<String>The names of the attributes to generate boxes for.["x","y"]

Raster Data

For raster data, the operator generates one box for each input raster.

Parameter

ParameterTypeDescriptionExample Value
columnNamesVec<String>Optional: An alias for each input source. The operator will automatically name the boxes Raster-1, Raster-2, ... if this parameter is empty. If aliases are given, the number of aliases must match the number of input rasters. Otherwise an error is returned.["A","B"].

Inputs

The operator consumes exactly one vector or multiple raster operators.

ParameterType
sourceMultipleRasterOrSingleVectorSource

Errors

The operator returns an error in the following cases.

  • Vector data: The attribute for one of the given columnNames is not numeric.
  • Vector data: The attribute for one of the given columnNames does not exist.
  • Raster data: The length of the columnNames parameter does not match the number of input rasters.

Notes

If your dataset contains infinite or NAN values, they are ignored for the computation. Moreover, if your dataset contains more than 10.000values (which is likely for rasters), the median and quartiles are estimated using the P^2 algorithm described in:

R. Jain and I. Chlamtac, The P^2 algorithm for dynamic calculation of quantiles and histograms without storing observations, Communications of the ACM, Volume 28 (October), Number 10, 1985, p. 1076-1085. https://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/papers/ftp/psqr.pdf

Example JSON

Vector

{
  "type": "BoxPlot",
  "params": {
    "columnNames": ["x", "y"]
  },
  "sources": {
    "source": {
      "type": "OgrSource",
      "params": {
        "data": "ndvi"
      }
    }
  }
}

Raster

{
  "type": "BoxPlot",
  "params": {
    "columnNames": ["A", "B"]
  },
  "sources": {
    "source": [
      {
        "type": "GdalSource",
        "params": {
          "data": "ndvi"
        }
      },
      {
        "type": "GdalSource",
        "params": {
          "data": "temperature"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}