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*The areas that need to be imported are areas of the foliage crown along with an attribute containing the height of the foliage, relative to the terrain height. | *The areas that need to be imported are areas of the foliage crown along with an attribute containing the height of the foliage, relative to the terrain height. | ||
*If you have a file that only contain tree locations as points, you should instead import these points as tree buildings and not import them as foliage areas. The imported trees will then use their height and their function's (or if supplied: building's) CROWN FACTOR to determine the foliage area. | *If you have a file that only contain tree locations as points, you should instead import these points as tree buildings and not import them as foliage areas. The imported trees will then use their height and their function's (or if supplied: building's) CROWN FACTOR to determine the foliage area. | ||
*The already present tree [[Constructions|constructions]] are ignored when choosing this option to provide foliage height data | |||
*When you have chosen to import foliage height areas, there is also an option to Do nothing. Then no foliage height is used. The third option: Select existing is only for if you already have imported these areas. | *When you have chosen to import foliage height areas, there is also an option to Do nothing. Then no foliage height is used. The third option: Select existing is only for if you already have imported these areas. | ||
Revision as of 15:49, 28 November 2019
How to import foliage height areas in the Heat wizard:
- Add the Heat Stress overlay
- Open the Configuration Wizard
- Choose the DPRA model
- Proceed and in step 3 choose Use foliage height areas
- In step 3.1 choose for the option import foliage areas (start geo data wizard).
- Click on the button Import foliage areas
- Follow the steps in the Geo data wizard. In step 6, choose the attribute name that depicts the foliage height of your features (areas).
- Finish the Geo data wizard and proceed with the Heat wizard.
Notes
- The areas that need to be imported are areas of the foliage crown along with an attribute containing the height of the foliage, relative to the terrain height.
- If you have a file that only contain tree locations as points, you should instead import these points as tree buildings and not import them as foliage areas. The imported trees will then use their height and their function's (or if supplied: building's) CROWN FACTOR to determine the foliage area.
- The already present tree constructions are ignored when choosing this option to provide foliage height data
- When you have chosen to import foliage height areas, there is also an option to Do nothing. Then no foliage height is used. The third option: Select existing is only for if you already have imported these areas.
See also
- See also the Foliage height calculation model to know more about how the foliage height is used in the DPRA heat module.
- For the tutorial on using the heat stress module, see:
