Landscape Tools widget in Map Studio

To create landscape from within Map Studio click the Landscape Tools widget along the bottom of Map Studio. In the Landscape Tools box, make sure the Create new tab is selected.

In the Create new tab specify the requirements for your landscape:

1. Use the Map Studio widgets such as Zoom, Basemap Gallery, and so forth to locate your desired area.

2. Define the area of your new landscape by doing one of the following:

   • Selecting an Area of Interest from the drop-down menu (this contains any shapes you've created or shapefiles you've uploaded).

     Important! Your shape or shapefile must be within your current map extent to appear in the drop-down menu, so zoom in or out in Map Studio as needed.

   • Click Select draw mode , mouse to your location on the map, hold down the left mouse key, and draw a rectangle around your desired area, releasing the button when you are finished.
   • Enter exact coordinates, in degrees, for the west, east, south, and north bounds of your desired area.

Important! The maximum area for a landscape is 12 million acres.

Your landscape extent will be indicted by a turquoise border, and surrounded by a 4980 meter buffer indicated with a black border.

3. Choose the version of LANDFIRE data you would like to use.
4. Choose the fire behavior fuel model (Fuel Model 40 or Fuel Model 13) to include in your landscape file.
5. Give your landscape a descriptive name. This is helpful as you accumulate more landscape files, and when using the drop-down menus throughout IFTDSS, which often only display the landscape name not the folder in which its stored. Spaces are allowed in names and we recommend including the LANDFIRE version and keeping the name less than 30 characters. For example, "Smith Project LF14."
6. Select the folder to store your landscape file. If needed, you may use the Add New Folder button to create a new folder for your landscape. If you do not specify an existing folder or create a new one in this step, your saved landscape defaults to the "Playground" folder of My Workspace.

7. Click Create to generate your landscape file.

   

Once you click Create a message appears at the top of the Landscape Tools widget to confirm your landscape is being created. It may take a few minutes to generate your landscape. You may check its status by going to the "Add to Map" tab of the Landscape Tools widget and using the Refresh button. Once complete, check the box next to the landscape to add it to the Layer List widget .

Once you click Create a message will appear at the top of the Landscape Tools box to confirm your landscape is being created. When complete, you will be able to add your new landscape to your map by clicking the Add to map tab (to the left of the Create new tab you are currently on), and selecting your newly created landscape. It will also be available in My Workspace.

It may take a couple minutes before your landscape is available for viewing. If you are unsure of your landscape status, you may switch to the Add to Map tab of Landscape Tools and use the Refresh button to update the landscape list.

1. Ensure your landscape meets the criteria to be uploaded to IFTDSS.

2. From the Map Studio Landscape Tools widget, select the Upload tab and click Upload Landscape.

   

3. Select your landscape GeoTIFF from your computer. A summary of landscape information will appear under the upload tab.

   

4. Choose a Landscape name and folder in which to store the new landscape.

   

5. Choose whether or not to include a buffer in the landscape.

   If the "Include buffer" box is checked:

   • Approximately 3 miles of the outer edges of the landscape will be designated a buffer.

   • Buffering is necessary to run Landscape Burn Probability (LBP) modeling or the workflows that require LBP modeling such as Risk Assessment.

   • The buffered area will NOT included in summary report statistics (such as Auto97th reports).

   If the "Include buffer" box is NOT checked:

   • Your landscape will not be buffered.

   • Unbuffered landscapes cannot be used for Landscape Burn Probability (LBP) modeling or the workflows that require LBP modeling such as Risk Assessment.

   • Unbuffered landscapes are designed with an "NB" at the end of the file name when displayed in IFTDSS.

   

6. Click Add. You can check the upload status by clicking the landscape in My Workspace and viewing the status in the right hand metadata panel. Once complete, the landscape will be available in My Workspace and landscape drop-downs throughout IFTDSS.

   Important! If a landscape fails to upload, the reason will be displayed in the right-hand metadata panel in My Workspace when the landscape is selected.

   

The Add to Map option lists all the available landscape files for display.

Once a landscape is chosen by selecting the checkbox next to it, it will become visible, and Map Studio will automatically zoom to that landscape.

The Filter by Map Extent option allows you to filter your available landscape by their spatial extent, this can be convenient if you have many different landscape files saved in your IFTDSS account.

The Refresh option refreshes the landscape list with the most recent files, this is convenient if you have just downloaded a landscape file but do not see it listed yet.