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Drawing a Landscape Extent

The landscape extent, defined by the fire behavior specialist, determines the size of the landscape file used for fire behavior modeling. All fire behavior analysis outputs are limited to the area included in the landscape extent. If you find that the extent is too small, create a larger extent. A fire behavior specialist can create or update a landscape extent two ways:

Either method can be used to create or update a landscape extent. Drawing an extent auto-populates the extent coordinates on the Landscape page and adding/updating coordinates on the Landscape page updates the landscape extent on the analysis map. For BFB and STFB, as well as FSPro, FlamMap is run for all cells contained by the landscape extent, so its important to limit it to a reasonable size. The landscape extent needs to be large enough to contain fire behavior outputs, but not so large that it slows processing time.

The size of your landscape extent is currently limited by the following:

You must define the landscape extent before an LCP is created, and you should redefine it if the Arrival Time and Major Paths of STFB, NTFB, or FSPro outputs are larger than the extent. When creating the landscape extent, consider the following:

You will receive an error message if you draw a landscape extent that is too large and you will have to navigate back to the analysis map or landscape page to redefine it.

WARNING: 100x100 mile landscapes have large pixel counts. They cause the modeling servers to run out of memory. If the server does not run out of memory, the model could take a month to process.

To draw a landscape extent:

  1. From the Analysis list, select the analysis you want to create a landscape extent for.
  2. Click View Information. The analysis General Information page appears.
  3. Choose Analysis Map from the menu options on the left. The Analysis Map appears.
  4. Zoom in on the incident marker.
  5. Select the Landscape Extent Landscape Extent Icon tool.
  6. Position your cursor where you want to start the landscape extent, then click and drag the mouse until the shape is the right size. A green box appears that delineates your landscape extent.
  7. Choose the Info tab to view the latitude and the longitude boundaries in the Landscape Extent section.
  8. If you are satisfied with the extent shown by the green box you drew, click Save.  Otherwise re-draw the extent until you are satisfied.

    A message appears stating that your landscape extent was saved.

You can now edit your landscape data layers (if needed) by creating landscape editor rules. If you choose not to make modifications to your landscape data, you can proceed to creating your landscape file.

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Last updated on 1/28/2019 2:05:00 PM.

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Maps and Shapes

To draw a landscape extent:

See Also

About Maps

Using the Map View

About Shapes

About Analysis Shape Files (STFB, NTFB, FSPro)

Deleting Shapes

Drawing Shapes on the Map

About Planning Areas

Subscribing to Planning Area Notifications

Creating a Planning Area

Querying the Landscape Data

Creating a Barrier

Creating an Analysis Ignition File

Merging Two Shapes

Uploading Shapes

Creating a Landscape Mask

About Images

Uploading Images

Capturing Map Images

Downloading National Data Layers

Downloading Incident Shapes

Downloading Fire Perimeters

Viewing Shapes

Viewing Unit Shapes on a Map

Viewing, Copying or Downloading Feature Information

Copying Feature Information

Downloading Feature Information

Viewing Smoke Dispersion Information

Viewing the Fire Danger Rating Graph

Saving Fire Danger Rating Graphs to Incident Content

Viewing Strategic Objectives

Reference

Field Descriptions

Glossary Resources

Spatial Data Reference

Landscape Data Source Reference

Relative Risk Reference

Organization Assessment Reference

Fire Behavior Reference

About the WFDSS Decision Editors