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This guide explains the use of the Adaptation Support Tool 2.0 Climate Resilient City Tool (CRCTool) going through the initial setup and configuration step by step. More detailed information on the tool can be found here.
First, read, discuss and accept the disclaimer and copyrights. All participants have to understand and agree that the results of the AST CRCTool are merely indicative and cannot be used for final design and decision making. After accepting the disclaimer and copyrights you can start using the tool.
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Figure 1. Disclaimer and copyright screen
To use the AST CRCTool for the first time, select Start a new project or, in case you already have a saved project select Open existing project.
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Figure 2. Starting/Opening a project
Map window
The map window contains several buttons to perform actions.
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Figure 3. Manipulation of the AST mapCRCTool mapwindow
Project set up
First, search for the area where you want to make the project after accepting both the disclaimer and copyrights, and starting the project.
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Once a project area is drawn, a NEXT button will appear to continue with the project area setup.
Press "NEXT" to continue and fill out all the parameters of the project area. Brief explanations on the options can be shown by pressing the i, information button. Notice that you will not be able to go to the next step until you have filled out all the parameters.
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Figure 9. Screen when setup has been finished.
Adding Adaptation Measures
Now adaptation measures can be added to the project area. Measures can be added in two ways:
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Figure 11. List of measures in the ASTCRCTool
The number underneath the title of the measure indicates the effectiveness of a measure based on the properties of the project area. The icons as listed below indicate to what climate effect the measures contribute.
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Once a measure has been selected and added to the map, the measure settings panel appears. In this panel the depth and inflow area can be given in. In case of a line measure a width needs to be given in and in case of a point measure a radius needs to be given in. Default values are provided for all settings. Additional information on the measure settings can be found by pressing the i information buttons.
Figure 14. Parameter ranges that can be chosen for a measure
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Once the element is added to the map the panel on the left will show an option CHOOSE MEASURE to select a measure for the area.
Figure 14. CHOOSE MEASURE to assign a measure to the drawn object.
By selecting this option a list similar as shown above is presented. The list may vary based on whether an area, line or point has been added. A measure can be assigned by pressing CHOOSE MEASURE.
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Once a measure has been added the type and the properties can be changed by selecting the measure on the map. To change the shape of areas, lines and points click the element on the map and then selecting one of the corners of the element. The corner should enlarge and can now be moved on the map with the mouse. Additional points are added to the line that can be used to create new corners.
Scenario metrics
On the right side of the map, the results of applied measures are visualized. These are divided into results with regards to climate adaptation, costs and water quality.
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Figure 16. Final screen of the AST CRCTool with the results
The results can be visualized both graphically as well as numerically.
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Figure 17. Graphical (left) and numerical (right) results of the ASTCRCTool
Saving and exporting results
Results can be saved through the menu button in the top left corner of the tool. To save the project select Save project and a file (.json) will be stored in the default download folder of your machine. This can be on the local machine or an attached network drive. In other words not in the cloud.
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To export a project, select “Export project” in the menu. A project can be exported in CSV (Comma Separated Values file) which can be opened in a spreadsheet program and GEOJSON format that can be open in GIS software. Please note that exported data cannot be opened by the Adaptation Support Tool.
Map layers
Additional map layers to be shown, can be selected by pressing the layer selection button:
When this button is selected, several layers can be chosen to be shown in the map, similar to the layers provided below.
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Figure 19. Menu to save and export projects
Additional map layers can be added by the user by pressing the Add layer button. These maplayers should located on a GIS-server and is accessible through either WMS, WMTS or arcrest. A more elaborate description can be found here.
When a legend is available at the GIS-server the legend of the active layers will be shown, in the top right corner of the map window
Project settings
Project settings can be accessed through the menu button in the op left corner or the quick access button in the upper right corner of the screen.
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