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2. 3 NO Options E os DS Zoom Mouse Center ot window _ Overwrite existing cache with new Settings Formatting Number of digits after decimal Measurement system Imperial andscale Normal Coordinate format 79 94886 Options Zoom focus Mouse Center of window _ Overwrite existing cache with new OK 51 select the Settings options from the Tools dropdown menu and the Settings dialog appears After making changes click OK to accept the changes and close the menu Apply to accept the changes and leave the menu open or Cancel to close the menu without saving changes Note that there are two tabs in the menu for Basic shown and Advanced see below Basic settings include Number of digits after the decimal Click the down arrow to open the dropdown list and select a number to determine the level of decimal accuracy you wish to display This only affects element properties set as numbers or units of measurement not latitude and longitude nor the map scale Measurement System Click the down arrow to open the dropdown list and select metric or imperial as the measurement type in your Depiction environment This will affect any depiction you open o Imperial Feet Miles etc o Metric Meters Kilometers etc Section 7 Tools Menu Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Settings Formatting Number of digits after decimal
3. for your area Section 11A APRS Add on 90 91 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 The elements downloaded from OpenAPRS are displayed in the depiction Resa track info CNS XP APX196 via VSAM WIDE2 1 QAR KCMCR 54 track info CN87XP KD7UBJ VSAM 144 35MHz 9600B APRS DIGI APX196 via VSAM WIDE2 1 gAR K7MCR 36 watts HAAT 3200 gain 3dBi range 41 mi omni 71 2 1 miles South East bearing 1107 from Sammamish Washington King County 0 2010 01 20 07 46 41 PST 0800 no movement data KD7UBJ VSAM 144 35MHz 9600B APRS DIGI IGATE wesc s rom wisis tack in sexo 36 watts HAAT 320ft gain 3dBi range 41 mi omni o Wade me 2 1 miles South East bearing 110 from Sammamish Washington King County no movement data 144 090MHz 1200 Rasim RMSPacket EMCOMM 2 5 miles South East bearing 1367 from Sammamish Washington King County Element Info nt Info de E fl 3 e Click the info hyperlink the information page for the APRS data is displayed It provides all the information available for the downloaded APRS Click the Element Info button to open the Definition Type Depiction Plugin OpenAPRSStation E e m e nt P ro pe rt i es d 09 Yo u ca n add n ew Actions Set tags Set hover text Colorize Property Name Author Description Additional notes User element id Course Value information delete information
4. adjust the transparency by sliding the Transparency slider left decrease transparency and right increase transparency e Click the OK button to save your color choice If you do not want to save the change click the Cancel button e Click the No color button to set the color to be completely transparent Icons can be customized using four different Actions Property properties MUN 1 Icon border shape Icon border shag Square No color Cancel e 2 Icon border color con pa Depiction Hospital 3 Icon path Icon size 4 Icon Size ZOI fill color ZOI border color Draggable Note In previous versions of Depiction there was Position 47 18 33 286 122 13 46 549W L L L L a separate screen for changing icon information In version 1 3 and later all icon properties are in Eng To give an icon a border the icon border shape property must be set to square circle or triangle Export to file Delete all Send Cancel Apply 35 Section 5 Manage Content Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Icon Selection Information Select from default application resources en Depiction Car QD Select from application resources EE e arth2 jpg Load a from a file End Users Timothy 2 Documents new_sn Browse Cancel 5 2 2 Add a Property To then change the icon border color click on the color bar and the color selector window will appear as described above To c
5. Section 3 File Menu 16 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 My Documents v cy Ev The Open dialog box appears ne Select the location on your computer either by naso selecting one of the options on the left side of the pisei dialog box or by selecting a location from the Look in dropdown list e Select the folder from the folders list e Select the file you want to open The file name appears in the File name textbox Click the Open button The progress bar appears After the opening process is completed the selected depiction displays on the screen 3 4 Saving a Depiction File Save or File Save As Libranes Network Select the Save or Save As option from the File menu The Save As dialog box appears Enter the following details e Select the save location in the Save in dropdown list e Select the folder or create a new folder where you want to save the depiction e File name Select a file from the dropdown list or enter a name for the file in the File name textbox e Save as type Select the file type The default file type is Depiction Files dpn You must select the default option for all files to be saved as depictions e After entering the details click the Save button to save the file 3 5 Viewing Entering or Changing File Information File2 File Information Title Author Descnption Depiction story
6. Clicking on a button in the QuickAdd Toolbar is equivalent to selecting the add a single element by mouse option in the Add Content menu 9 2 1 Annotations Clicking the button the QuickAdd Toolbar will add an Annotation to the depiction An annotation is a special type of element that is zoom level dependent i e will only appear at or near the zoom level set when it was placed making it ideal for guided tours using Depiction It can also be added from the right click menu Annotations are added with default text Click the annotation to enter a note or comment Enter annotation text here Double click the Abc icon to hide the annotation URLs added to annotations i e www depiction com are clickable and will open in a browser window www depiction com Annotation mI 1 Tochange the color of an annotation right click then Enter annotation text here click Annotation then Click Edit annotation to open the Annotation menu u he Background and Text bars can be clicked to select the colors for the annotation The Select Color Attributes popup box appears see section 5 2 1 for details Text Cancel 6 Section 9 Additional Tools Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 9 2 2 Drawing tools Below the annotation button on QuickAdd toolbar are the drawing tools In addition to elements that represent specific people objects events and locations Depic
7. Tools gt Element creation The Element Definition Editor enables you to create new custom element definitions from scratch or to create new element definitions by using an existing element as a template To load an existing element as a starting point open the Add Content menu right click on the element you wish to use as a starting point and select Copy Element Definition Editor Ip TT EP New Definition Load from New definition Nev Definition Actions Property Name Value Deletable Visible to user Editable Hovertext Property ID Property Type e Name UnknownType x xj DisplayName String Active SERES Active Boolean Icon border color IconBorderColor Color Icon border shape N IconBorderShape DepictionIconBorderShape IconPath DepictionIconPath Icon path Depiction Default x Icon size Medium IconSize Double ZOI shape type Point 2015 ZOIShapeType laceableWithMou Placeable by mouse PlaceableWithMouse Boolean amp DL b Pl by by B pg pg pg pg pg pg px ZOIFill Color ZOI fill color E Close Export Apply 53 Section 7 Tools Menu Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Above is the Element Definition Editor with no element template loaded and below the School element has been used as a template NOTE Both windows have been expanded to display more fields Element Definition Editor Loa
8. DT tag1 tag2 tag3 The tag can be used to filter emails thereby adding some security to the process it can also be used to add a tag to the element once it is received You can also use tags so that the same email account can be used for different Depiction scenarios Depiction lt geodepiction gmail com gt Add Add Bcc Plume gas smell 3305 Oakes Ave Everett WA DT webinar gas leak Attach a file BzZU T iT A T Qoo i liti lii I Ill il Jy Check Spe Plain Text Wind speed 20 Wind direction 225 Time 1 Material Type Natural Gas Refresh rate specifies the rate at which Depiction will check for new message default is every 2 minutes Enter whole numbers to indicate the number of minutes or decimals to check more frequently 0 5 to check every 30 seconds 0 25 to check every 15 seconds etc 10 1 4 As this element by default In the right pane select the default element definition to use for the elements created from the emails If the email subject or body specifies an element definition that definition will be used instead 10 1 5 Sending Emails to a depiction A typical email that can be read by Depiction s Live reports could look like the following From John Doe To myaccount email com Subject Plume Gas Smell 400 Pine Street Seattle WA Wind speed 20 Wind direction 225 Section 10 Advanced Topics 14 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Time 1 Material
9. Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 2013 Depiction Inc All rights reserved Map Simulate Collaborate Decide c pi ction Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Table of Contents SECTION 1 4 1 1 A LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND FOUNDER ccececececececececececececececececececececeaeauaeaeaeass 4 1 2 OVERVIEW OF SOME IMPORTANT CONCEPTS IN DEPICTION cccccecececececcccecececcceacacscececeaeas 5 1 3 WHAT S NEW IN VERSION 1 4 1 4 1 1 4 2 MAJOR ENHANCEMENTS CHANGES 6 SECTION 2 WELCOME 9 2 1 TRE SOURCES 9 2 2 SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS 10 2 3 EXPLORING THE DEPICTION ENVIRONMENT ccccccccccccccccccceccccccecacacececececececscececscecscscenecs 10 2 4 WELCOME SCHBENI 10 AEL 13 SECTION 3 FILE 16 3 1 FILE MENU c ccccccececececececececececececececececccuaeauauauauauauaucuaeaeataeaeaeaeaeatatatstacetscstscsestsnsneness 16 3 2 CREATING A NEW DEPICTION ccccececececececcccccccccccccacacacauatatceeecatatatseetetsce
10. INDEX Tag 108 Tags 39 46 Title 18 To welcome screen 16 Tools 5 54 55 57 61 63 64 65 66 Tornado tracks 101 Transparency 37 52 Transperancy 26 Tutorials 14 68 undo 35 39 Update 66 67 Use authentication 46 83 Use SSL 46 User created elements 108 User name 46 83 vector data 113 Vector data 114 view add or delete hover texts 40 view add or delete tags 39 View Edit 33 Volume 98 Water Barrier 89 Water over roadway 91 Water Runoff 87 Web Feature Service 115 Web Services 30 Welcome 10 Welcome Screen 10 16 WES 30 108 what if possibilities 4 Wildfire data 101 WMS 30 Your revealers 50 51 ZOI 72 73 91 108 zone of influence 5 61 62 72 73 86 87 92 107 zoom 112 Z order 108 116
11. Imperial AOA46 20h 75 34886WW Options Zoom focus Mouse Center of window Overwrite existing cache with new Settings Formatting Number of digits after decimal Imperial A0A4620N 78 34886W Options 40 44620 79 94886 MLC 26 7170 79 5693172 26 77 170N 79 56 931721 17 630084 4833438 559 40 26 45 N 70756 55 W 40 26 46 302N 79 56 55 903 Wi Settings Formatting Number of digits after decimal Measurement system and scale 40 44620 79 94886 Options Zoom focus Mouse Center of window x Overwrite existing cache with new B Display world outline Cancel Section 7 Tools Menu Scale Click the down arrow to open the dropdown list and select small normal or large This affects all measurements but primarily distance units Imperial Small Inches Normal Feet Large Miles Metric Small Centimeters Normal Meters Large Kilometers Coordinate format Click the down arrow to open the dropdown list and select a format from the eight format options for displaying latitude and longitude In addition to a latitude and longitude Depiction can use a coordinate format called Universal Transverse Mercator UTM It is the 5 one down on the list For more information about geographic coordinates see Appendix B Zoom focus allows you to select wh
12. Depiction users can import images to be geo aligned to the background such as a scanned map or as reference such as a photo of a point of interest Note that for a TIF file to import properly you must select the Image element type when importing the file if you select Auto Detect Depiction will see it as elevation data See section 4 2 example 2 amp 3 for more details Images may also be imported as Image2 elements and may be displayed using the label format in set hover text Section 10 Advanced Topics Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Section 11A APRS Add on 11A 1 Using the APRS Add on Automatic Packet Reporting System APRS is an amateur radio based system for communication of tactical information of immediate value in real time in the local area In addition the information is ingested into the APRS Internet system APRS IS and distributed globally for immediate access In addition to messages alerts announcements and bulletins the most visible aspect of APRS is its map displays Anyone can place any object or information on their map and distribute the maps to all users in the local RF radio frequency network or to users monitoring the area via the internet Any station radio or object that has an attached GPS is automatically tracked Other prominent map features are weather stations alerts objects and other map related amateur radio volunteer activities including search and rescue and signal directi
13. Loaded Live reports Web service Emergency operations center Quickstart Epicenter i Definitions if available and Explosion m definitions from Add ons Scroll down El Close dialog after add Load Element Close to see all elements Left click to add elements Section 4 Add Menu 20 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 4 f Multiple is selected click Done Add gt Address Add Content X Add elements by specifying a geographic location 4 64 Default 1 Click Location left pane a 2 Type in the geographic location location e g 123 Main Street City State or Amateur radio site 47 94 122 21W indes Information 0 0 0 vri e Latitude and Longitude Ex M e 47 55N 128 36E Change elevation height Street address City EERE eae State Province Zip Postal operations center Cod etc Explosion If desired select Center screen on element This is useful if you are unfamiliar with the location entered Select the element you want to place at that location entered 5 Click Add Tip You must have an Internet connection to place any location information that is other than a geographic coordinate latitude longitude Create or import by File Live reports x Close dialog after add Load Element Close Add gt File Add Content 11 Add elements to your depiction by loading ON IEEE nae Ee RH S files of any of the following
14. The Delete revealer message appears Click Yes to delete the revealer or click No to cancel the action Content Click to open the Display Content dialog box and show the elements assigned to the revealer Shape Click to change the shape of the revealer between rectangle and circle Transparency Adjust the level of transparency of the revealer with the help of the slider on the right of the tools menu Move the slider up to make elements less transparent and down to make them more transparent Hidden revealers are displayed in the depiction as orange icons with a label Hover over the label and click the x to hide the label The revealer name will still appear as hover text when the mouse cursor is over the hidden revealer icon Elevation 49 Section 6 Display Content Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Section 7 Tools Menu The Tools menu includes many of the options and mechanisms for customizing your depictions and your overall Depiction experience as well including elements interactions units of measurement and more Open the Tools menu by clicking on Tools on the main menu bar 7 0 Tools Add Manage 7 Display 7 Menu Tools The Tools dropdown menu includes the following options Add ons Display information about installed add ons FEES Settings Allows you to change some basic Depiction settings such as longitude latitude format measurement units zoom functionality and digits a
15. This is the default value for the property Deletable If the box is checked then this property can be deleted by the user in the properties window Visible to User If the box is checked El then this property will be visible in the properties window Editable If the box is checked El then this property can edited in the properties window Hovertext If the box is checked then this property will be set as hovertext by default 55 Section 7 Tools Menu Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Property ID This is the internal name used by the program and will be created automatically when adding new properties Property Type This is the type of property See right for the various types Number Element Definition Editor Adding Properties Yes No Below the property options is the place to add new properties You need to put nen information in the following two fields Area Distance Property Name To add a new property to an element definition enter the name Ta here It should be a unique name that has not already been used Weight Temperature Property Type Chose the appropriate type from the dropdown menu see right When ready to add the property click the Add Property button Note that this button is not available until a Property name and type have been added Element Definition Editor gt Saving the Definition to the Library close Element Definition Editor without saving click Clos
16. example to the right it is lt img src money bmp gt This code can be placed in any propety field of any other element The image will appear if in hover text if this property is chosen to be shown and the lable format is used Image2 Properties Actions Property Name money bmp Author Depiction Inc Description Can be any type of image drawings photos etc Set tags Label img src money bmp gt Icon path Set hover text Depiction MapsiImages Allow dragging x Colorize Position 47 97507 122 20556 Property name Cancel Apply Section 4 Add Menu 26 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Once an image2 image has been imported you can delete the image2 element but the 9 Do not change element hover text Cung senen porer iea ome totong image will continue to be available Add Live Reports To add elements via the Live Reports function which uses e mail to download information open Add Content and click the Live reports Email account button qmail com Create or import by Email provider location Password Choose your E mail Provider from the drop down Filter tags Menu This list also shows any e mail accounts you may have previously used Refresh If the e mail address is one of those you ve previously used you will only need to enter the Web service password Quickstart Enter the Filter tag you wish to check for Only emails that have t
17. plume Amount of release is a relative value that determines the size of the release Default is 100 Time in hours determines how long the contaminant has been releasing More time results in a larger plume The default is 5 hours 80 minutes 3 Click OK to close the box and run the simulation Section 10 Advanced Topics 84 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Tip To have the plume disable elements or cause route changes use the Interactions menu in the Tools Menu to create new interaction rules with Plume as the cause element see Section 7 4 1 10 3 8 Route Road Network 8OOO Icons used by the Route Road Network element Route Road Network is an element which determines the shortest route between two or more points using loaded road network data To use the Route element From the Quickstart menu add the Road Network BL data source m NN In the Add Menu select Route Road Network using Directions AM i the Mouse option Total route distance 3 3 miles DONE Click once to start the route then move the cursor to Proceed on East Spruce Street toward 12th Avenue for o c miles successive way points and left click When finished Right onto 12th Avenue Right onto 12th Avenue South End on 12th Avenue South place the cursor at the end point and double click Proceed on South King Street for 0 39 Lafont 18th avenue South
18. t t t k ing Depicti Xtensive glossary get m This documentation should help you to quickly g y g 9 n information about important Depiction capabilities and limitations and will be updated and expanded with each revision to the ETE software If you can t find an answer to a terms and defi n question here in Depiction Help please review the options on the Depiction Website Help page www depiction com help Our goal is to make Depiction intuitively easy to use so that no user manual or training course is required Please let us know if vou have anv suaaestions 63 Section 8 Help Menu Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 8 3 Tutorials Help gt Tutorials depiction uc When Tutorials is selected Depiction opens the sw Tutorials page at depiction com in a browser window E u An Internet connection is required Tutorials include e Getting Started The basics of Depiction 7 YouTube Channel Depiction Elements Explained Webinars archive PLAY epection comes mth 56 default elements Spend 20 mnutes with Buke to mples a La about most of them Dport suite minutes t h d Geo aligning Video How to align maps drawings images geographically to your depiction 5 minutes Interactions Video Edit and create your own interactions between elements 5 minutes 8 4 Licensin
19. t fb e ct A rm j L A j A 2 Colonze r r D un I un n rd 4 4 I Export to file Delete all Send Cancel Apply Section 5 Manage Content Select the properties to be visible as hover text by checking the checkbox next to the listed properties Select the checkbox next to the Permanent hover text option to see the text permanently on the display Leave the option unchecked if you want to see the hover text only when the mouse is over the element Select Use label to show an html enabled version of the hover text as used for example for directions when you double click the Route road network element For best results select a single property for the hover text and put all of the text you want to have in the label in that property field with HTML tags Also check out the image2 element for including images The Display property name check box when checked will add the property name in front of each value in the hover text Deselect properties by clearing the checkbox next to the properties Click OK or Apply to activate the changes Note that unlike the Set properties screen when a group of elements has been selected all properties for all elements will be visible in the Set hover text screen 38 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 5 2 5 View Change or Remove Colors Manage Elements 2View Edit 2Colorize H Properties for 22 elements showing values for Point c 8
20. Cancel to remove the element Change the element position by clicking and dragging the element icon Tip Some elements simulate events Simulation accuracy Is limited by the data available and Depiction s simple simulation models Simulations are only rough approximations of real events Section 10 Advanced Topics Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 10 3 2 Flood Flood interacts with e elevation data to produce a zone of influence and e people building and other elements to disable them To use a flood Create a depiction near a water body a coastal region or a flat region near a river works best the flood model is not accurate on slopes From the Quickstart menu add Elevation Add the Flood element from the Add Content Menu The flood should be placed on the water body with which you wish to simulate a flood The Properties box will open Set the Height above ground of the flood 3 feet by default 5 Click OK to close the box and run the simulation Tip The Flood disables elements interaction rule determines what elements will be disabled Copy that rule to disable additional elements 10 3 3 Water Runoff Runoff simulates water running down a slope by generating a path of least resistance downhill and disables certain elements To use runoff 1 From the Quickstart menu add Elevation data 2 Add the Line of Sight element from Add Content 3 The Properties box will open Four different proper
21. Geo coding is now limited to 1 000 records 1 3 2 Export elements to a CSV file now asks if the Zone of Influence should be exported 1 3 2 Routes path calculation soeed has been improved 1 3 2 Selecting the Content button from a revealer now displays the Display Content dialog with the appropriate revealer selected 1 3 2 Elements that are loaded from a 1 2 2d depiction now display more properties 1 3 2 Proxy settings now work properly 1 3 3 Elements from the QuickAdd Toolbar are added in single versus multiple mode 1 3 3 New background sources from MapQuest Open map and imagery 1 3 3 New Road Network method allows for smaller downloads and better performance in large areas 1 3 3 The settings menu now has Basic and Advanced tabs see section 7 2 1 3 3 When right clicking on a single element options for the element are shown without a sub menu see section 9 5 1 3 3 New tooltips and context sensitive text Section 2 Welcome Screen 2 1 Resources Before you work with Depiction please take note of the resources available to you such as video tutorials online help samples and downloads webinars online forums blogs frequently asked questions and more available on our Help page All of these resources plus updates to version one of Depiction are available with a purchase of Depiction Section 2 Welcome Screen Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 2 2 Software and Hardwar
22. Manage Content dialog box The Confirm element deletion View Edit 1 Elevation data message appears 4 E 22 Point of interest Export to file Delete Elements F1 Do you want to delete 3 elements x Point of interest EI Send x Point of interest Delete Point of interest Click Yes to delete the selected Point of interest elements or No to cancel the deletion Q3 Point of interest Point of interest There are three other ways to delete an element from a depiction outside of Manage content e By right clicking on an element selecting the element from the context menu and clicking Delete element By holding shift and clicking on an element By pressing the Delete button in the Properties box 5 4 Exporting Elements from Depiction Depiction allows you to export point line and shape elements to a GML Geography Markup Language or a CSV Comma Separated Value file This is useful for sharing Depiction data with other applications and for copying a subset of data in your depiction to another depiction You can export elements using the Manage Content Elements Export to File option or from the Properties box 5 4 1 Exporting to a GML File The GML file will not contain any behaviors used by the exported element s or any values for properties with units such as 3 feet In addition if you load this GML file into a depiction and it cannot find the path to the icon yo
23. Set hover text Author Depiction Inc Street address 1111 Main St s Colorize Cancel Apply Actions Property Height Additional notes Latitude 47 60 Longitude 122 32 Set tags Label Harborview Medical Center Set hover text Icon border color Colorize Icon border shape Icon path i H Depiction Hospital b Cancel Apply Actions Property e Height uc Latitude Longitude 122 32 Set tags Label Harborview Medical Center Set hover text riala Icon border color ae Icon border shape I th icti i con pa Depiction Hospital Property name Export to file Delete all Send Cancel Apply Section 5 Manage Content ies Set properties The Element Information or Element Group Information box automatically opens with Set properties selected The list of properties and values for the selected elements appears to the right When multiple elements are selected the Properties box shows all properties common to each element selected The values shown for the properties are for the first element in the group not necessarily all the elements in the group Tip you select elements of different types it is possible that the number of properties showing in the Element Properties in common window will be small because different elements may have few properties in common Element properties can be added edited and sometimes deleted delete property click o
24. Since me Add additional waypoints by holding down the Shift key i ed proc adeps M toward sias ee ili while left clicking at points on the route to make it go oe a uie South Waller Sike 2 edd A i Sc through certain locations pe Em Hover over the route to view the total distance Double click the route to open a label with turn by turn Directions The directions will change if you add or remove waypoints or alter the route 10 3 9 Road Barrier Road barrier disables portions of the Road network causing routes that used the road network to automatically re route To simulate the route barrier follow the steps below From the Quickstart menu add the Road Network data Add a route as described above Add the Road Barrier element from the Mouse or Address option Be sure to place the barrier so it is covering a road The simulation will run altering any affected routes To increase the size of the road barrier double click the icon to open the properties box and change the radius property Shift click on the ZOI of the road barrier to change the shape as described in section 9 3 85 Section 10 Advanced Topics Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 10 3 10 Water Over Roadway Icon for the Water Over Roadway element Water over roadway affects Route Road Network in the same way as the Road Barrier described above Follow the instructions above for use Icon for the Explo
25. Type Natural Gas When Depiction reads the above email it will automatically create a Plume element located 400 Pine Street Seattle WA with a name of Gas Smell in the hovertext and with the four values for the four properties listed in the email s body a wind speed of 20 a wind direction of 225 a time of 1 hour and a material type of Natural Gas The element icon will pulsate to alert the user that a new Live report has been received Any properties not specified in the body of the email will have the default value specified by the element type e g Amount of Release of 100 Following are the specifics of formatting an email that Depiction will understand 10 1 6 Formatting an email s subject line Depiction expects the subject line to be like one of the following two examples Plume Gas Smell 400 Pine Street Seattle WA or Gas Smell 400 Pine Street Seattle WA The top example has three parts element definition name and location The first colon separates the element definition from the name e The first comma separates the name from the location By default the name is displayed as hovertext The name cannot contain a comma e Everything after the second comma describes the element s location The element definition is optional If missing as in the second example above Depiction will use the default element chosen when initially adding the Live reports If there is no location or the location cannot be fou
26. Understanding Concepts and Terms 104 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 77 02 07 W or as a negative number 77 0352546 In the Eastern Hemisphere it will have an or be a positive number Again the United States National Atlas goes into more detail There are other geographic coordinate systems in addition to latitude and longitude One common system is called the Universal Transverse Mercator system or UTM This was developed by the US military in the 1940 s and divides the world up into squares of 1 meter by 1 meter A coordinate in this system will look something like 18S 323482 4306489 This means that within grid 185 the point is 323 482 meters east and 4 306 489 meters north of the equator Idaho State University has a helpful page that can help you learn more about the UTM format Geocoding Of course most of the information about location that we use in our day to day life does not use latitude and longitude or any other geographic coordinates Instead we usually use something like street addresses The process of converting geographic information of one type such as address or zip code into geographic coordinates is called geocoding and can be done by various software services in different ways Often this is done by taking an address matching it to a street and block and then calculating the position of the address based on the building number For example 850 Main Street would be pl
27. added regularly LLLI Welcome 2Samples amples are stored in a folder on your disk Prior to 1 4 they were included with the download of the program but in order Pd a poron doa moving ea Be to streamline the download they have been removed If you had a prior version Depiction installed such as 1 3 they are still on your disk and can be moved or copied to 1 4 To do this Samples windows explorer to Section 2 Welcome Screen 14 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 C Program Files x86 Depiction Inc Depiction 1 3 Samples Select this folder and copy it to C Program Files x86 Depiction Inc Depiction 1 4 After you do this the sample files will show up in Depiction 1 4 Any DPN file that you include in this directory will show up in the samples option You can find more sample files are available online at www depiction com downloads 15 Section 2 Welcome Screen Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Section 3 File Menu The File menu option allows you to create a new depiction open an existing depiction or save an existing depiction project In addition you can enter descriptive information about your current depiction print the current screen or exit the program When saving a depiction all the elements interaction rules and display settings associated with that depiction are sav
28. and shared these elements will be included with the file Depiction An area set of elements and set of Revealers used to display and analyze information A file created with Depiction The core building block of a depiction The smallest distinguishable part of a depiction Each element is made up of properties and behaviors Everything in Depiction is an element except for background imagery tiles and annotations Element The common properties and behaviors that define a group of elements definition 100 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Extracting one or more element s from a group using a particular property value Depiction allows filtering using the text in element hover text Geo align The process of aligning an imported image to the map or imagery already in a depiction file Geocode The process of converting an address or landmark name city or state into latitude longitude coordinates that Depiction can locate place on the map Requires an internet connection GML Geography Markup Language An XML file with a geography component Used to share GIS data with other applications GML files are best suited to export import and share line and polygon data GPX Data file of latitude longitude data created by GPS devices used to export raw GPS receiver logs Can be imported into Depiction Hover text The text displayed when the mouse pointer is over an element Hyperlink Alpha numeric string that refers
29. behavior that may impact other elements for example buildings and persons that are within the zone of influence of the flood When the zones of influence of elements overlap the properties and or behaviors of the affected elements may change For example when a flood covers an area containing a set of buildings the buildings become inactive shown by a red X over the element icon Reducing the zone of influence of a flood so that it no longer overlaps the building restores the building to active status the red X goes away Each interaction consists of a cause element a set of affected elements and an action to perform on the affected elements In the flood example e The flood is the cause element Affected elements include buildings and shelters D Section 1 Introduction Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 The action is to set the Active property of the affected elements to false if the flood overlaps the affected element Buildings and shelters that do not overlap the flood are not affected Interactions are bundled with elements so that when you add an element to your depiction it comes with a set of pre defined ways that it interacts with other elements Depiction also allows the user to create new interactions or modify or delete existing interactions See Section 7 2 for more on Interactions and how to use them effectively in Depiction 1 3 What s New in version 1 4 1 4 1 1 4 2 Major Enhanceme
30. do not hesitate to write to us with your feedback and suggestions at info depiction com We look forward to hearing your voice and acting on what we hear Your opinion shapes our website product features and just about everything we do We have added a new section to the end of the manual in Appendix B that we are calling GIS 101 If you have never worked with Geographic Information Systems GIS before would encourage you to read it first as it may help you better understand mapping and GIS terminology and concepts Thank you for being a part of the Depiction story Mike Geertsen Chairman of the Board and Founder Section 1 Introduction 4 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 1 2 Overview of Some Important Concepts in Depiction Before you get started using Depiction it may help to have a better understanding of some of the concepts and terminology in the software First off in this manual and elsewhere a file created in Depiction is referred to as a depiction Elements Everything in a depiction is referred to as an element Elements generally represent things in the real world such as a person a shelter a satellite image a road network or elevation data Elements are placed depicted on your background display Elements can be a point line polygon or may consist of a system of lines or shapes that span the entire depiction for example an OpenStreetMap road network Each element has an associated set
31. each update Depiction reads every email in the account and either creates or updates one element for each new email If you no longer want Depiction to read a particular email use your email system to move delete those emails from the inbox TI Section 10 Advanced Topics Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 10 1 11 Emailing an element from within a depiction Depiction also can send emails that communicate the element information from one depiction to another one element at a time in a format that Depiction s Live reports feature can interpret There are two ways to send an element The first way is to open Manage Content and select the element s you wish to send Then click the Send button This will bring up the Send email report form Send 1 email report Certain fields are always required e To one or more email addresses use commas to separate addresses such as Live report mycompany com Account Name This is the email account you are going to send from Previously used accounts will be accessible here From a legitimate email address such as me mycompany com Outgoing email server the name of your email server such as mail mycompany com ask your system administrator and see the list below for common webmail providers Email Tags The tag you want to add to your email Port Number change only if your email provider uses a non standard port to send messages To Account name From Ou
32. format e Elimination of the sample files While this may not seem like an enhancement these files added about 20mb to the download size of the program By eliminating them and some other streamlining the new download size will be reduced from the current 60mb to around 25mb The samples are available on the website for download at any time and can be copied into the samples folder and so can still be available from within the program e Most GEOTIFFs can now be imported into Depiction e Re introduction of the free 30 day trial Now prospective customers can download and use the full capabilities of Depiction for 30 days before they decide to buy it or not Enhancements in 1 4 1 Build 12242 Section 1 Introduction 6 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 e Background tiling sources are now displayed when mousing over the tiler UI e The filter on manage and display content now takes regular expressions Regular expressions allow you to do operations such as OR For example the string Apple would match all elements containing Apple in the hovertext The OR operator is and as such the string ApplelOrange would match all elements containing either Apple or Orange in their hovertext This symbol is found above the key just below the backspace key e When geo coding from a csv file if an element that is created with seperate address fields does not have an exact coordinate it is displayed with a red border e Add
33. in section 10 2 The following elements appear in the Add content menu Administrative Boundary Fire station Amateur radio site Antenna Apartment Multi family unit Hospital 4 Incident command post Line user drawn Line of sight Change elevation height Medical facility Circle M Mobile home Elevation data People 4 Emergency operations center OQ Person Explosion Plume Fire perimeter Point of interest 5 Fire report 9 Police station Billimage2 has been added in version 1 4 EM Piaceofworship has been added in 1 4 2 Section 4 Add Menu Police station Police unit Power line down Power outage report Rectangle Red Cross ERV Road barrier Road network Route road network g Route user drawn Runoff School Sensor Shape user drawn Shelter Single family dwelling Skilled person Special needs person Staging area Surveillance camera Truck Utility crew Water barrier Water body Water line break report Water over roadway gt Weather forecast NOAA 24 hour 30 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Section 5 Manage Content All the elements in your Depiction are listed under the Manage Content elements tab Manage Content functions somewhat like a database manager allowing you to manipulate the elements in your depiction in a variety of ways 5 1 Manage File 7 Display W Tools W Help V Menu Manage Click Manage in t
34. or edit existing Depiction Inc information for the selected APRS data Element retrieved from an open APRS source name source Cancel Apply Data is downloaded from the openaprs net website Section 11A APRS Add on Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 11A 2 Installing the APRS Add on APRS is an add on that you can purchase separately After you download the add on the APRS installer icon appears on your computer Double click the APSRInstaller msi icon The Open File Security Warning appears This message warns you about the risk of installing files that may potentially harm your Mame C Users prabita Desktop APRSInstaller msi computer You have to options Publisher Depiction Inc If you are aware and trust the publisher Type Windows Installer Package and know what the file is meant for click the Run bution to start the installation process Cancel If you are unaware and do not trust the publisher and do not know what the file is e ee ee ee visti cti PN meant for click the Cancel button to cancel ENS LEE the installation process Depiction Inc APRS Add eax In this instance click the Run button The Welcome to the Depiction Inc APRS Add on Setup Wizard dialog open This wizard A ea a a aa guides you through the installation process e Click the Next button to continue the installation process Always ask before opening this file Setup W
35. software in particular Microsoft Excel and other which lets it interface easily with many spreadsheet and database programs can produce data rer pregame L can elo nen in this format which is used for much more than GIS ncm data CSV is a relatively simple format columns are Wizard See Geocoding above for separated by commas and rows are separated by line more information breaks It typically only stores point data each row has geographic coordinates stored in one or two columns that associate the rest of the data with that location Depiction takes much of the complexity out of bringing in data There are various ways to bring in vector data from a from databases Quickstart data is publicly database One of the most useful of these is the Web available information from databases Feature Service WFS which like GML is an OGC sue rele feror nietos onte nie standard Like GML or shapefiles it brings in shapes sia osten Hole lines and polygons as well as the attributes or Services portion of the Add menu properties associated with them A WFS can provide access to multiple layers of vector data 109 Appendix B GIS 101 Understanding Concepts and Terms Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Different mapping services and GIS programs bring in vector data from databases in different ways Often GIS experts must do their own custom programming in order to get specific data out of a database in specific wa
36. url You can zoom and pan the image or background and adjust the Transparency of the image using the sliding bar Geo align Image Un checking Preserve aspect ratio Transparency allows you to stretch the image in To rotate drag an orange circle or hold Shift key and drag the image rer any direction Once you have the To scale move over the image and use the gt i image aligned located where you mouse wheel or Page Up and Page Down keys want it click Finish Preserve aspect ratio Restore aspect ratio ae re align the image just double click on the image 25 Section 4 Add Menu Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Example 3 Add File 2Image2 m z With Version 1 4 a new way to add images that don t need to be geo aligned has been added Select the image using Add File and money bmp ire uni as an element type choose image2 E Crop to boundary Create or import by Depiction can add elements from the following file incident command post formats Line user drawn Elevation dem tiff gtiff bt F Line of sight adf hgt ESR Shapafile Medical facility Web service GML geography markup M Mobile home GPX file GPS devices People Spreadsheet CSV Image jpg tf gif png bmp Quickstart Close dialog after add In the image2 properties you will see some html type code in the label property In the
37. used for elevation Wikipedia has a thorough list of different kinds of GIS data formats GIS data can be stored either in a file or in a database Different GIS software programs can view import and or edit different data formats depending on their capabilities Files are usually stored on Like most online maps Depiction uses a version of the Mercator projection However Depiction users typically do not need to know this as the software will automatically convert GIS data into this projection assuming the original projection is known Occasionally GIS data will be made available without projection information in which case Depiction will attempt to import it anyway though it may not be accurate Tip To see the effects of the Mercator projection watch the scale as you move north to south it will change because of the way the three dimensional earth is being displayed in two dimensions Depiction can view 6 and edit many different kinds of data in many different formats focusing on data formats that are most common and most useful to non experts 107 Appendix B GIS 101 Understanding Concepts and Terms Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 a hard drive either on the same computer as the software program or on a drive accessible over a network Files can also be uploaded to some online GIS programs such as Geocommons Most online mapping programs and many desktop mapping programs pull info
38. you to a document or URL if internet is available e g http www depiction com A specification for how changes in one element affect a set of other Library A collection of elements and interactions available when building a Depiction Depiction comes with a set of standard elements and interactions You may add to them by saving an element or interaction to your library National Agriculture Imaging Program satellite imagery Available as a BED Quickstart dataset within Depiction requires internet access Pairing line The line that connects an element to its hovertext box Clicking on the CUTE paring ne wit aon you occas an eementomaton Point data Elements that are single points placed onto the depiction background Each point element has additional data that is the user can edit and define Polyline see Shapefile A shapefile containing of several separate lines shapefile Property An attribute field of an element and the value in the field Quickstart Public data made available by Depiction for a given depiction location Revealer A way to control where to display one or more elements or sets subsets of elements Shapefile A set of geographic data files containing information about distinct elements location data type content description Can contain point line and polygon data and descriptions Tag Property of an element used to associate it with a group Depiction assigns a tag to each element denoting its
39. 1B Preparedness Add on 96 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Recent Earthquakes Recent magnitude 1 or greater earthquakes from around the world recorded by the U S Geological Survey USGS using a variety of global data sources and partners Additional information http earthquake usgs gov eqcenter 11B 3 Installing Preparedness Add on p oteps to install the Preparedness Package are as follows DE Click Run as soon as the first dialogue box prompt appears top DEPICTION PreparednessAddoninstaller msi 9 Publisher Depiction Inc Type Windows Installer Package From C Users Swati Desktop DEPICTION Preparednes Run Cancel 7 Always ask before opening this file 1 While files from the can be useful this type can e potentially harm your computer Only run software from publishers you trust What s the risk Preparedness Add on Setup Wizard appears click Next Welcome to the Depiction Inc Preparedness Add on Setup Wizard eS P NOTICE Please install or upgrade to Depiction version 1 01m before installing this add on WARNING This computer pro ve uS rote copyright law and inte aties di 2 lion ot diete jogiam o of portion evere Civ inal penalties and val ry nuum mind pu im rn a Jj Depiction her Preparedness Kdd on amm Depiction Inc End User Li
40. 6 Display Content 46 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 6 3 Show Elements in Revealers Display Content 2Show in Revealer s Display Content 7 X Mew revealer Your revealers 4 4 Image MASA La Flood Hazard Map Imagery E Imagery Lan ES Imagery J 7 0 street Map Oper ES Imagery 1m x Street Map Open Food Hazard ok New Street Street Map Oper Flood Hazard Street Map Oper Food Hazard Delete revealer x Do you want to delete the revealer New Street Map OpenStreetMap from this depiction 47 With the Show in revealers tab selected the Your revealers pane lists the existing revealers Click on the revealer name in the Your revealers window to select a revealer The elements selected window will appear and list the elements displayed assigned to the selected revealer For example in the figure on the left the Street Map OpenStreetMap element is displayed in the Street Map OpenStreetMap revealer You can add more elements to the revealer by selecting more elements in the elements selected list show or hide an element click on the checkbox next to the element An x mark in the checkbox indicates that the element is shown A appears in a checkbox for a group of elements if not all the elements in the group are shown In the Your revealers box e Select the revea
41. ANTY IS THE ONLY WARRANTY MADE BY DEPICTION AND ITS AFFILIATES AND STATES THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF WARRANTY BY DEPICTION ITS AFFILIATES OR SUPPLIER EXCEPT FOR THE PRECEDING EXPRESS LIMITED WARRANTY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW DEPICTION ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS PROVIDE THE SOFTWARE WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EXPRESS IMPLIED STATUTORY OR IN ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT OR COMMUNICATION WITH YOU AND DEPICTION ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON INFRINGEMENT THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY MAY NOT BE VALID IN SOME STATES The provisions of this and the next section will survive the termination of this agreement howsoever caused but this will not imply or create any continued right to sue the Software after termination of this agreement m 65 Section 8 Help Menu Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Section 9 Additional Tools In addition to the main menu options Depiction has tools available on the left hand side of the screen the lower left hand corner and in the right click menu 9 1 Select Tool The Select tool just below the Main Menu enables the selection of elements visually Using the select tool will open the Manage content menu with all elements selected by the tool highlighted 9 1 1 Basic select tool use Click the Select button to activa
42. Background tiling is dynamically updated E when panning or zooming It is separate from the static imagery included in a depiction but comes from some of the same sources available from Quickstart For more information on any of these see their Quickstart entry Tiling sources include Tip When an image tile is shown in Depiction the tiles are saved in a cache These tiles will still be available when not connected to the Internet Street Map OpenStreetMap Street Map Mapquest Imagery NAIP Imagery NASA Landsat 7 Imagery Mapquest Imagery Seamles Urban Topographic Map USGS None A black background 9 4 3 Location information To the right of the navigation widget is the location information bar which will display the geographic coordinates for the current mouse cursor location The format for the output is determined in the Settings menu see section 7 2 If elevation data has been loaded the elevation of the current cursor location will also be displayed Section 9 Additional Tools 70 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 9 4 4 Scale Below the location information is a display of the map scale Note that this display is based on the scale at the location of the scale itself At larger zoom levels state and country level there will be significant differences between this and that at other parts of the map display 9 5 Right Click Menu Right clicking anywhere on the depiction backgroun
43. Do not change colors Remove colors Use a range of colors based on a property value thematic mapping Set properties Set tags Set hover text Export to file Delete all Send 0 Cancel Apply Properties for 22 elements showing values for Point of ir gt F Do not change colors Remove colors Use a range of colors based on a property value thematic mapping Property Additional notes Latitude 47 309246 Longitude 122 229597 Set tags Label Auburn Regional Medical Center Icon border colo FFFFCCCC Icon border shag Square Set properties Set hover text Icon path embeddedresource Depiction Hospital Icon size 24 4 C Manual range selection Start color Export to file Delete all Send OK Cancel Apply Tu ERE Properties for 22 elements showing values for Point of ir 8 Do not change colors Remove colors Use a range of colors based on a property value thematic mapping Property Additional notes Latitude Longitude Set tags Label Icon border colo FFFFCCCC Icon border shap Square Set properties 47 309246 122 229597 Auburn Regional Medical Center Set hover text Icon path embeddedresource Depiction Hospital EENN 4 m E Manual range selection Minimum 0 Start color m ETT Export to file Delete all Send Cancel Apply Maximum 100 39 Colorize To thematically map a group of shape elements by color variation or put a colored squ
44. E Marysville WA 911 7900050 3181124515 Everett WA on from a CSV file using a field called EID The next section ence discusses this and for more information see Section 10 2 1 Element Identifier Cancel Depiction s default conventions are that Position contains geographic coordinates and Location contains street address information Street City State and Zip Code for converting to geographic coordinates called geo coding The Wizard allows the user to select the specific columns to be used regardless of how they are named You should always confirm by checking the data records at the bottom of the Wizard that the information under the columns being used to locate the elements contains the appropriate information Checking the Only import elements within my depiction area box will crop the CSV file contents so that the only elements imported will be those within the depiction region When geo coding from a csv file if an element that is created with separate address fields does not have an exact coordinate it is displayed with a red border Tip If addresses include an apartment or PO Box make sure they are in a separate field from the address as otherwise it may not be converted properly Depiction will place elements with addresses it cannot locate in the center of the Zip code supplied If Depiction cannot geocode an entry at all it will be placed in the to be geo aligned tab in the Manage Menu Depiction
45. Export to file Delete all Send OK Cancel Apply 5 2 4 View Add or Delete Hover Text Manage Elements 2View Edit 2Set Hover Text IM Hospital Properties J Set hover text To view or change the hover Do not change element hover text Permanent hover text text or labels used by elements click Change element hover text to the following L Use label a A window appears listing all the properties of the selected element s Set tags L Type for or non profit Dipi not change element hover text radio Set properties Author button appears at the top of the window and X Street address uem ll ciy is selected by default mom To change the hover text select the Change Point of contact element hover text to the following radio Export to file Delete Send OK Cancel Apply butto n 37 Section 5 Manage Content Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 gt mart Var Depiction Inc Passenger vehicle lt br gt lt img src http www ndelust com wp content uploads smart car jpg gt br br a href httpy www smartusa com models electric drive overview aspx gt Smart Car webdsite lt a gt Smart Car es Smart Car website Do not change element hover text Permanent hover text Change element hover text to the following LI Use label _ Display property name Set properties Set tags N 1 4 0t e
46. Section 7 Tools Menu 50 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 elements that could cause an interaction between different elements Interaction Repository Viewer J Select the affected elements by checking the ae eer El censeas checkbox next to the listed element An x e Fluid flow disables elements mark appears the checkbox next to the Roadnetwork change modifies routes disables elements selected element Water barrier alters road network Pisani ptis The list provides a complete list of elements ne ee that could be affected by the interaction between different elements caused by another element e Click the Apply button to save the new Placing an explosion element disables all people type of elements beneath it interaction The newly created interaction appears at the bottom of the interaction list shown in the Select an interaction box Q Incident command post e User created interaction rules are shown in Bas black while the default interaction rules are shown red M Lines loaded Medical facility 7 4 2 Edit Interactions Tools gt Interactions gt Edit an Interaction e Select the interaction that you want to edit in the Select an interaction box The controls in the Details of selected Save changes interaction box are activated and function the You have unsaved changes in the New Elemen
47. Zone of Influence 201 Editing adding and deleting vertices Click and drag vertices or sides edges to edit element shape zone of influence Click and drag a single corner point A To add delete a vertex move mouse to and press Shift left click To end ZOI Edit mode click Done press Esc or Right Click the map moveable Corner point vertex becomes Done Undo Cancel blue when on mouse over Click and drag an edge or line segment A moveable edge or line segment turns green when the mouse is over it Hold down the Shift key and left click on a line to add a new corner point vertex The ability to add a corner point is shown by a pen mouse cursor Shift click on an existing vertex to delete it When the Shift key is down and the mouse is over a corner point the mouse cursor turns into a red X 69 Section 9 Additional Tools Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 9 4 Navigation Tools 9 4 1 Navigation Widget At the lower left corner is the Navigation Widget e Pressing the Up Down Left or Right arrows moves the canvas Indicates the North Direction of the depiction canvas e Zoom or out by clicking or Tip When zoomed in on a Revealer window clicking and dragging may move revealer instead of the canvas In these situations you may wish to use the widget 9 4 2 Background Tiling In the upper right hand corner is the background selection menu
48. aced halfway between the ends of the 800 block of Main Street while 825 Main Street would be placed one quarter of the way down it This is often not actually the case not all address systems are set up the same way and frequently street addresses are not where one would expect them to be based on their number And of course street addresses geocoded in this manner are shown as a point along a street whereas a building can take up a large amount of room and is not located directly on top of a street Addresses can be geocoded using Depiction either one a time using the Add by Location feature or from a spreadsheet in comma separated value format or CSV by using the Add by File feature Depiction uses a service provided by USC for most of its geocoding which means you must be online to geocode in this manner Tip After geocoding a set of addresses in Depiction you can export the new elements as a CSV This will include the coordinates of your locations which Depiction can read much faster and without the Internet in case you need to bring the data into Depiction again This is particularly helpful if you have manually adjusted any of the locations which is recommended Other problems can arise when addresses are ambiguous such as 850 W Main Street versus 850 Main Street or when they are newly established and have not been added to the geocoding database Additionally multiple towns may have the same street
49. and containing matching EIDs will update the matching element s properties with the revised data CSV Import Wizard If a CSV file has an EID field an additional Update by EID only radio button will appear the CSV Import Wizard above isses the Latitude Longitude radio button If a CSV contains no ann E position information use this option to update elements with new information Tip CSV is without using location information and a row EID Field 1 Field2 contains an EID with matching elements in the depiction then a Your file 1 ee boe new non geo aligned element will be created accessible only from the Elements to geo align section of the Manage Content menu Tip If updating just a few elements a large spreadsheet it is best to separate only the specific those rows and columns that have been updated into a new CSV Otherwise all information for elements from the spreadsheet will be overwritten this would include blank fields in the spreadsheet overwriting information included in the depiction 10 2 2 EID and Shapefiles To merge polygon elements from shapefiles and numerical data from spreadsheets such as the process to create thematic maps of Census or election data shapefile elements will need to be given an EID To do this Section 10 Advanced Topics 80 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Import the shapefile Save the e
50. are around the icon click Colorize and a Colorize element s window appears with four radio buttons Do not change colors is the default oelect the Remove colors radio button to remove any colored square or thematic mapping associated with the element or group of elements Select the Use a range radio button to enable thematic mapping when a group of elements is selected The properties common to the selected elements are displayed First select the property that you wish to base the colorization on It is best if this property contains positive integers For example Population Check the Manual range selection box and you Will be provided a window to enter the specific high and low values to be set as the start and end color If this box is not checked Depiction will use the lowest and highest values found among the elements for the highlighted property to determine the range Clicking the Start color and End color buttons opens the Select Color Attributes where the colors can be selected as described in 5 2 1 The Start color will be associated with the lowest value and the End color with the highest value Click Apply to activate the thematic mapping Section 5 Manage Content Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 5 3 Delete Elements Manage Elements Delete Manage Content delete an element e Select the element or group of elements that you want to delete in the Elements List by types tab in the
51. at 7 agery and National Land Cover Database are all available as Quickstart data in Depiction Vector data for Eg OpenStreetMap roads is 7447 also available and both This OpenStreetMap raster image of This National Land Cover Database uses the Landsat and Washington DC is generated from different colors to represent the type of OpenStreetMap raster imagery are available as tiling sources in addition to maps and imagery from the USGS and the National Agricultural Imagery Program Images like the NASA tsunami imagery can be easily geoaligned vector information in a database land beneath each pixel Appendix B GIS 101 Understanding Concepts and Terms 110 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 This NASA Landsat photograph of This NASA photograph of tsunami Washington DC is true color damage in Japan is false color to help show the water and land more distinctly Like vector data there are many ways of accessing raster data that may be stored in a database When zooming in and out between different levels this is often the best way to access raster data because different zoom levels use different images with different resolutions as described in Zooming and Out above Other times only one particular resolution is desired or available This is often the case with satellite images of specific events such as the tsunami image above or of raster data that specifically ties pixe
52. ated viewer is looking 6 feet is default Centerline direction sets the direction of the line of sight in degrees 0 being North 90 East 180 South and 270 West Field of view determines the breadth of the line of sight in degrees 30 is default Horizontal Sampling determines the speed versus precision of the line of sight The larger the number the faster the simulation Will finish but the lower the number the more precise the simulation will be 50 is default Click OK to close the box and run the simulation 10 3 5 Antenna Antenna elements indicate the line of sight coverage of a radio antenna They use the same simulation model as the Line of sight element but with different values set by default to represent an antenna 1 Maximum viewing distance is set as 2 miles 2 Height above ground level is set as 30 feet 3 Field of view is set as 360 the maximum 4 Horizontal Sampling is set to 250 oee section 10 3 4 for details on these properties 83 Section 10 Advanced Topics Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 10 3 6 Water Barrier and Change Elevation Height 4 wm O Icons for the Water barrier and Change elevation height Water barrier and Change elevation height both have the same behavior but with different icons and default values Each can be used to alter the elevation data of a depiction which also affects elements such as Flood that interact with the elevation To use one of
53. ation about each option L Flood Hazard Zones DFIRM FEMA Click open the Help window 6 Historical Hurricane Tracks NOAA 9 Imagery HRO Seamless l o Imagery MapQuest Select the data and then click OK Depiction dissi ml niic o downloads the selected data The Processing m eee an control shows the details of the data requests that Imagery USGS 1m are in the downloading process It will disappear Land Cover MRLC once the data loads Quickstart imagery and o Road Network OpenStreetMap elevation are loaded into Revealers Tip You should only load data you intend to use because too much data can impact performance You can always add additional Quickstart data later from the Add menu option Getting Started Getting Started d After you select your options from the Quickstart m cd E eee 9918 sources dialogue Click OK and a Getting rere Started Tip Box appears At the upper right corner of each Revealer are controls to hide the revealer and change its content shape transparency etc You can also click on the Display menu to manage and edit your Revealers You can opt to check the Do not show again Build and interact with your depiction Click on the Add menu to place elements in your depiction by option and click Close once you finish reading using mouse clicks typing in an address importing a spreadsheet or data file Ri
54. ay on the main menu bar Or List by types right click in your depiction and select the Display Content option from the popup menu The Display Content menu appears 4 52 Building B p Boiling 39 52499 5 e Display Content has two tabs B Q Building 39 52807 e Show always Enables you to select the B Q Building 39 52834 elements that you want to display on the B p Building 39 53076 background of your depiction B Q Building 39 52915 Show in revealer s Enables you to Display Content select elements to Building 39 52841 select the elements that you want to Building 39 52834 display in Revealers The List by dropdown menu lets you list elements by Type or by Tag or you can select Show all to list all elements alphabetically by name e The Display Content window is re sizeable Tip Depiction automatically assigns a tag to each element based on the source from which you imported the element 45 Section 6 Display Content Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 6 2 Show Elements on Background Display Content 2Show always Display Content With the Show always tab selected the default selection the elements selected window lists all the elements in your depiction Groups of elements can be expanded by clicking on the arrow to the left of the individual elements in that group Clicking the arrow again collapses the list e Display an element or group of elements by clicki
55. cense Agreement appears After a reading it click Next to continue read the licent emerit now If you accept the terme below cick 1 chek Cancef DEPICTION INC END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT NOTICE PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING LEGAL AGREEMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE LICENSE OF THE DEPICTION PREPAREDNESS ADD ON SOFTWARE BY DEPICTION INC DEPICTION BY CLICKING THE ACCEPT BUTTON INSTALLING COPYING OR USING THE SOFTWARE 7 Do Not Agee 9 1 Agee Select Installation Folder dialogue prompt appears click Next or choose your destination folder and then click Next Select Installation Folder The installer wil install Depiction Inc Preparedness Add on to the followang folder To install in this folder click Next To instal to dillerent folder erter it below or click Browse Eolder C Program Files ND epiction Inc Depiction Browse Disk Cost install Depiction inc Preparedness Add on for yourself or for anyone who uses this computer 9 Eveyone Just me R Confirm Installation dialogue box appears click Next Confirm Installation The installer is ready to install Depiction Inc Preparedness Add on on your computer Click Next to start the installation Cancel lt Back 4 97 Section 11B Preparedness Add on Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 J Depiction Inc Prep Installation Complete d
56. cetetstscetstsceneness 97 11B 4 PREPAREDNESS ADD ON IN DEPICTION ccccecececececececececececccecacecacecacececacececscscetstsceneness 98 APPENDIX A DEPICTION GLOSSARY 100 APPENDIX GIS 101 UNDERSTANDING CONCEPTS AND TERMS 103 WHAT IS 103 LATITUDE AND EONGRTODE irtera arn psi 104 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE FORMATS hehe heme metre ee re inserere re rere 104 Cizesebcem 105 GEO ALIGNING amp 106 V e e eal Ei BENE 106 PROJECTION coerce E E 107 Oo WERE 107 VEGTOR DATA E 108 RASTER DATA AND IMAGES cccccceeccecceececcecceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeueneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneaeenensenneneeeees 110 ELEVATION GRID ee E i E 111 CONCLUSION m S 112 Gio TOT BIBEIOOBAPRH Y srren einder PINE ENIM EPIRI MEN EU NISI IIIS 113 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 S
57. cetscstecsesesusneness 16 3 3 OPENING AN EXISTING DEPICTION 2cccccecececcccccccccccccccacacacacaccacaeaeacetatetecscecscececscscscecenecs 16 3 4 SAVING A DEPICTION ccceccccececcceccccacecccceccccaceceaceceneaueneaceteneaueneaueneaeaueneasentacsneceaueneaneneas 17 3 5 VIEWING ENTERING OR CHANGING FILE INFORMATION 17 3 6 PRINTING A DEPICTION 2cccecececececececececececccecececuaeauauacauauautataeaeaeataeaeatetscutetststecscstsusceness 18 3 7 CLOSING DEPICTION AND EXITING ccccccccceccccccccccccccccccacacacaccceacacataceeetecececetscscecscstensneness 19 SECTION 4 ADD 2 D dcus es 20 4 1 ADD MENU 20 4 2 ADDING ELEMENTS 20 4 3 DEFAULT ELEMENTS 30 SECTION 5 MANAGE
58. d A Copy location to clipboard offers several options Additionally right clicking on Center on region center specific elements also offers options Hide quick add Add annotation 9 5 1 Basic right click options Get high res image from gt e Copy location to clipboard the geographic coordinates of the current location under the cursor arrow will be copied to the clipboard and can then be retrieved by the paste command or ctrl V The output of the location will be determined in the Settings menu see section 7 2 e Center on region center Clicking on this option will change your view so that the center of your selected depiction region will be brought to the center of the screen e Hide QuickAdd Hides the QuickAdd toolbar e Add Annotation Adds an annotation see section 9 2 1 for details e Get high res imagery Downloads a high resolution imagery tile as a single geo aligned image element from one of the data sources listed centered on the mouse location see right 9 5 1 Element specific right click options uszy Draggable Uncheck this option to prevent the element from being dragged Geo locate element opens the geo ain locating Point of interest geo locating Get high res image from dialog box Pe To move m Place from location the element Pixcebymouse Cancel Copy location to clipboard Center on region center Hide quick add Draggable Geo locate element enter a landmark a street addres
59. d from file New definition n E S n ct D Bd B Bd Dx Dd BS Be D D o mo 17 Bj Bj Bd Bd Dd Dd D Dy y m Author Description School Type School District Street address Email address Bg Bg bd Bg Bg Pd Bg By By By o o o o o o o e o o Total number students e K xi K Total number o faculty staff Number of floors NumberOfFloors Structure height Height Total size FloorSpace Additional notes Notes Allow dragging o oo000 0 B O fF Bg By A L Bg Bg Bg A L Bg Bj Bg PlaceableWithMous e Icon path wh Depiction School Definition Description This is the description that will appear in the add content list of elements This must be different than any definition currently in your library Definition Type This is the unique identifier that Depiction will use in order to distinguish your custom element from any other custom elements with the same name For example if you were creating a University element use something like yourname university to distinguish it from a University element created by someone else This must be different than any definition currently in your library Load from File Use this option to load an element definition from a saved file Depiction elements are saved with the extension dml New Definition Create a new generic definition by choosing this option to load the properties with the minimum information need
60. d network Send Delete Manage Content List by tyoes 4 1 Image Ni Seattle Center Man jng Section 5 Manage Content Export to file You can list the elements by types by tags or individually using the Show all choice in the drop down menu Manage Content has the following options on the elements tab Geo align Relocate the selected element This button is only functional when only one element is selected View Edit Opens the Properties box for the selected elements Export to File Export the selected element s to a Geography Markup Language GML file or to a to a comma separated value CSV file Send Send selected elements as email Delete Delete the selected elements Bring to center Center the display on the element selected This button is only functional when one element is selected Hide Clicking this button will hide any of the selected elements on the display the same function as un checking an element or group in Display Content Show Shows any selected elements that were hidden Close Exit Manage Content dialog The following options are available on the elements to geo align tab Geo align use to align images to your depiction background geo locate a point element by address or mouse View Edit use to see and change properties imported 32 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 e Delete Remove the selected element s from the depiction 5 2 View a
61. dated will pulsate to show that it has been updated with a Live report If Depiction does not find a matching element it will create a new element for that email For example the following email will create a vehicle at 400 Pine Street Seattle WA Section 10 Advanced Topics 76 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 From John Doe To myaccount email com Subject Vehicle Delivery van 400 Pine Street Seattle WA EID John Doe s truck To update the name and location of this element you could send the following email to the same Live report email address From John Doe To myaccount email com Subject Disabled truck 800 1st Ave Seattle WA EID John Doe s truck This will move the vehicle element to the location of 800 1st Ave Seattle WA and change the name from Delivery van to Disabled truck You also can move an element by specifying the new location via Latitude and Longitude properties in the email s body such as From John Doe To myaccount email com Subject Disabled truck EID John Doe s truck Latitude 47 6034 Longitude 122 3352 Tip You can change any element property using Live reports but not an element s type Note Be sure to use the decimal format for lat long as others can cause errors in Live Reports 10 1 10 How Live Reports Works Once started Depiction reads every email from this email account Depiction checks for new emails based on the specified refresh rate At
62. der Multiple shapefiles with different names can be located in the same folder 10 4 4 GPX GPS eXchange GPX or GPS eXchange Format is an XML schema designed as a common GPS data format for software applications It can be used to describe waypoints tracks and routes The format is open and can be used without the need to pay license fees Its tags store location elevation and time and can in this way be used to interchange data between GPS devices and software packages Such computer programs allow you for example to view your track project your track on satellite images in Google Earth annotate maps and tag photographs with the geolocation in the Exif metadata Section 10 Advanced Topics 88 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 10 4 5 GML Geography Markup Language The Geography Markup Language GML is the XML grammar defined by the Open Geospatial Consortium OGC to express geographical features GML serves as a modeling language for geographic systems as well as an open interchange format for geographic transactions on the Internet Note that the concept of feature in GML is a very general one and includes not only conventional vector or discrete objects but also see also GMLJP2 and sensor data The ability to integrate all forms of geographic information is key to the utility of 10 4 6 Image jpg tif gif png bmp 89 These are different common formats for image files
63. dited file as CSV Import the CSV file Lu E ola When the Properties box appears click Export to save those elements as a CSV Click Delete to remove those elements from your depiction Open the CSV file in a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel Hename an existing column that has unique values in it to EID This will add the same elements as before but with an EID property Next import another CSV file that has data associated with those shapes making sure that there is an EID field in the CSV file that matches those that are already in your depiction 10 3 Elements with Behaviors 10 3 1 Common Behavior of Elements with Behavior Water barrier Properties Definition Type Depiction Plugin WaterBarrier Actions Property Value Name Water barrier Author Depiction Inc Description Redirect or block a flood by placing Set tags this adjustable barrier To change the shape from a basic rectangle right click after placing and choose Edit Shape to move add vertices Shift click with the mouse to add vertices Give it a negative number to create a canal Cancel 81 When an element with a behavior is added most open their Properties box which includes the properties that help determine the element s zone of influence i e width radius height above ground etc Changing the default values for properties will change the shape of the element Click OK or Apply to create the element Click
64. drawing of a line using the same process as Shape user drawn To add elements to the QuickAdd Toolbar open Add content with create or import by mouse selected highlight the element you wish to add and hold down the Shift key while left clicking Section 9 Additional Tools 68 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 the mouse Ifthe element type is one of those that cannot be added by mouse the element icon will be grayed out in the as this element list To remove an element type from the QuickAdd Toolbar hold down the Shift key while left clicking the element icon in the toolbar Note that the annotation button cannot be removed from the QuickAdd Toolbar 9 3 Zones of Influence Some elements including both drawing tools above and the simulation elements described in section 10 3 have a zone of influence that can be changed manually If a line or shape border increases in size on mouse over this indicates that the shape can be edited The Editable 20 property described above can be checked or unchecked in the properties box to turn this capability on and oft To start editing the shape left click directly on the line or border or shift click anywhere in the 201 When ZOI is in edit mode the ZOIl s lines become thick and red and the vertices become gray circles In addition a dialog box will appear that gives instructions on how to edit the shape and exit edit mode The shape may now be edited by moving
65. e The definition being edited will still be available the next time the Editor is opened Export To export a copy of your element definition to a dml file click Export ORRY To make changes to properties permanent click Apply To save your element to the element library and start a new element click Save amp New To save your existing element to the element library and close the Element Definition Editor click Save amp Close Tip Saved elements will be found in the Add Content menu under User Definitions Section 7 Tools Menu 56 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 7 4 Interactions Tools gt Interactions Tip Depiction comes with several built in interactions You only need to access this menu if you wish to change existing interactions or if you wish to create new ones Interaction Repository Viewer x Select an interaction B Interaction Disabled Ge Calculate flood when elevation data changes Calculate line of sight arc when elevation data changes Calculate runoff when elevation data changes Change elevation height element changes elevation data Oe Explosion alters road network O Explosion disables all people type elements O Fire perimeter disables elements Enable All Disable All Interaction Repository Viewer Select an interaction B Interaction Disabled e Change elevation height element changes elevation data O9 Explosion alters road network Explosion disables all
66. e Properties window appears after all elements from dd the file have been imported and displays all of the properties that are common to all the elements just imported Any modifications made in the Properties window will apply to ALL imported elements When Depiction imports a file of data spreadsheet shapefile etc it will automatically create new Properties with names corresponding to any column headers labels not already existing for the element type imported See Section 5 2 1 for a detailed discussion of the Properties window Depiction allows any map drawing or picture to be added as an image element To add an image file to your depiction select Add click File then browse to your image file location and click Add Tip f you aad a map or aerial image then you can geo align it If you add a photograph or document you can place it anywhere convenient on your canvas Section 4 Add Menu 24 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Manage Content z When Depiction is finished loading the file you will get an Alert prompt to Geo align content using Manage Content In the Manage menu click the element to geo align tab Select list by types Select El Image and click eo align TEE Geo align X 1 Image Delete Your image appears on the display with active handles on the sides The handles allow you to rotate and adjust the size and shape of the image so you can geo align it with the background aay
67. e Requirements Depiction is designed to run on very basic computers Any laptop or desktop built over the last five years running Windows XP Vista or Windows 7 can run Depiction Depiction will only work on a Macintosh if you are running Windows via Boot Camp or a virtual machine program The minimum system requirements are e Microsoft Windows 7 Windows Vista or Windows XP with Service Pack 2 SP2 e 400 MHz Pentium Processor 1 GHz recommended 512 MB RAM or 1 GB when running on Vista 2 GB recommended e 90 MB hard drive space plus possible additional space for NET frameworks if not previously installed e Minimum display setting of 800x600 16 bit high color 1024x768 and 32 bit true color recommended However as with any program more memory and a faster processor will provide better performance 2 3 Exploring the Depiction Environment To start the Depiction application e Click the Depiction icon on your Desktop or e Click the start menu icon at the lower left corner of the Desktop Point to All Programs find the Depiction Inc folder and click on the Depiction icon eR Welcome Screen choose from the six options on the screen New Depiction Allows you to start a new depiction file Open Depiction Allows you to open a previously saved depiction file open depiction Help Opens the Help menu with options including help file tutorials ara your license serial number and information about Depiction ETC S
68. e cause element overlaps the zone of influence of one of its affected elements For example a Flood the cause element disables a Building an affected element 7 4 1 Creating a New Interaction Tools gt Interactions gt Copy Interaction Interaction Repository Viewer X Select an interaction L1 Interaction Disabled Oe Fluid flow disables elements Road barrier alters road network Roadnetwork change modifies routes S Runoff disables elements Water barrier alters road network O Water barrier changes elevation Water over roadway alters road network New Element Example Placing an explosion element disables all people type of elements beneath it 0m Image Incident command post x Infected person Line user drawn Line of sight Lines loaded Medical facility Select an interaction from the Select an interaction box that most closely resembles the interaction you d like to create between different elements Click the Copy interaction button A copy of the selected interaction is added to the bottom of the list of interactions The controls in the Details of selected interaction box are activated Enter the name author and description of the interaction rule Select the Cause element for the newly created interaction e Click the arrow button to open the dropdown list e Select one element from the dropdown list The list provides a complete list of
69. e elements in your depiction using the mouse e Select Add on the main bar again and add a flood element placing it somewhere in the body of water adjacent to downtown Elliot Bay e When the Element Information box appears enter a height above ground value of 10 feet or so and click Apply Depiction now computes the extent of the flood Where the flood covers an area containing a set of buildings the buildings become inactive depicted with a red e Inthis example two different interaction rules are used Calculate flood when elevation data changes is the rule that causes the flood element to interact with the elevation element Then Flood disables elements determines which elements become disabled when they overlap with the flood 61 Section 7 Tools Menu Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 7 5 Update Tools gt Update Update Depiction E download and install the latest update s of Depiction click Update and the Update Depiction message appears Click the Run update program bution to search for and install any ie available updates Or click the Cancel button to close the message Continue update Starting an update will exit Depiction Continue The Continue update message appears Click Yes to proceed or No to stay in Depiction If you click yes Depiction closes after offering to save your E Welcome JP M D Welcome to the Depiction updater current
70. e following folder To install in this folder click Next To install to a different folder enter it below or click Browse Folder C Program FilessDepiction Inc Depiction Browse Disk Cost Install Depiction Inc APRS Add on for yourself or for anyone who uses this computer Everyone Just me Cancel lt Back 93 Section 11 APRS Add on Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Depiction APRS When you click the Next button the Select Confirm Installation Installation Folder dialog the Confirm Installation dialog appears MU MEM Click Next to continue the installation Cancel lt Back IIDTEUED The Installing Depiction Inc APRS Add Installing Depiction Inc APRS Add on on dialog appears It displays the progress of the installation process When the process is completed the Next button Please wai is enabled Click the next button Depiction Inc APRS Add on is being installed Cancel Depiction Inc APRS Add o The Depiction Inc APRS Add on Depiction Inc APRS Add on Information Information dialog appears It details the APRS add on utility and what you can do with The next time you launch Depiction you will It see APRS Stations OpenAPRS as a Quickstart data source and be able to add APRS Station elements from the Add Content con
71. e or import by Add Quickstart Add Content X The list of Quickstart data sources available pp apie ee Ponds for your current depiction area is always tlevation NED 30m accessible via Add Quickstart Just check i Flood Hazard Map SFHA FEMA Mouse Select which data Flood Hazard Zones FEMA cca ta LIB imagery NAI sem the data sources desired x and click Add depiction mage MC AG inser 988997 Note that an Internet connection is required 9 Land Cover MRLC Road Network OpenStreetMap to retrieve the available Quickstart list and 9 Shaded Relief USGS State amp Provi Boundaries Natural Earth T E pa aa UEM to add Quickstart data 9 Topographic USGS US Congressional Districts US Census Location File Internet connection ec Live reports Web service e water Bodies US Census The information button gives Weather Current Doppler Radar NOAA Weather Forecast 24 hour NOAA information about each data source option O O 2910 EJ Close dialog after add 29 Section 4 Add Menu Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 4 3 Default Elements By default Depiction includes 60 elements Each element has a unique name and properties Twelve of these elements have some form of simulation behavior and are described in more detail
72. ececcacccuccuencucucacucececececececececeteuececececececececececeaeauauaeauaeass 70 TIGHEISCHCKTIVIEND 71 SECTION 10 ADVANCED 72 10 1 LIVE REPORTS ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccecuauacaeaeauauaeuaeatataeataeaeataeataeaeaeataeatstsestststscecstssensness 72 10 2 EID ELEMENT IDENTIFIER HOW IT WORKS ccecececececececececececucucacacececacecetetersteneneners 79 10 3 ELEMENTS WITH BEHAVIORS 81 10 4 FILE TYPES THAT CAN BE IMPORTED INTO DEPICTION ennemi eene 87 SECTION 11A APHS 90 11A 1 USING THE APRS ADD ON ccccccccececcececccccccccceccccceneaceneaeeneneateneaceneaesteneaueneateneneanes 90 11A 2 INSTALLING THE APRS ADD ON cccccccececccceccccaceccaceccceaceceaceteeaceneaceneueateeaneneaeeneeanes 92 SECTION 11B PREPAREDNESS ADD ON 96 11B 1 USING THE PREPAREDNESS ADD ON ccececececececececececaccececacecececececacecececscscecetstsceceners 96 11B 2 PREPAREDNESS QUICKSTART DATA SOURCES ccececececececececccecececucucecececaveretenetstsnenenens 96 11B 3 INSTALLING PREPAREDNESS ADD ON cccececececececececececcececccececucecscaceca
73. ection 1 Introduction 1 1 A Letter from the Chairman and Founder Thank you for purchasing Depiction more than mapping software Our goal is to provide you with the visualization and simulation tools that were earlier available only to those with expertise and money Depiction is a new experience that combines simulation mapping and collaboration We work hard to make it easy for you to jump right in to create and explore scenarios important to you From the design of the menus to this manual you are reading we want to make the Depiction experience easy for you Depiction can be used to geospatially present a variety of data This can be free data from the Internet or your own data from spreadsheets or maps and images Depiction can be used to provide improved situational awareness and understanding of what if possibilities to present a common operating picture to plan hypothetical scenarios to display locations of people and other assets to present demographic data and many other uses that are waiting to be discovered We know that Depiction is just a tool a means to your ends And just like a good hammer that unconsciously becomes an extension of a carpenter s arm it is our hope that Depiction is a tool that disappears in the hands of its users as they craft and share stories important to their community We welcome your feedback on this manual and on topics you think we need to expand upon or explain better Please
74. ed 3 1 File Menu Add Manage Display Tools Help 7 Main Menu Bar gt File Menu File The File dropdown menu has the following options e New Create a new depiction M e Open Open a previously saved depiction e Save Save a depiction that you have created or save the changes that you have made to an existing depiction Note all of the data your depiction will be saved to your hard disk including data downloaded from the internet e Save as Save a depiction with a different file name e File information View and edit information about the current Print depiction file such as title author and description e Print Print the current Depiction display To welcome screen Go back to the Welcome screen e Exit Exit from and close the Depiction application Open Save as File information To welcome screen Exit 3 2 Creating a New Depiction File New See section 2 4 1 3 3 Opening an Existing Depiction File Open Save depiction Select the Open option from the File menu If a Would you like to save the current depiction before starting the new one depiction is open the Save depiction message appears Select one of the following options e Yes To save the depiction that is currently open See section 3 4 below e To open new depiction without saving the current depiction e Cancel To cancel the action and continue working Cancel
75. ed for a new element Section 7 Tools Menu DA Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Element Definition Editor Definition Description Definition Type New Definition Actians o o eo o o o o o o o o o o Property Name Mame Active status Icon border color Icon border shape Icon path Icon size OI shape type Placeable by mouse ZOI fill color ZOI border color Draggable Display icon Position New Definition Value UnknownType Depiction Default Medium Paint NaN NaN Deletable Visible to user Editable Havertext J Epp EP u db u L Uo pj by Bd bd bd g LI bI BJ EE LJ LE Bj Property ID DisplayName Active IconBorderColor IconBorderShape IcanPath Z IShapeType PlaceableWithMause ZOIFill OlBorder Draggable Showlcon Pasitian Load from file New definition Property Type String Boolean Color DepictionlconBorderShape DepictionlconPath Double 5 Boolean Color Color Boolean Boolean LatitudeLongitude BS Element Definition Editor Properties List The following describes the columns available in the dialog Export Apply Actions Click to delete a property Click amp to undo a deletion Click to undo any other change to a property Property Name This is the unique name that you are giving to a property Value
76. ed the option to hide the world outline in the setting dialog Enhancements in 1 4 2 Build 12422 e Emails sent from Live Reports can now be sent with a tag This allows the Live Report reader to filter emails and only select those that are relevant to the Live Report session The format is DT tagl tag2 tag3 and this has to be at the end of the subject line If you send an element via Depiction the tag is automatically created in the outgoing email The Fwd is now parsed out of Live Report emails can now be used by Live Reports as a position property e Interaction dialog can now disable enable all available interactions e Addition of the Place of Worship element and icon Bug fixes in 1 4 e Fix for Non English language Installations We have had some problems getting Depiction to install correctly on Non English language systems We are hoping this fix will resolve this issue for them e Numerous minor bugs have also been fixed Bug fixes in 1 4 1 e Multiple fixes for send live report e Fix for crash when zooming way out e Fixfor printing the map without menus e Auto detect element is now the default selected item in Add Content dialog e Route waypoints on the same location no longer causes strange route behavior e Selecting geo locate element from the right click context menu is back e Antenna and Line of Sight elements should now work properly 7 Section 1 Introduction Depiction Us
77. em that captures experts running the program and stores analyzes manages and presents information providing the services to the with reference to a location For example when you organization Depiction is not one of search for nearby restaurants using an online map these tools and does not have all of the same capabilities It is a great to system like Google Maps Mapquest or Bing Maps you ill b iwi t locati h make use of the information generated WI e presente M many restaurant loca ons eac by these systems and to rapidly do of which is associated with data about that location the e of the restaurant the phone number what type food it serves user reviews and more You are using a GlS in this case one that someone else has built and linked with data More powerful tools enable GIS users to do far more complicated tasks simulate floods map earthquake intensity manage disaster response analyze population trends search for natural resources fight wars and more 103 Appendix B GIS 101 Understanding Concepts and Terms Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 A GIS is accessed using GIS software this can be web based software like the websites mentioned above or desktop software like Depiction or Microsoft Map Point Some software simply lets you view data that others have put together like Google Maps or the Depiction Reader Others like Depiction or ArcGIS let yo
78. en or Tools menu o Separated measurement system and scale o Added Overwrite existing cache with new check box Added method to view the default home directory for the user e UTM coordinate format is now available via the Settings dialog on the Welcome screen or Tools menu Section 1 Introduction g Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Interactions Menu has a new look and name Interactions Repository Viewer Geo align image if the user needs to correct the alignment of an image simply double click the image to go back to the geo align image mode Enhanced hovertext allows for the inclusion of HTML in hovertext including image links lt img gt and URLs Element property names can now be hidden in hovertext when multiple properties are shown Live Reports refresh rate setting in the add content menu and on the live feed Select tool allows the user to select multiple elements on the background to manipulate in the Manage Content menu Hide and Show buttons on the Manage Content menu allow the user to show or hide selected elements on the depiction background Element Creation a new Element Definition Editor for creating custom elements on the Tools menu Copy current location right click and select this option to copy the position of the mouse pointer into the clipboard Performance enhancements in loading and saving depiction files and shapefiles 1 3 1 EID update choice is now in CSV import wizard 1 3 1 CSV import
79. er Manual Version 1 4 3 Bug fixes in 1 4 2 e Live report emails are now processed in the order in which they are received by the source email address e Live reports sessions now only update elements from emails that have not been processed e Depiction no longer becomes minimized after user closes the element icon change dialog e Depiction handles stored save locations that no longer exist such as flash drives with more grace e The degree symbol is now exported correctly to a CSV file e Other misc fixes Improvements in 1 3 e Element Information is now Element Properties with many changes and enhancements e Most menus are now independent windows allowing the user to drag them to a second monitor e Cancel button on Region selector tools returns the user to the Location screen e Region boundary has a new look to be more visible against any background e Scale is now shown below the Position e Re sizeable menus user can size most menus vertically and horizontally with the mouse e Drawing tools Line Circle Polygon Rectangle elements e Route road network amp user drawn element click to designate start waypoints and end points e User can now designate the shape of an icon border circle triangle or square in the Element Properties box e Add Content menu grays out elements that cannot be added by a particular method mouse file live reports web service e Changes to the Settings dialog via the Welcome scre
80. er requires it it usually does ask your system administrator 43 Section 5 Manage Content Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Section 5 Manage Content User name Enter the user name for use during authentication Password Enter the password for use during authentication e Click the Send as email button to send the email s You can also send elements as email from the Properties box e Click the Send button The Send as email box appears Follow the process described above If you have changed properties in the element you are sending click the Apply button before clicking Send 44 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Section 6 Display Content The presentation aspect of a depiction the display is perhaps the most important feature of the software Depiction allows multiple data elements of varying formats to be displayed in an integrated yet uncluttered way Depiction can display elements across the entire depiction area or selectively using Revealer technology Revealers are rectangular or circular windows of any size that reveal selected elements Depiction allows an unlimited number of revealers and an unlimited number of elements in each revealer Open Display Content by clicking on Display on the main menu bar 6 1 Display Content File w Add Manage Tools Help Main Menu Display The Depiction display is controlled using Display Content e Select Displ
81. es This can be true whether using aerial imagery street maps topographic maps or some combination Google describes their zoom level system this way Maps on Google Maps have an integer zoom level which defines the resolution of the current view Zoom levels between 0 the lowest zoom level in which the entire world can be seen on one map to 21 down to individual buildings are possible within the default roadmap maps view Google Maps sets zoom level 0 to encompass the entire earth Each succeeding zoom level doubles the precision in both horizontal and vertical dimensions Appendix B GIS 101 Understanding Concepts and Terms Geo aligning an image in 9 1 Depiction is fairly easy and can be done rapidly depending on how accurate you are looking to be Add an image file from the Add menu and then find the image to be geoaligned in the Manage Content menu Clicking geo align will let you stretch scale and rotate your image to align it to your background and to change the transparency so you can easily compare them Depiction s background sources also have various zoom levels If you are connected to the Internet and zoom in enough you will see new tiles come in and give you a higher resolution However the Quickstart data sources you are presented with when creating a new depiction including OpenStreetMap NAIP aerial photography topographic maps and others do not work this way If you choose one o
82. ether the background will hold to the mouse or the center of the window as you zoom in with the mouse wheel Page Up Page Down keys or navigation widget in the lower left corner of the Screen Overwrite existing cache with new Check this option if you know there is new data for a background source like OpenStreetMap Display world outline allows you to turn off the display of country outlines Turning off will improve overall performance 52 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Advanced settings include e User home directory This is the folder Depiction stores cache files background Information imagery tiles and other data User User home directory contains tile cache and custom elements element definitions icons interaction CAUsers George AppData Local Depiction_13 rules and error logs Copy it and paste it Internet access into Windows Explorer to access this iE M Nelli UL information Location shown is on a dioe fiai NENNEN Windows 7 computer it will be different See section 9 4 2 for tiling info an Proxy User Name Proxy Password These settings will be left blank for most users However some networks typically business or government require all traffic destined for the Internet to go through a proxy server Users can set their username and password used by the proxy server with these options to give Depiction access to the Internet Settings Proxy password 7 3 Element Creation
83. ettings Where you can choose the latitude longitude format samples measurement unit and proxy server settings on Tutorials Online videos demonstrate different Depiction tools ay Samples Provides you with a list of five sample depictions Exit Exits the Depiction program uet Section 2 Welcome Screen 10 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 2 4 1 New Depiction Welcome gt New Depiction After you choose New Depiction from the Welcome screen you can enter a geographic location in one of various formats City and state territory province etc Ex Seattle WA City and country Ex Paris France A zip code Ex 98004 A street address Ex 1600 Pennsylvania Ave Washington DC Latitude and Longitude Ex 47 55N 128 36E Famous Place Ex Eiffel Tower Disneyland Space Needle Once you enter the location information click go to location Note for this to work properly you need an Internet connection A map appears giving a street map view of the location you entered A yellow rectangular box appears on this map The boundaries define the region in which Depiction will bring in imagery and data and where your elements will interact You can change the dimensions of the boundaries to select your depiction area in the following ways Click and drag inside the box to move the boundaries Click and drag outside the box to move the background map Click and drag the edges or corners of the bo
84. f these sources Depiction will download an image at the zoom level of your entire depiction If you zoom in on this image the resolution will not improve It is a single static image For that reason you may not want to choose these Quickstart sources but instead use them as background tiling sources which can be set in the bottom left display above the coordinates These images are cached meaning that they are saved to your hard drive and so are available if you are not connected to the Internet However they are not included in a depiction file If you plan to put a dpn file on a computer without Internet access you will want to include a static Quickstart image 106 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Note not all zoom levels appear at all locations on the earth Zoom levels vary depending on location as data in some parts of the globe is more granular than in other locations Other map providers and GIS programs including Depiction use a similar system Typically the raster data is stored as multiple different images called tiles that line up to form a seamless picture This is called tiling and databases that provide images in this way are called tiling sources Programs and websites that let you zoom in and out to see different levels of imagery such as Google Maps or Depiction make use of tiling sources Map Projections As mentioned above and as you are probably already aware the world is nei
85. file if not saved since your last change and A Depiction d Update Welcome screen appears Depiction Update offers to Depiction is available This requires that dero search a Depiction Inc server and find if there is a newer version oc cnt T available Click Next You may also Cancel at this point close the update program Depiction Update TE If there is a new version Depiction Update displays the Update Available message ne Yes to start the updates install Not now to exit the update install What s New Click this button to review the changes and new features in this update of Depiction Opens your default browser to http www depiction com whatsnew If you click the Yes button the Depiction Update Downloading S449 File progress bar appears depiction Depiction Update Downloading Depiction9894Setup exe from ftp depiction com Estimated time left 08 44 Transfer rate 120 17 KB Sec After the download is complete the Depiction Setup program will run If an older version needs to be removed the setup program will do that first and then install the updated version Section 7 Tools Menu 62 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 When the installation is complete the Update Complete window will inform you what it has installed Click Finish Your Depiction update is complete You will see this new version of Depiction t
86. formats 4 62 Default e CSV Comma separated values are Auto detect Mouse Administrative Boundary specifically formatted spreadsheet X Crop to bound Amateur radio site rop to boundary Location Antenna fi Depiction add elements from Apartment Multi family unit the following file formats l Pre Elevation A grid file of elevation CSV comma separated values Elevation dem tiff gtiff bt adf hat values usually with extension adf Live reports ESRI Shapefile GML geography markup c elevation height tiff d em GPX file GPS devices Circle 5 iioc tpa tu pode B s evan ESRI Shapetfile A group of related uisi Frenne files shp shx dbf with geospatial vector information GML Geographic Markup Language files Image Any image file such as png jpg omp and others Web service x Close dialog after add 21 Section 4 Add Menu Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Example 1 Add File 2CSV in lt STC Membership STCArticles CAD Sample data for x dm Depictions Demo T oft Excel Cor Google Talk Received Files Si ans E Section 4 Add Menu e GPX The GPS eXchange format generated by GPS devices Tip See section 10 4 for a detailed description of these various file types You can add elements from comma separated value files CSV these have the file extension csv Tip You can easily create a CSV file fro
87. fter decimal Element creation Element creation Allows you to edit existing elements or Tools Settings create new elements Interactions i Interactions Allows you to view create edit delete hitii export and import interactions in your depiction Update Allows you to download and install the latest update of Depiction Depiction will close to run Depiction Update 7 1 Add ons Main Menu gt Tools gt Add ons Depiction Add ons J The Add ons menu option displays information about the add ons currently installed with your copy of Depiction In this sess eco MiTSNNENEMEM example to the left it gives information about Quickstart Wildfires 2002 2010 USGS Author sources included with the Preparedness Add on Historical Hurrica Recent magnitude 1 or greater d es from around the world recorded by the U S Geological Survey USGS using a variety of CP If an installed add on has settings available they will appear in this menu Section 7 Tools Menu 50 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 7 2 Settings Tools gt Settings Settings Formatting Number of digits after decimal Imperial and scale 4044620 79 94886 Options Zoom focus Mouse Center of window Overwrite existing cache with new OK Settings Formatting Number of digits after decimal 0 Measurement system meu Coordinate format
88. g Help gt Licensing license Information Provides your 16 character License Number There is also an option here to deactivate the license from your computer or laptop only use this option if Deactivate Depiction Close you wish to uninstall Depiction from this computer permanently Note that the process does not update your license please contact Depiction Support before installing on another computer 8 5 About Software Help gt About About Depiction E Provides Depiction version and license information as well as third party license and product details for component products that are included in Depiction Notices Depicti es OpenStreetMap maps s and road network data OpenStreetMap contributors Creative Cannas Attribution ShareAlike 2 0 Depicti Mapquest imagery and map tiles Courtesy o Portions of imagery Courtes NASAJPL Calte ch and U S Depart Agricultur Farm Servic Open Aerial Tiles for vm Japan Aero space Exploration n Agency s with 3 oe pl ion Only the tracing of the imagery 1 s permitted all other uses are prohibited OpenStreetMap road network obtained via Xapi Courtesy of MapQuest Section 8 Help Menu 64 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 8 6 End User License Agreement Help gt EULA nd osar Beeman aint The End User License Agreement is the agreement between Depiction Inc and the end user of Depiction THE FOREGOING LIMITED WARR
89. ght click anywhere in your depiction for more options Find more resources in the Help file or on depiction com Do not show again Close Section 2 Welcome Screen 12 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Revealer Window GAP ea ene Pome yn NS NS oer SET MES v dd X eet Depiction allows you to selectively display data i RE K using innovative Revealer technology Revealers are rectangular or circular areas of any size that when moved around the display reveal the elements that have been assigned to that revealer Revealers are explained in more detail in the Display Menu section of this manual Imagery and elevation data selected in the Quickstart Data dialogue will automatically appear in Revealers Ex A street map image is revealed over an aerial view 2 4 2 Opening a Depiction Welcome gt Open Depiction ee PR To open an existing depiction choose Open aaa Nai Depiction from the Welcome screen Find the folder NE n that contains your file ensure it has a dpn extension select and click Open or just double click on the file Tip Double clicking on a saved dpn file in Windows oc loce Explorer will automatically launch the Depiction ao ma application and load the selected file 2 4 3 Help Options Welcome gt Help Help The Help menu contains with the following options e Help Opens Depiction s Help file which gives a detailed Hep explanation
90. hange the image used for an icon click the Icon path button This will open the Icon Selection Information menu From here you can select an icon used by a default Depiction element under default application resources an icon used by an add on or custom element under application resources or any image on your computer under Load from a file Click OK to apply your changes To change the Icon size use the dropdown menu to select a size from Lilliputian to Extra large Tip When using Load from a file to assign a custom icon to an element best results will come from square images between 25x25 pixels and 100x100 pixels and 1 and 5 kilobytes GIF and PNG files with transparent backgrounds will look the best Manage Elements 2View Edit 2Add a Property Properties for 2 elements showing values for Hospital Actions Property Height Additienal notes Latitude Longitude 122 32 Label Harborview Medical Center Icon border color Icon border shape Icon path Section 5 Manage Content Depiction Hospital add new property for a selected element or a group of elements e Enter a Property name at the bottom of the menu Select a property type from the dropdown list Types include measurements text number or a Yes No option that will appear as a check box next to the property Click the kisss button to add the new property to the selected elements If you do not want to add the new p
91. has a limit of 1000 geocodes per CSV file I csv Import wizard Use the upper portion of the Wizard to choose the columns domm Depiction will use to locate the elements The grey drop down boxes will preselect column names that match the location related property names Depiction uses Location columns not automatically selected can be selected manually e g Address for Street or X for Longitude ng element type Auto detect The user can also select the Element type to create from lue Matec the data in the file Note that this selection will be ignored 30 2009 2222646 AV SE Bothell WA 911 23 Section 4 Add Menu Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 for element type specified with an Element type column header Tip Depiction imports all the data in the file as characters and does not preserve spreadsheet formatting information such as Formulas row column color pages etc CSV Import Wizard If a depiction contains elements with a unique Element Identification property EID those elements can be Choose one of the following radio buttons and use the updated using a CSV file that also contains a matching headings in your CSV file to use for locating the element i E EID property If a CSV file has an EID field an additional Update by EID only radio button will appear above the Latitude Longitude radio button See more details section 10 2 1 Th
92. he main menu bar in Manage Content Depiction to open the Manage Content menu List by types Tip Any action taken in Manage Content mode will affect all selected elements For TENUTI example if you click delete all selected Ae dae peers elements will be deleted If only one Read network element is selected then only one will be deleted Delete Manage Content has two tabs e Elements Lists the elements in your depiction The tab heading also indicates the total number of elemenis e You can list elements by types such as elevation road network water bodies etc by tags or list every individual element in your depiction by choosing Show all data You can find a subset of elements by using the Filter elements by hover text box Enter text here and only elements having matching text in their hover text will be listed For example If you wanted to find a person with the name Ardis type Ardis in the filter box All elements that have Ardis in their hover text will be listed e Elements to geo align This tab lists all the data maps images or drawings that may have been added to your depiction 31 Section 5 Manage Content Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 but that need to be geo aligned or geo located The tab heading indicates the number of elements to be geo aligned Manage Content List by tvnes View Edit b 1 Elevation data X 4 Hospital b 1 Rea
93. hen next time you start the program Section 8 Help Menu The Depiction Help menu includes options for online and offline help and other pieces of information 8 1 Help Menu File 7 Add W Manage Display Tools V Help To access the Depiction Help menu click Help on the Welcome screen on the Menu bar when in a depiction Help Opens the Depiction Help Efile Tutorials Tutorials Opens a browser and loads tutorial videos from Licensing depiction com Licensing Shows your 16 character Depiction serial number About Shows which version and build of Depiction you are currently running It also displays licensing information EULA End User License Agreement Help About EULA 8 2 Help Topics Help gt Help sas Each version of Depiction Software comes Back Po with an updated built in Help guide with seal ind Depiction 1 4 Help details such as Welcome to Depiction What s New i Getting started with Depiction Welcome to the Help documentation for H ow to use certain Im too 5 Using Depiction Depiction 1 4 build 12156 Collaboration i E peas Depiction is a new kind of mapping software D p ct lon CO ntact an d SU p po rt eee Se ee that helps you tell geographically based stories ia Known Issues about your neighborhood your city or your In fo rmation community It is brought to you by Depiction Inc
94. his tag on the subject line will be read The format for the email is x Close dialog after add DT tag1 tag2 tag3 Depiction is configured to work with Hotmail Plus Yahoo Plus and Gmail accounts If you have one of those accounts select the provider and enter the account name and password 27 Section 4 Add Menu Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Add Content Create or import by Mouse Location Web service Quickstart Email provider Email account Password POP3 server Port number Default Filter tags Use SSL Refresh 2 Live reports requires your email service to use the POP3 protocol x Close dialog after add Processing Q C Reading 1 of 37 emails Processing eo C Waiting for next live report poll Section 4 Add Menu Otherwise select the Other POP3 account options and enter the full address for the email account such as me mail com the e mail account s password and the POP3 Server If your email provider requires it check Use SSL If your provider uses a different port number than the standard you can enter it as well Enter the Filter tag you wish to check for Only emails that have this tag on the subject line will be read The format for the email is DT tag1 tag2 tag3 You may also set the refresh rate in minutes of the live report to specify how often you want Depiction to check for new emails Note 25 would mean 15 seconds etc Next
95. hools shx and schools dbf into the program or add it using the Add Many shapefiles include a prj projection file as well MENU and there are others Shapefiles include both the geographic data for shapes lines Vector data and or polygons and attributes or properties of that data For d property fields can be example a shapefile that contained the boundary of a county used for many things in Depiction could also include the name of the county the name of the state displayed as labels or hovertext in which the county was located the county seat the population used in filtering to display certain elements behaviors or used to colorize based on a numerical value of the county and other information This information can be used or displayed in different ways using different GIS tools and can also be displayed in a spreadsheet or database format Appendix B GIS 101 Understanding Concepts and Terms 108 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Shapefiles are typically only created by GIS experts using relatively complex software such as those described in the What is GIS section Vector data is also frequently stored in KML or KMZ d Depiction can load many KML files which use a format originally developed by a 6 1 and KMZ files but not all of them company that is now a part of Google and is designed t depends on what kind of data they include Most of these files that include for display in Google Ma
96. ialogue box appears click Close Installation Complete Depiction Inc Preparedness Add on has been successfully installed Click Close to exit Please use Windows Update to check for any critical updates to the NET Framework in Depiction When you start a new depiction after installing the Preparedness Add on you will see new options in the Quickstart data sources as discussed above to highlighted at left Elevation NED 30m 3 Flood Hazard Map SFHA FEMA Flood Hazard Zones CJ Imagery NAIP 1m 2m 1 Imagery NASA Landsat 7 15m d Imagery Urban High Res USGS 3m C Imagery USGS 1m Land Cover Map MRLC Road Network OpenStreetMap LI IN as this element When you add new elements you will see the 60 Default Preparedness Add on elements below the Depiction c Default elements shown collapsed at left Animal control vehicle Communications Plan Communications vehicle D Defibrillator Emergency kit ud Emergency radio Emergency Shelter Epicenter r Fire extinguisher First aid lig Food distribution site EJ Generator 4 Infected person Section 11B Preparedness Add on 98 99 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Section 11B Preparedness Add on Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Appendix A Depiction Glossary The following terms are used in Depiction and this manual Add o
97. ick on the Live reports button Add Content Create or import by as this element pgg T Email provider Mouse Email account Om Medical facility gmail com M Mobile home Location Password People Person PlaceOfWorship Refresh Plume gt Point of interest Police station Police unit Web service 2 Power line down Power outage report Quickstart zl Rectangle F Red Cross ERV Filter tags File x Close dialog after add In the left pane enter the login details needed to retrieve emails from your email account If your email provider is in the Email provider drop down list choose it This list also shows any email accounts you have previously used for Live reports in Depiction lf your new email address is from one of the email providers on the list Google Hotmail or Yahoo simply select it and enter your email account name and password 73 Section 10 Advanced Topics Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Otherwise select Other Pop3 account enter the full address for the email account to read such as myaccount email com the password for the email account and the POP3 Server and Use SSL settings See the above table for the settings of several popular email systems You may use any system that supports the POP3 protocol Filter Tags Enter any tags that you wish to filter incoming emails by Below is an example of a formatted email The tag format is
98. information F F No description was given Select the File information option from the File menu The File Information dialog box appears and displays the file details To enter or change the details e Title Enter or change a descriptive name for the depiction The title can be different from the file name e Author Enter or change the name of the depiction author e Description Enter or change the description of the depiction e After entering the details click one of the following e Cancel Click cancel to discard the entries changes e Apply Click apply to apply your changes 17 Section 3 File Menu Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 OK Click the OK button to save the entries changes 3 6 Printing a Depiction File gt Print Printing options mH Include menus and controls Cancel Print Microsoft XPS Document Writer Send To OneNote 2007 HP Officejet 5600 series on PAULPOTTORFF PC Status Offline Section 3 File Menu Select the Print option from the File menu The Printing options message box appears oelect the Include menus and controls checkbox If you want to print all the elements controls and menus in the depiction To print the depiction with all the elements but without the controls and menus leave the Include menus and controls option unchecked Click the Print button The Print dialog appears Note This option prints what current
99. ion is gml and it is the default selection Click on the Iz at the end of the Save D E J as type line and choose CSV Click on Save Export with 201 If shapes or lines were included in the a TEE exported elements Depiction will ask if you Note Complex ZOls in a CSV file can cause problems when want to include the element zones of loaded into spreadsheet software influence in the export This will allow those shapes and lines to be imported into other depictions but may cause problems when loaded into spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel e Click Yes to include the ZOls e Click No to export only the data properties of an element 5 5 Sending Elements as Email Depiction allows you to share element information with others by sending emails one email per element directly from the Depiction application Each element email is sent in a format that Depiction s Live Reports feature can interpret Sending the element email to an email account Section 5 Manage Content 42 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 that is being used for Live reports input by other Depiction users results in all those users receiving the same elements and information at nearly the same time Occasionally Depiction won t be able to understand the format of the field of an email This happens for instance if the email name includes spaces and 15 not properly quoted In this case the From property for that e
100. ith shp shx dbf and other extensions on a common prefix name e g lakes The actual Shapefile relates specifically to files with the shp extension However this file alone is incomplete for distribution as the other supporting files are required Shapefiles spatially describe geometries points polylines and polygons These for example could represent water wells rivers and lakes respectively Each item may also have attributes that describe the items such as the name or temperature As stated above shapefiles are not single files but a set of files that each includes different types of data relating to the dataset A sample is shown below E Name Date modified Type Size COUNTY 1 12 2010 4 40 PM DBF File 4 _ county ddi 1 12 2010 4 40 PM DDI File 2 COUNTY 1 12 2010 4 40 HTML Document 24 COUNTY pry 1 12 2010 4 40 PRJ File 1 COUNTY sbn 1 12 2010 4 40 SBN File 1 KE _ COUNTY sbx 1 12 2010 4 40 PM SBX File 1 KE 2 COUNTY 1 12 2010 4 40 SHP File 300 COUNTY shp 1 12 2010 4 40 PM AML Document 18 COUNTY shx 1 12 2010 4 40 PM SHX File 1 KE E COUNTY 1 12 2010 4 40 PM Text Document 15 Not all these files are required by depiction but all available files in a desired shapefile data package should be downloaded Shapefiles will often come in a compressed folder zip for example Be sure to extract all the files to the same fol
101. izard WARNING This computer program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized duplication or distribution of this program any portion of it may result in severe civil or criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law Cancel Depiction Inc APRS Add 7 The License Agreement dialog appears License Agreement Read the End User License Agreement You can scroll down using the slider on the EUNT ve en orn Te ea ene te neo right side of the agreement text Select one of the following options e Not Agree Select this option if you do not want to accept the agreement NOTICE PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING LEGAL AGREEMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE LICENSE OF THE DEPICTION TM APRS ADD ON However you will not be able to proceed SOFTWARE BY DEPICTION INC DEPICTION BY CLICKING THE ACCEPT BUTTON INSTALLING COPYING OR USING THE SOFTWARE YOU 7 and the installation 5 will be Do Not Agree 9 Agree cancelled Cancel lt Back DEPICTION INC END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT Section 11A APRS Add on 92 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Agree Select this radio button to accept the agreement As soon as you select the Agree radio button the Next button is enabled e Click the Next button to continue installation The other options are e Ca
102. ke reports that populate one or more depictions In order to use Live Reports Setup email account to receive emails e Create a depiction that imports elements from that email account e Have people send emails to the email account 10 1 1 Setting Up an Email Account You will need an email system that supports the POP3 method to access the emails The following email systems are known to work with Depiction Email POP3 Use Email Account Notes Google pop gmail Yes myaccount gmail com Yahoo Mail plus pop No myaccount yahoo com The free version of Yahoo Plus mail yahoo c email does not support om POPS Section 10 Advanced Topics 72 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Hotmail Live myaccount hotmail co Free version of Hotmail only m allows one login every 15 minutes mE com Live fom myaccount Live com Essentially the same as Hotmail mali XXXX myaccount Replace XXXX com with server the appropriate address for your server Microsoft Exchange or other type See your network administrator for assistance in adding accounts or accessing them from Depiction You may need the information in the POP3 Server Address and Use SSL fields when setting up the connection from Depiction to your email account below See section 10 1 12 for email settings for additional email providers 10 1 2 Importing Elements from Email To add elements via email open Add Content and cl
103. ke word processors concepts behind Depiction and desktop publishing software let us all create our own documents and GIS in general read on or Photoshop and other such tools let us all be photo editors new software like Depiction is bringing powerful mapping capabilities to everyone One inherent problem in the movement of complex technologies from the expert to the everyday is that there are many new technical concepts that most of us never had to deal with before Consider until the first generally available word processer how many people knew or needed to know what a font was or worry about page margins or what it meant to justify a paragraph In the Tekane nthe GIS were es same way there are terms concepts and details that the Esri ArcGIS product line are useful for even the everyday user of GIS technology Products like these are powertul to understand From latitude and longitude to data sophisticated tools that can do just about formats to geo alignment understanding a few of these anything you want them to if you have concepts will help the everyday users make better use enough expertise and computing of this emerging technology resources Most large companies and governments with needs for What is GIS sophisticated precise engineering level maps use Arclnfo or other similar A geographic information system or geospatial products usually with a staff of technical information system or GIS is a syst
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105. l color to other information such as the land cover image above This information may come from a database or from a file as described above One way to bring in raster data from a database is by E using a Web Mapping Service WMS which like WFS e a ae and GML is an OGC standard A WMS can provide ee eae este a Services section of the Add Content access to multiple layers of raster data Elevation Grid Data d Depiction uses elevation data for a More than just color can be put in a grid or even various simulations including flood raster format Elevation data in particular is runoff and line of sight modeling and also frequently stored in a grid format where each generates a two dimensional image of terrain wp using the data The higher resolution the square or pixel is associated with a measurement i aM A level Diff t GIS elevation data put into Depiction is the higher MD PM uM db dM UN AM MU quality all these things will be However high use this data to create images of terrain or to run resolution elevation data can take up a great various calculations or simulations deal of system memory To the right you can see a raster image generated by Depiction using elevation data The data itself consists of measurements associated with grid locations and the image provides a visual of that data On the far right is a flood simulation created by Depiction using that same underlying elevation data The data
106. lement will be given the value unknown address com For more details on sending and receiving elements see Section 10 1 Basic instructions follow Manage Elements 2Email To send an element as email e Select the specific element s you wish to send via email in the Elements tab in Manage Content Click the Send button The Send as Email box appears Enter the following details e To One or more email addresses use commas or semi colons to separate addresses such as live report mycompany com From A legitimate email address such as me mycompany com Outgoing email server The name of your email server such as mail mycompany com ask your system administrator Email Tags Enter any tags you wish to include in the outgoing email Ev X Send 1 email report To Account name New Account From Outgoing email server Email Tags Port Number Use SSL Use authentication User name Password Tip The Account name field New Account by default is a drop down list of accounts you have used to send before it will be empty if this is your first time sending Tip You can also use free email services such as Gmail or Hotmail See section 10 1 for more details e You need to provide the following details only if your email server requires authentication e Use SSL Select the checkbox to send the email through SSL Secure Socket Layer Use authentication Select this checkbox if your email serv
107. lements Yes if not No e Cannot store Route Elevation data or Image elements Do you want to continue exporting FE Select fle name for a save Enter the following details z Save in Select the folder your Es Name r Date modified Type 4 My Data Sources 11 10 2009 1 47 PM File folder comp uter from the Save in dro own di My Dropbox 3 22 2011 7 17 PM File folder My Google Gadgets 9 29 2009 2 31 File folder Ist B My Shapes 2 15 2011 2 59 File folder OneNote Notebooks 1 7 2010 9 49AM __File folder e File name Enter a name in QB Backups 10 20 2009 3 38 PM File folder TurboTax 10 14 20104 20PM File folder Fi e name text box Updater5 3 4 2010 12 23 PM File folder fay Icon Black and Blue Number Letter Pack 5 5 10 2010 4 09 PM Shortcut Save as type The default file extension is gml Click __ Save to save the file File name test Save as ype Or __ to abort the operation 5 4 2 Exporting to a CSV File Depiction can export elements to comma separated value files or CSV files This is useful for making depiction data available to soreadsheet and database programs 41 Section 5 Manage Content Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Manage Elements Export to CSV Export element s to file a To export elements to a CSV file Depiction provides two file types for export Use the Save as file e Select the ele
108. ler by clicking on the revealer name in the list e Change the name of the revealer by typing in a new name in the textbox e Show or hide the revealer by clicking on the revealer s eye icon The eye icon with a line across it Bl indicates that the revealer is hidden The eye icon without a line across it indicates that the revealer is displayed e You can delete a revealer by clicking on the revealer s X icon The Delete revealer message appears Click Yes to delete the revealer or No to cancel Deleting a revealer removes only the revealer and does not affect the elements displayed in it Tip Hiding the elements also does not delete them The elements are still there and still interact with other elements they are simply not displayed in the depiction Section 6 Display Content Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 6 4 Create New Revealers Display Content Show in Revealer s gt New Revealer New revealer Your revealers New Sireet Map lt Food Hazard Mar ra Co E Enter name here leno j f 1 mi E maws o E eA ati RAT M Section 6 Display Content To create a new revealer in the Display Content menu e Select the Show in revealers tab The Your revealers box displays existing revealers Click the New revealer button A new textbox with text Enter name here appears at the bottom of the list Enter a name for the new revealer oelect the ele
109. lign 14 107 Geo Align 33 Geo aligning 68 112 Geocode 107 geocoding 111 Geographic Coordinate Formats 110 geographic information system 109 Geography Markup Language 33 43 Geo locate element 76 georeference 112 GeoTIFF 93 Get high res imagery 76 Getting Started 12 GIS 109 GML 33 43 44 107 GPS 115 GPX 94 107 grid data 113 Hardware Requirements 10 Help 68 Help and Options 13 hide the revealer 50 52 Historical Hurricane Tracks 101 hover text 32 40 Hover text 107 Hyperlink 107 Agree 97 do Not Agree 97 Image 94 Import 61 65 Include menus and controls 19 information bar 52 Installation Complete 100 Installation Folder 98 interaction rules 16 Interactions 5 6 61 62 63 64 65 107 Just me 98 KML 115 Known issues 84 label 40 Latitude and Longitude 11 22 110 Library 107 License Agreement 97 Licensing 69 LiDAR 118 115 Line user drawn 73 Line of Sight 88 Line Of Sight 88 List by 48 Live reports 79 Live Reports 28 46 77 Location 107 lock icon 52 Look in 17 65 Manage Content 32 33 40 42 43 44 45 46 Map Projections 113 Measurement System 55 NAIP 107 Navigation Widget 74 need to geo align 80 New 16 17 New Depiction 11 No color 37 Number of copies 19 Number of digits after the decimal 55 Open 5 16 17 65 Open Depiction 13 OpenAPRS 95 Opening a New Depiction 17 Opening a
110. ly appears on the screen It will not print the entire depiction unless the entire depiction appears on the screen Enter the following details Select Printer Select the printer from the list Number of copies Use the arrow to select the number of copies that you want to print Click Print to start printing Ensure your printer is connected and turned on and that there is enough paper to complete the print job 18 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 3 7 Closing Depiction and Exiting File Exit Open Save Save as File information Print To welcome screen Exit Select the Exit option from the File menu to close Depiction If you have not saved the current depiction the Save depiction message appears Select one of the following options e Yes To save the depiction that is currently open e No To open a new workspace without saving the current depiction project e Cancel To cancel the action and continue working in the current depiction project 19 Section 3 File Menu Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Section 4 Add Menu 4 1 Add Menu Everything in a depiction with the exception of background tiling is referred to as an element Depiction elements represent things in the real world such as people shelters satellite images road network elevation data and more Add Content lets you add elements to your depiction Main Menu Bar Add Add Content Add Co
111. m Microsoft Excel by choosing Save As and selecting CSV Comma delimited The first line of a CSV contains column headers properties Each additional line or row represents an element and contains the property values for that element The values in a column labeled Element type are treated specially and specify the type of element to create such as Person or Explosion If Depiction does not recognize a specific Element type it will assign the default element type chosen by the user at time of import or a Point of Interest if a default was not chosen To import a CSV open Add Content select File and press Browse to find the file Ensure the file name appears in the Browse pane Select the element then click add Alternatively you can just drag and drop the csv file onto your depiction 22 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 CSV Import Wizard 4 The CSV Import Wizard appears when adding a CSV file Choos on ofthe flowing ado batons and ue the ron E to your depiction whether from the Add Content menu ees cease dragging and dropping The wizard displays the first six cU ipn rows in file the column headers and five rows of data and allows the user to select the columns Depiction will use to locate those elements geographically geolocate WU Il Tip You can also update existing elements by importing 7 30 2009 9528 65 DR N
112. ment or group of type select box in the next window to select which type wil be elements in the Elements tab in the saved 1 Geography Markup Language GML is an industry Manage Content dialog box standard for exchanging information between different Click the Export to File option systems CSV comma separated value file and can be edited in The message box to the left will be any spreadsheet software displayed Take note that in either format the exported file If you wish to continue select Yes Might not retain some of the rich properties and 11 57 behaviors of certain elements if not No e Cannot store Route Elevation data or Image elements Do you want to continue exporting Tip In version 1 3 shapes can now be saved to a csv file Select file for a save T Enter the following details Savein IE My Documes 7 5 wo Dee metit ne e Save in Select the folder on your My Data Sources 11 10 2009 1 47 PM File folder Recent Places 2 d My Dropbox 4 23 2011 8 04 File folder My Google Gadgets 9 29 2009 2 31 PM File folder computer from the Save in dropdown My Shapes 2 15 2011 2 59PM File folder OneNote Notebooks 1 7 2010 9 49 AM File folder 1 t 10 20 2009 3 38PM File folder 5 LI 10 14 2010 4 20 PM File folder INN LL File name Enter a file name in the File pics t dn name textbox Save as type The default file extens
113. ments you want to show in the new revealer from the elements selected pane as described above The new revealer is displayed in Depiction as a rectangular box Tip If you have many revealers in the Your revealers box and you click New revealer you may have to scroll down to find the newly created revealer Click on a revealer to activate it the active revealer has a red border instead of a golden one Click and drag the edges or corners of the revealer to adjust its size As you change the size the dimensions of the revealer in miles or kilometers are displayed at the bottom of the revealer Editing the dimensions in this box will also change the dimensions of the revealer Show or hide the revealer name or size information bars by clicking on the arrow buttons on the left of the bars 48 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Additional revealer options are available by clicking the Tools button on the top of the revealer e Click the lock icon to lock or unlock the revealer When locked the size and location of the revealer cannot be changed e Click the border icon to show or hide the revealer border e Show or hide the revealer by clicking on the eye icon Below the icons are additional tools e Count Click to show the number of elements currently displayed by the revealer If any part of an element is in a revealer it will be counted towards the total Delete Click to delete the revealer
114. mtp mail yahoo com Yes Yes YS Google Gmail Incoming Mail Server pop gmail com Yes Yes pore Gmail Outgoing Mail Server SMTP MSN Outgoing Mail Server SMTP Lycos Incoming POP3 Lycos Outgoing SMTP Netscape Internet Service Incoming pop 3 isp netscape com No Yes Netscape Internet Service Outgoing smtp isp netscape com Yes Yes SMTP 10 1 13 Known issues On occasion Internet service providers ISPs may block unknown email clients from sending email This may include Depiction If this is happening to you try sending email from a public network or contact your ISP to request that Depiction be added to their list of approved email clients Tip When sending Live reports do not use a coordinate format that includes a colon as this conflicts with the colons used to delineate properties and to separate the element type from the element name 10 2 EID Element Identifier How it Works When Depiction is communicating with other data sources such as other copies of Depiction via Live reports or spreadsheets using the CSV import wizard it uses a unique code or key called an EID Element Identifier in order to match outside information to the correct element within the depiction An EID can be any combination of numbers and letters Once an element has an EID the information associated with that element can be automatically updated upon import of a file o
115. n Elements Elements included with any of the Depiction Add on packs i e BED Depiction Preparedness Add on Annotation A text box which has no interaction or behavior but is displayed in a depiction Useful for explanations about elements within a depiction or to add explanatory comments on the depiction map itself Behavior What an element can do by itself or in relationship with or interacting BED with other elements Cache A file or folder used by Depiction to store information obtained from the internet for later offline use or more rapid processing of data e g background tile images road network and elevation tiles and geocoded addresses The background display in Depiction Coverage dataset A single set of information i e elevation road network imagery that covers an area as opposed to a single point or line CSV Comma Separated Value Common data exchange format for database and spreadsheet programs Data for each unique point is contained in a single line of ASCII text with sub elements separated by a comma CSV data files are not program specific regardless of the program used to create the data For details on how to use CSV files with Depiction see the Add Content section Default element The standard Depiction elements included in every copy of Depiction library Depiction The list of user created elements that were available at the time a elements depiction was created If the depiction is saved
116. n Existing Depiction 17 Outgoing email server 46 83 Pairing line 107 Password 46 83 Permanent hover text 40 permatext 76 Plume 90 Point data 107 Polyline shapefile 107 Pop3 account 78 POP3 Server Address 77 Preparedness Package 101 presentation 48 Print 19 Print 16 Printing a Depiction 19 Printing options 19 Properties 35 Property 108 Proxy Password 57 Proxy User Name 57 QuickAdd Toolbar 71 73 Quickstart 12 30 66 87 88 89 90 91 95 108 radio frequency 95 raster data 113 116 Recent Earthquakes 102 Rectangle 8 72 89 Refresh rate 79 Remove colors 41 INDEX Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 remove tag icon 39 Required 98 Revealer 13 48 50 51 74 108 Revealer Window 13 Right click Menu 75 Road Barrier 91 Route network 90 Route road network 5 Run 97 Run update program 66 Samples 15 Save 16 17 61 64 Save As 16 17 64 Save as type 17 44 45 Save Changes 64 Save in 17 44 45 64 scale 75 Select Color Attributes 37 42 71 Select Installation Folder 99 Select Printer 19 Select tool 9 70 Send as Email 46 Set hover text 35 Set properties 35 Set tags 35 Setting 54 55 Shape 52 Shape user drawn 73 shapefile 85 93 108 114 Show all 32 48 Show always 48 49 59 60 Show in revealers 48 50 51 situational awareness 4 Software Requirement 10 SRTM 118 Start color 42 subject line 80 81
117. n the symbol next to the property name in the Actions column A red strikethrough line will appear indicating the property has been selected for removal The icon to the left of the property name changes to the undo icon Note that not all properties have this icon because not all properties can be deleted Click the OK or Apply button to delete the property Click the undo icon to cancel the delete action and keep the property To change the value for a property change the entry in the Value column For yes no properties such as Active or Allow dragging check or uncheck the boxes next to the property name Other properties such as colors and icons are described below Tip f multiple elements are selected changing the value of a particular property will change that value to all the elements in the group 34 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 e When satisfied with any changes click the Apply button to apply the changes or OK to apply the changes and close the Information box Click Cancel if you don t want the changes applied TIP Once you click Apply or OK the changes cannot be undone There is no undo option in Depiction Color properties can be changed by clicking on the color bar to open the Select Color Attributes menu You can adjust the brightness by sliding the Brightness slider left decrease brightness and right increase brightness You
118. name and some cities even have multiple versions of the exact same street address 105 Appendix B GIS 101 Understanding Concepts and Terms Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Because of all this care must be taken both with the information used to geocode an address using the postal code is the best way to ensure more accurate geocoding and with the use of the information after geocoding Comparing the results with maps imagery and or eyewitness reports is recommended Geo aligning amp Georeferencing Geocoding is one way to georeference an object usually a building that is to define its location using geographic coordinates Other types of information such as an aerial photograph or a static map image require different kinds of georeferencing Different software packages can do this in many different ways but the simplest way to do this is by geo aligning an image manually stretching it and rotating it until it is aligned with other maps imagery or data that is already georeferenced Depending on the scale and accuracy of your maps and imagery this can be done with varying degrees of accuracy Zooming In and Out When you zoom in using an online map you are able to see more detail in the maps and imagery How does that happen Most online mapping programs have separate map images for each time you zoom in called a zoom level Often each zoom level is made up of smaller images called til
119. nate format 56 Copy interaction 61 Copy Interaction 63 Copy location 75 Count 52 Coverage dataset 106 INDEX INDEX CSV 23 33 43 44 45 85 106 115 CSV Import Wizard 23 Data Formats 113 database manager 32 Default element library 106 Delete 33 delete an element 42 Delete revealer 50 52 Delete the properties 40 delete the tag 35 39 DEM 93 Depiction 106 Depiction elements 106 Depiction Glossary 106 Depiction s Live Reports 46 Description 18 Difference 98 Disk Cost 98 Disk Size 98 Display Content 48 Display menu 48 Do not change colors 41 Draggable 76 EID 81 82 84 Element 107 Element definition 107 Element Definition Editor 9 57 58 59 60 76 Element Info 96 Element Information Properties 66 Element selected 50 element update 46 Element with a behavior 86 Elements 5 16 32 33 34 35 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 54 Elements with Behavior 86 elevation 66 87 88 Elevation Grid Data 117 Email 28 33 46 Email Tags 83 End User License Agreement 97 EULA 69 Everyone 98 Exit 16 Explosion 91 Export 61 64 Export to CSV 45 Export to GML 33 43 44 45 eye icon 50 52 File 17 114 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 File information 16 18 File name 17 44 45 64 65 Files of type 65 Filter Tags 78 Filtering 107 Fire Perimeter 91 Flood 87 89 geo align 33 Geo a
120. ncel Click the Cancel button to stop installation and quit the wizard e Back Click the Back button to go back to the previous screen When you click the Next button the Select Installation Folder dialog appears e Select the folder where you want to install the APRS add on e Click the Browse buiton to select a location on your computer e The Disk Cost button provides information about the space required and space available for installing depiction in the selected folder e Select one of the following options e Everyone Select this radio button to enable everyone to use the add on e Just me Select this option to restrict the use to just yourself Click the Next button Depiction EE If you click the Disk Cost button the Depiction Inc APRS Add on Disk Space Votume Disk Size Available Require dialog appears It provides the following ec dn information Volume Displays the volume name and number Disk Size Display the size of the volume in gigabytes GB Available Displays the space available on the volume Required Displays the amount of space required to install Depiction Difference displays the difference between the available space and the required space Click the OK button to close the dialog box jl Depiction Inc APRS Add eco jS Select Installation Folder The installer will install Depiction Inc APRS Add on to th
121. nd Depiction will put the new element in Manage Content under the need to geo align tab where you can view it by selecting the element and clicking on View Edit The location may be specified in many ways Common formats include Type of location Example Address 400 Pine Street Seattle WA Zip code 98122 Latitude amp longitude 47 61N 122 33E Landmark name The White House Tip If the email body includes a location property that Depiction recognizes position address etc it will be used if there is no location in the subject line See below for more on adding properties to an email 15 Section 10 Advanced Topics Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 10 1 7 Formatting an email s body The body of the email may specify property values for the element to be created The example email above specifies four property values A colon separates the property from its value Each property and value is on a separate line When read Depiction will assign the value to the property in the element If the property is not in the specified element definition Depiction will add a new one Any units such as feet for numeric values are those defined in the element definition Note that if the email s body has properties for latitude and longitude these will be used to determine the element s location instead of the location information in the email s subject line The entire body of the email is included as the Email body prope
122. nd Edit Elements Manage Elements View Edit Manage Content T Select elements by checking the checkbox on the left side of the listed element or elements The menu list on the right side of the dialog box is activated as soon as you select one or more elements Bec Click on View Edit and the Properties box levation data MM 4 Hospital Export to file appears for the selected elements See 1 Road network i Send below for additional information Delete 5 2 1 View Set or Change Properties Hospital Properties Z2 The Properties window has the following Definition Type Depiction Plugin Hospital O pt O n S idim Pmp e Set properties View change or add to Name Hospita l du S the selected elements properties and Type for or non profit property values Description Set tags View change or add to the Set hover text Author Depiction Inc Set tags tags for selected elements Colorize Set hover text View or change the Street address 1111 Main St Gi Seu 8 hover text options for the elements Colorize Allows the user to Cancel Apply thematically map a group of elements by color 33 Section 5 Manage Content Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Manage Elements 2View Edit 2Set Propert IM Hospital Properties Definition Type Depiction Plugin Hospital Actions Property Name Hospital Owner Providence Type for or non profit Set tags Description
123. ng on the checkbox Bl next to the element s An x mark appears in the checkbox If a appears in the box it means that some of the elements in the group are selected but not all The total number of displayed elements is shown in the heading above the window remove an element from the Show always list click the checkbox next to the element s to uncheck the box The x mark in the checkbox disappears and the element is no longer displayed e You can find a subset of elements by using the Filter elements by hovertext box Enter text here and only elements having matching text in their hovertext will be listed e You can also use regular expressions in the filter command Regular expressions allow you to do operations such as OR For example the string Apple would match all elements containing Apple in the hovertext The OR operator is and as such the string Apple Orange would match all elements containing either Apple or Orange in their hovertext This symbol is found above the V key just below the backspace key 52 Building 4 X 1 Shape user drawn 81 4 X 1 Image x bay snocofloodmarp jt Display Content List by types aryeville 4 2 Building x Y Branch Mame Mai 169 Curves of North Mc t Ee Image 2 Shape user drawn 2 Route road network t L2 Shapes t L5 School Section
124. ntent opens from the main Menu and includes six options Mouse Add one or more elements to your depiction with each left mouse click Do you want to place a single Location Add elements by specifying a location either by copy or multiple copies of an element coordinates or address Create or import by Location singe File Import elements from a file including CSV Comma Separated Value spreadsheet elevation dem adf etc Live reports ESRI Shapefiles shp GML Geographic Markup multiple File Language images jpg tif ong or bmp GPS gpx and more Live Reports Add elements from one or more e mail accounts Web Service Add data from Web Feature or Web Mapping Services WFS or WMS Quickstart Add publicly available data that Depiction has identified for your depiction area Web service Quickstart x Close dialog after add 4 2 Adding Elements Add gt Mouse Add Content 11 The simplest way to add elements is with the Create or import by Mouse 4 64 Default 1 Choose to add a single or multiple Do you want to place a single zl elements from the left pane copy or multiple copies of an 2 element Amateur radio site Yum Antenna Choose the type of element to be single Apartment Multi family unit multiple added on the right pane and click uilding Add Change elevation height Tip Elements here are divided into cum Default User Definitions
125. nts Changes e Moved the Background tiling selector to the upper right corner from the lower left This location is used by most mapping programs e Background tiling sources are now categorized by source type e LiveReports Pop3 sources can now set a non default port Shapefile loading performance improvements Now only those records within the Depiction area will be read resulting in up to 3 times faster loading e Removed USGS Black and White and USGS Urban imagery sources due to the pending unavailability of the feed on May 1 2012 from Microsoft TerraServer USGS Topo maps will no longer be available on this date as well but we are leaving it in until that date e Live Reports now resets the SMTP server instead of opening new session for each live report meaning that fewer systems resources are used e Because of performance concerns the Road Network element can no longer be displayed in a revealer or in the Display menu The Road Network can still displayed via the Manage Content dialog e Alternate quickstart data source Elevation Data Seamless This is an alternate source to the Elevation Data that we currently host on our server only one of the two should be loaded e Zooming and panning with the background tilers is now done in a more seamless manner e Anew element type called Image2 has been added An image can now be loaded into Depiction into image2 element and it will display when chosen as hovertext in a label
126. of all Depiction menus and features Tutorials Tutorials Opens a web page displaying online instructional Licensing videos demonstrating selected features of Depiction Licensing Shows your valid 16 character Serial Number About Shows the latest version of Depiction on your system It also displays third party licensing information EULA The End User License Agreement shows your contract with Depiction About EULA 13 Section 2 Welcome Screen Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 2 4 4 Settings Welcome 2 Settings See Section 7 Tools menu for details Settings about these options Formatting Number of digits after decimal Measurement system and scale 10 141520 79 94886 Options Zoom focus 0 Mouse Center of window Overwrite existing cache with new OK 2 4 5 Tutorials amp Samples Welcome 2 Tutorials Clicking the Tutorials button will open your default depiction 1 browser the tutorials page on depiction com where you Tutorials will find video resources to take you through some key ae pre features sue Getting Started Illustrates the basics required to LII get started Duration 7 minutes Geo aligning Images The powerful ability Depiction provides to geographically align any image to your depiction Duration 5 minutes Interactions Edit and create your own interactions Duration 5 minutes Additional tutorials are being
127. of properties that define or describe what the element is as well as its current state At a minimum each element has a geographical extent its zone of influence and a name Depiction has a number of pre defined elements each with an associated list of properties and many properties have a default value Behaviors Depiction elements are designed with or assigned behaviors The behavior assigned to an element determines how the element acts or what the element does in a given scenario The behavior may be inherent in the definition of the element or it could be a change in one or more properties of the element as a result of an interaction between the element and one or more other elements A Flood element for instance has been designed to compute the flood extent using elevation data Depiction contains a set of behaviors that elements can use and you can assign these behaviors to your elements You do this by copying an existing interaction that would assign a behavior to a new element Interactions Interactions determine how elements and behaviors in depiction affect each other In Depiction you use the Interactions option under Tools in the main menu bar to view edit and create interactions Interactions generally are invoked when the geographical extents zones of influence of elements overlap The Route road network is a good example of an element that has behavior and interacts with other elements Flood is another element with
128. on finding APHRS is an add on to Depiction that downloads APRS data to your depictions from the OpenAPHRS net web service Installing this add on will put APRS OQpenAPRS as a new source on your Quickstart data list the next time you start Depiction NOTE The performance of this add on can be affected by changes in the data output from the site Please notify info depiction com if you notice any functionality changes The APRS add on enables you to select response areas and visualize APRS data points and easily manipulate geo coded data during events and emergencies Quickstart data sources After installing the APRS Add on when you open a depiction the Quickstart data sources lists the Please select those you would like to download APRS Stations OpenAPRS as one of data sources Be APRS Stations OpenAPRS that you can download a Earthquakes Past 7 Days USGS Elevation NED 30m e Select the APRS Station OpenAPRS option Flood Hazard Map SFHA FEMA Flood Hazard Zones FEMA by clicking in the checkbox next to the item A Historical Hurricane Tracks NOAA checkbox appears in the box Imagery 1m 2m Imagery NASA Landsat 7 15m e Click the OK button Imagery Urban High Res USGS 3m Imagery USGS 1m Land Cover MRLC Road Network OpenStreetMap Shaded Relief USGS 4 Depiction found this
129. people type elements Oe Fire perimeter disables elements Eland dicahlec alamant Explosion disables all people type elements Depiction Inc Placing an explosion element disables all people type of elements beneath it Explosion Copy interaction Import Export Enable All Disable All Select the Interactions option of the Tools menu to open the Interactions Repository Viewer On the top 15 the list of all of the interaction rules Depiction currently uses On the bottom is the information about the currently selected interaction rule An interaction occurs when the zone of influence of the cause element overlaps the zone of influence of one of the affected elements The Interactions Repository Viewer has the following options e Interaction Disabled Checking this box causes the selected interaction to be disabled in this depiction e Copy interaction Create a new interaction based on the selected one e Import Import an interaction from a file into an existing depiction e Export Export an interaction to a file from an existing depiction e Enable All This button will enable all interactions e Disable All This button will disable all interactions e Close Close the Interactions Repository Viewer e Delete Delete an existing Interaction e Save Save the changes made in the Interactions Repository Viewer Tip The Interactions Repository Viewer window is re sizeable so that more interaction
130. points represent measurements taken by satellites using radar at a set distance apart depending on the resolution of the data Resolutions are typically measured in arc seconds or meters Arc seconds are one sixtieth of an arc minute which are in turn one sixtieth of a degree which is as you may recall how latitude and longitude are measured Common resolutions include e 3 arc second or 90 meter resolution NASA has produced a worldwide dataset of elevation data called SRIM at this resolution Google Earth uses SRTM data to generate its three dimensional views 111 Appendix B GIS 101 Understanding Concepts and Terms Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 1 second or 30 meter resolution The USGS National Elevation Dataset includes this resolution for the entire United States A joint Quickstart data source project of NASA and the Japanese government has produced the ASTER GDEM dataset a worldwide dataset though it is not of the same quality as the USGS data 1 3 second or 10 meter resolution The National Elevation Dataset has this resolution of data for most of the continental United States Hawaii and parts of Alaska e 1 9 arc second or 3 meter resolution This very high resolution data is not widely available though the National Elevation Dataset does include some data at this resolution 1 9 arc second data is typically obtained using LIDAR Light Detection and Ranging a form of radar that uses la
131. ps or Google Earth KML and iid 9 P 9 vector data can be read by Depiction KMZ files do not usually contain the same property information as shapefiles and other vector formats do though they usually do contain a description label designed for display in a Google program Additionally not all these files include vector data some point to custom data feeds or raster images KML and KMZ files are typically created using Google Earth or a more complex GIS system GML is a format that combines some of the ease of use of KML files with the data capabilities of shapefiles It is an Open Depiction can both Geospatial Consortium OGC standard meaning that it is an 9 import and export openly available format that can be used by many different data in GML format programs GML uses a way of storing data called XML and can be edited directly using a text editing program Many GPS devices can generate vector data in a format called Depiction can load GPX This consists of many data points called waypoints that can either be taken together as a line used as a track or route in GPS devices and GPS software or viewed separately as points GPX tracks can also include elevation data GPS devices can also generate files that only contain waypoints this point data is stored in a very flexible format called CSV Depiction can both import CSV stands for Comma Separated Value and many 1 and export data in CSV format kinds of
132. r 79 Section 10 Advanced Topics Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Live Report that contains an EID property with a matching value EID is not a standard property for any of the existing elements but can be added to an element s set of properties in three ways 1 By selecting the Add Property option in the Properties box to add a new property to an element or group of elements named EID 2 By importing a spreadsheet CSV file that has a column header named EID The value beneath the EID column header becomes the EID for the corresponding element The values in this field must be unique If you have multiple rows with the same EID field then subsequent rows will overwrite previous ones 3 By sending an element by e mail or receiving a Live Report The first time an element is sent or received via Live report Depiction automatically creates an EID for that element if an EID does not already exist The EID created is a unique numeric sequence derived from the time stamp of the email 10 2 1 Creating an EID and Updating Existing Elements Using a CSV File The easiest way to create an EID for elements added from a spreadsheet is to ensure that the spreadsheet csv file contains a column header named EID and that the value in the EID field for each element row is unique When imported each element created from the file will have an EID property with the unique EID value Importing a subsequent spreadsheet file with newer data
133. raction rule based on the original rule as in section 7 4 For example you could create a Tsunami element based on the Flood element with a different icon and default height above ground level and then copy the Calculate flood when elevation data changes interaction setting your new Tsunami element as the Affected element 10 4 File Types that can be imported into Depiction One of Depiction s advantages is the capability of combining many Bl Crop to boundary different data types into a single geospatial scenario Additional details the various file types that can be added to depiction can be found below hgt ESRI Shapefile GML geography markup Tip Most of the definitions of the file formats below come from Epen Image jpg tif gif png bmp Wikipedia a good source of more detail for each type 10 4 1 Spreadsheets as Comma Separated Values files CSV A comma separated values CSV file is used for the digital storage of data structured in a table of lists form where each associated item member in a group is in association with others also separated by the commas of its set Each line in the CSV file corresponds to a row in the table Within a line fields are separated by commas each field belonging to one table column Since it is a common and simple file format CSV files are often used for moving tabular data between two different computer programs for example between a database program and a
134. rmation directly from a database Vector Data GIS data that represents geographical features as geometric shapes are vector data Vector data includes points lines and polygons Points use a single coordinate to mark a single location with no length or width and depending on the map can mark things like buildings points of interest reports and much more This is the simplest type of GIS data and 15 typically represented by an icon Lines and polygons are similar two dimensional features except that a line goes from point to point and can measure length while a polygon is closed and can measure area and perimeter Note the three types of vector data in these two images a closed polygon representing a boundary white line a line representing a river blue line and three points representing hospitals designated by icons Though the zoom level has changed the vector imagery retains the same resolution with no need for tiling because it is based on geographic coordinates Much of the data useful to Depiction The most common form of GIS vector data is the 6 users is found in shapefile format shapefile a file format developed by Esri in the 1990s A usually on the websites of state or local shapefile is actually a file package including at least government To add a shapefile to three files with the same name but different extensions Depiction just drag and drop the shp file for example schools shp sc
135. roperty click the Cancel button Click Apply and the property will appear at the bottom of the properties list 36 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 5 2 3 View Add or Delete Tags Manage Elements 2View Edit 2Set Tags Properties for 2 elements showing values for Hospital MB Tags are a flexible way to manage your elements sore icing County Hospitals Elements are given a source tag by default but you can add remove or change tags in any way you wish Set tags To view add or delete tags Set tags and all tags associated with the selected elements will appear in the window To add a new tag enter a term in the textbox at the bottom of the dialogue box and click I The new tag is added to the list Here the new tag Hospitals is shown Be sure to click OK or Apply after adding or changing tags or your changes will not be saved Export to file Delete all Send Hospitals source file King County Hospitals Properties for 2 elements showing values for Hospital HE To delete a tag click the delete icon 9 to Emm the left of the tag to be deleted The tag source file King County Hospitals appears with a strikethrough line and the icon on the left of the tag name changes to the undo icon Click the OK button or the Apply button to delete the tag Click the undo amp icon on the left of the tag to cancel the delete action and keep the tag Set hover text Colorize
136. rty of each element created from a Live report 10 1 8 What type of element will be created An email will create or update only one element The type of element created for an email depends upon the content of the email 1 If the subject line starts with the name of an element type followed by a colon such as Road barrier Depiction will create an element of that type 2 Otherwise if the email body includes a property named Element type Depiction will use that property s value as the type 3 Otherwise Depiction will create an element of the default type selected when you added the Live report connection from Add Content 10 1 9 Updating Existing Elements via Email To update the properties of an existing element via Live reports 1 Make sure the element you want to update has a property called EID Element Identifier This is a unique identifier for this element within your depiction EIDs are created automatically when a Live Report is sent or received or you can set a custom EID in the body of the original email used to create this element in Depiction 2 update this element via email send a new email message to the Live reports email account and include in that email a line that specifies an EID property containing the same value All Depiction applications that are scanning that email account will update the element with that EID using the properties and values read from the email The icon of the element being up
137. s can be visible as shown in the second screenshot on the left 5 Section 7 Tools Menu Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Interaction Repository Viewer X Select an interaction B Interaction Disabled Fluid flow disables elements Road barrier alters road network OG Roadnetwork change modifies routes disables elements Water barrier alters road network Water barrier changes elevation Water over roadway alters road network New Element Example Placing an explosion element disables all people type of elements beneath it Image L 3 Incident command post X Infected person C Ml Line user drawn Line of sight O Lines loaded Medical facility At the bottom of the Interactions dialog box the Details of selected interaction pane displays the information about the selected interaction The information includes Interaction name Every interaction in Depiction is identified by a unique name This is shown at the bottom of the screen when the results of the interaction are being calculated by Depiction Interaction Author Shows the name of the creator of the interaction Interaction Description Provides a brief description of the interaction rule Cause Shows the element that causes the selected interaction Affected elements Lists all the elements affected by the interaction An interaction happens when the zone of influence of th
138. s or Show element properties coordinates and click Place from location Show element permatext or click Place by mouse to relocate it by pase gement clicking a chosen spot Edit definition Show element properties opens the elements Properties box See section 5 2 71 Section 9 Additional Tools Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Tip If more than one element is at the current Show permatext sets the hovertext of the location a list of element names will be element to always show See section 5 2 4 shown each with a sub menu e Delete element removes the element from EN the depiction permanently A confirmation Geo locate element box will appear before deletion MEM M e Edit definition Loads the element into the ere Element Definition Editor See section 7 3 Edit definition Car Bus Building gt gt Building Section 10 Advanced Topics Depiction includes many capabilities not described in the preceding sections This section will go through a few of these advanced topics including a detailed explanation of Live Reports using Element Identifier EID properties and more 10 1 Live Reports Depiction s Live Reports capability allows multiple people to add elements or exchange elements and element updates between multiple depictions all via email with Depiction functioning as an email client This provides a dynamic and collaborative way for people in multiple locations to ma
139. select the default element definition to use for the elements created from the emails If the email subject or body specifies an element definition that definition will be used instead of your chosen default but if no element type is specified then this selection will be used See Section 10 1 for detailed email account and Live reports information When you click Add the Processing dialog will appear in the upper right showing the status of emails Depiction is reading After the mailbox has been checked the message will change to a waiting message until the next check Press C to check the mailbox immediately and to stop adding Live Reports from that account 28 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Add 2Web Services Add Content Depiction makes it easy to add content from web mapping and feature services if you know the URL for the web service x Select WFS or WMS Enter the URL amp request GetCapabilities Click Show content Content layers 7 p Background US imei A list of available layers on the Web service will appear p Background Airport p Background US under Content layers ceni Nation After selecting the content choose the Image styles Image styles Formats the format optional Make sure Auto Detect is selected in the as this element type column Click Add and the imagery or data will appear in your EJ fe dialog after add depiction Creat
140. sers This process can create even higher resolution datasets that is sometimes available on the Internet The NED 30 meter data is available in Depiction as a Elevation data is stored in a variety of file formats ENT Some of the most common include GeoTIFF also makes heir J ewe data used for imagery Digital Elevation Model DEM available in at least one of the common file packages and ADF file packages Like formats listed here each of which shapefiles these files are usually file packages Depiction can load in addition to the rather than a single self contained file Quickstart data available automatically Conclusion The world is complex which means that mapping is a complex topic Digital mapping and GIS are even more complex but the advance of software technology is making these ideas steadily more and more accessible to regular people even without understanding the sophisticated methods underlying the programs they use However understanding some of the basic concepts of mapping and GIS such as geographic coordinates map projections and data formats can help anyone make better use of available tools Appendix B GIS 101 Understanding Concepts and Terms 112 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 GIS 101 Bibliography CGIAR Consortium for Spatial Information SRTM 90m DEM Digital Elevation Database August 19 2008 http srtm csi cgiar org Depiction Inc Depiction Users Manual n d http w
141. sion element Explosion is circle shaped element that disables people type elements in its zone of the influence To use an explosion 1 Add the Explosion element from the Add Content Menu 2 Set the Radius of the flood 500 feet by default in the Properties box that opens when the explosion is added 3 Click OK to close the box and run the simulation Tip The Explosion disables elements interaction rule determines what elements will be disabled Copy that rule to disable additional elements see Section 7 4 1 Fire Perimeter is a variation on the Shape user drawn element that has an interaction rule attached that disables people building and vehicle elements See section 9 3 for more details on creating and editing the zone of influence for the fire perimeter Tip The Fire perimeter disables elements interaction rule determines what elements will be disabled Copy that rule to disable additional elements see Section 7 4 1 10 3 13 Creating elements with behavior oeveral of these elements are just different versions of each other Line of site and Antenna Road barrier and Water over roadway etc Some have different property values others just different icons Section 10 Advanced Topics 86 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 To create your own elements with behaviors create a new element based on one of the above elements as described in section 7 3 and then use the Interactions menu to create a new inte
142. source Users can assign additional tags 101 Appendix A Depiction Glossary Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 User created Depiction elements created by a user created from an existing Depiction element Web Feature Service Requires internet access Web Mapping Service Requires internet access Zone of Influence A geographical extent of an element s impact on or susceptibility to other elements will display on top of any other overlapping elements at the same point on the map Zenith order In DISPLAY CONTENT the order in which overlapping elements are displayed The last elements to be enabled turned 102 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Appendix B GIS 101 Understanding Concepts and Terms When you look at a satellite image of your house on an online map get directions from your GPS receiver or find the nearest d Depiction 15 designed 9 to help users get the job done without necessarily knowing all this background information However if you restaurant using your smartphone you are making use of a Geographic Information System or GIS Essentially any electronic map is the product of GIS technology These everyday uses just scratch the surface of what is possible for GIS and are the first few want to gain a deeper examples of enormous capabilities that new technology is now understanding of some of the making available to the everyday user Much li
143. spreadsheet program CSV files can be created from Excel Access or similar spreadsheet or database program The file is created by doing a save as and choosing CSV as the output type 10 4 2 Elevation Data dem tiff gtiff bt adf hgt 8 DEM The USGS DEM standard is geospatial file format developed by the United States Geological Survey for storing a raster based digital elevation model It is an open standard and is used throughout the world It has been superseded by the USGS s own SDTS format but the format remains popular due to large numbers of legacy files self containment relatively simple field structure and broad mature software support GeoTIFF is a public domain metadata standard which allows geo referencing information to be embedded within a TIFF file The potential additional information includes projections coordinate systems ellipsoids datums sets of reference points and everything else necessary to establish the exact spatial reference for the file Section 10 Advanced Topics Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 10 4 3 Shapefiles Esri Shapefiles The esri Shapefile or simply a Shapefile is a popular geospatial vector data format for geographic information systems software It is developed and regulated by esri as a mostly open specification for data interoperability among esri and other software products A Shapefile commonly refers to a collection of files w
144. t Example same as described above interaction ick Vix in app your changes e When finished editing an interaction click the Click No to discard your changes Click Cancel to continue editing New Element Example Save button to save the changes If you try to exit without saving the Save Changes message appears It has the following options e Click the Yes button to apply changes e Click the No button to discard changes e Click the Cancel button to continue editing Tip Depiction s default interaction rules those shown in red cannot be edited They can be disabled and copied and the copies may be edited 59 Section 7 Tools Menu Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 7 4 3 Export Interactions Tools gt Interactions gt Export e Select the interaction that you want to export in the Select an interaction box e Click on the Export button The Save as dialog box appears e Enter the following details e Save in Select the folder on your computer from the Save in dropdown list File name Enter a file name in the File name textbox e Save as type An interaction file is saved as an xml file and it is the default file type selection e Click the Save button to save the file or click the Cancel bution to cancel the action 7 4 4 Import Interactions Tools gt Interactions gt Import e Select the interaction that you want to impor
145. t in the Select an interaction box e Click on the Import button The Open dialog box appears e Enter the following details e Look in Select the folder on your computer from where the file is to be imported in the Look in dropdown list Sw 7 en e File name Select the file and the file name appears in the File name textbox e Files of type interaction files are saved as xml files and it is the default file type selection e Click the Open button to open the file or click the Cancel button to cancel the action The imported interaction appears in the list of interactions in the Select an interaction box in the Interactions dialog box iles oftype Interaction files xml Section 7 Tools Menu 60 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 7 4 5 Using Interactions in Depiction Interactions determine how elements affect other elements in a depiction For example go through the following steps to see how a flood of the downtown Seatile waterfront affects elements like buildings and shelters e Create a depiction of downtown Seattle the area that will appear when you enter Seattle as your location on the Go To Location screen e Select the Elevation Data from the Quickstart data source dialog box Elevation data is used by Depiction to calculate and display the flood s extent e Select Add on the main menu bar and add different elements such as buildings shelters hospitals etc and place th
146. tac Field Exercise topomaps utm htm United States Geological Survey Map Projections Poster August 3 2006 http egsc usgs gov isb pubs MapProjections projections html Seamless Data Warehouse n d hitp seamless usgs gov ned1 php US Department of the Interior Latitude and Longitude National Atlas of the United States of America January 26 2011 http nationalatlas gov articles mapping a latlong html 113 Appendix B GIS 101 Understanding Concepts and Terms Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 About Depiction 69 add a new property 38 Add Address 22 Add File 22 Add Image 25 26 Add Mouse 21 Add on Elements 106 Add on Information 100 affected elements 5 6 61 62 Annotation 71 106 Annotations 71 106 Antenna 89 Antennae 89 Apply 35 APRS 95 96 97 98 99 100 APRS Add on Setup Wizard 97 APRS installer 97 Author 18 Automatic Packet Reporting System 95 Available 98 Background 71 Behaviors 5 106 Brightness 37 Bring to view 33 by tags 32 33 by types 32 33 Cache 106 Canvas 106 Cause 62 63 cause element 5 6 61 63 Center on region center 76 Change elevation height 89 change the icon 37 change the size 52 Circle element 72 Close 33 Closing Depiction and Exiting 20 Colorize 35 41 Comma Separated Value 43 comma separated values 92 common operating picture COP 4 Confirm element deletion 42 Confirm Installation 99 Coordi
147. te the tool The button will be outlined in red and the cursor will change to crosshairs Click and drag to draw a box around a group of elements that you wish to edit export delete send by email or hide The Manage content menu will open with the highlighted elements 4 5 Building selected enabling editing exporting etc x p Building Building BIG buiding The select tool will select all visible elements within the selection E Q region including images and shapes If any portion of a background E Q image elevation data shape element etc is within the selected region it will be selected in the Manage content menu as well and you may wish to deselect them before continuing 9 1 2 Arbitrary select tool use To select elements using an arbitrary or free form shape rather than a box right click the Select button The button will be outlined in blue and the cursor will change to crosshairs Section 9 Additional Tools 66 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Click to add corners vertices to the shape of your selection region around a group of elements Right click or double click to finish drawing the selection region and then proceed as described above Below the select tool is the QuickAdd Toolbar where frequently used elements can be added for rapid access See section 9 2 3 below for instructions on adding and removing elements from the toolbar
148. tgoing email server Email Tags Port Number Use SSL Use authentication User name Password Needed if your email server requires authentication most do Point of interest Properties i e Use authentication check this if your email Dcos MRNA E server requires it ask your system Actions Property Value Name Point of interest administrator pi User for use during authentication only Street address Description A general purpose element to as k yo u r syste m ad m n ist rato r simply indicate data location Like with your oon Password for use during authentication only ask Tm Author Depiction Inc your system administrator Set tags The second way to send an element is by clicking on Eee ue Deis Gas SSME the Send button along the bottom of the Properties To update Depiction users on changes an element s information e g occupancy information for a shelter double click the element s icon edit the contents in the element s information window and click Send Section 10 Advanced Topics 78 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 10 1 12 Configuration for common email providers Hotmail Incoming Mail Server Hotmail Outgoing Mail Server SMTP Yahoo Incoming Mail Server POP3 Yahoo Outgoing Mail Server SMTP Yahoo Plus Incoming Mail Server plus pop mail yahoo com Yes Yes E RR Yahoo Plus Outgoing Mail Server plus s
149. ther flat nor square this causes complications when rendering the world as a two dimensional map whether on paper or on a screen This is done by projecting the three dimensional globe onto a two dimensional surface The different methods of doing this are called projections There are many different projections none of which is perfect and each of which introduces different distortions to the map Because of this different projections are used for different map scales and map purposes The US Geological Survey provides this page which details the key characteristics and uses of different map projections This adds a complication to the use of geospatial data Different map data will be in different projections depending on what purpose the data was originally created for Keeping projections straight is important when using traditional GIS software Most online mapping services use a version of the Mercator projection because it displays lines of latitude and longitude as straight lines at right angles This means that there is no navigational distortion i e the direction of a straight line between two points on the map will be accurate which is not always true of other projections However areas and shapes of large areas will be distorted and will be especially distorted near the poles Data Formats There are three basic types of GIS data vector data points lines and polygons raster data images and grid data typically
150. these elements From the Quickstart menu add Elevation data If desired add a Flood Runoff or other element that interacts with elevation Add the Water barrier or Change elevation height element from the Add Content Menu The Properties box will open These elements function in the same way as the Rectangle see section 9 2 2 and length width and orientation can be set here Additionally height can be set either positive or negative a Default height for Water barrier is 20 feet b Default height for Change elevation height is 20 feet Click OK to close the box alter the elevation and run any affected simulations In this example a Flood is simulated and a Water barrier is in place Without a Water barrier the flood would have entered the city to a larger extent 10 3 7 Plume Icon for the Plume element gt a Plume generates a very approximate region reached by a chemical released into the air To use a Plume 1 Add the Plume element from the Add Content Menu 2 The Properties box will open Four different properties can be used to determine the extent of the plume a Wind speed affects how far the plume will reach Higher wind speeds will result in a longer and narrower plume 5 mph 15 default Direction wind is from sets the direction the wind is coming from in degrees 0 being North 90 East 180 South and 270 West Note that the plume will be pointed in the opposite direction West wind East
151. ties can be used to determine the runoff a Elevation Tolerance is a technical setting that determines how the element interacts with the elevation data Try setting this number higher or lower than the default 1 64 feet to see slightly different simulations Volume sets the amount of water simulated Default is 10 000 gallons Smoothing factor is another technical setting ranging from 0 10 that determines how much the simulation will average or smooth the surrounding terrain Default is 0 and larger numbers generally cause the runoff to go farther d Show maximum inundation can be set to have the element ignore the volume and fill the region to maximum 4 Click OK to close the box and run the simulation Tip The Runoff disables elements interaction rule determines what elements will be disabled Copy that rule to disable additional elements Section 10 Advanced Topics 82 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 10 3 4 Line Of Sight Line of sight uses elevation data to generate a region that can be seen from a certain point and height To use a line of sight 1 From the Quickstart menu add Elevation data Add the Line of Sight element from Add Content The Properties box will open Five different properties can be used to determine the line of sight a Maximum viewing distance sets the furthest point the element will reach 1000 feet is default Height above ground level sets the height from which the simul
152. tion includes these generic shape and line elements that can be used for drawing either as markup or to represent location based information Their colors and icons can all be edited as with other elements as described in Section 5 9 2 3 Editing the Quickadd Toolbar The Rectangle element will create a rectangle with a set width and height The Rectangle Properties window will open after each one you add to your depiction If you click Cancel on this control Depiction will delete the rectangle By default the rectangle is set to 1000 feet in height and 500 feet in width You can change the dimensions as well as the degrees of orientation by editing the properties and clicking Apply or OK Additionally check the Editable ZOI property to enable editing of the zone of influence The Circle element will create a circle with a set radius By default the circle is set to 500 feet in radius The circle ZOI can also be edited manually using the Editable ZOI property Tip changing the Radius property is the best way to maintain the shape of a Circle The Shape user drawn enables the free form drawing of a closed polygon Clicking will create vertices corners Control clicking will remove the previous vertex To complete the element click Done press Escape right click or double click To drag the background hold the Shift key while dragging with the left mouse button The Line user drawn element enables the free form
153. trol The APRS Stations OpenAPRS Quickstart data refreshes every 3 j C Ick th Next b utto n minutes or when you manually refresh it from the Active Feeds control Changes in 1 01 j Double clicking on an APRS Station element displays some of its information in a more easily read label fe ANNO 1 Cancel Section 11A APRS Add on 94 Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 J Depiction Inc APRS The Installation Complete dialog appears Installation Complete Es Click the Close button to close the installation gt wizard Depiction Inc APRS Add on has been successfully installed Click Close to exit Please use Windows Update to check for any critical updates to the NET Framework 95 Section 11 APRS Add on Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Section 11B Preparedness Add on depiction Preparedness add on software 11B 1 Using the Preparedness Add on The Preparedness Add on encourages personal and community disaster preparedness This Depiction extension includes elements icons and Quickstart data sets to help individual and families prepare for disaster Additionally there are over thirty new elements designed to help families and communities make interactive disaster plans using Depiction Keep track of your emergency kit make an emergency evacuation plans and research natural hazards in your area See the preparedness elements below m
154. tude and longitude or the UTM series of regular letters or numbers that identify system from the Settings menu under identical grid squares latitude and longitude are counted as degrees much as one measures angles or a circle Those degrees can then be further broken 1044620N 79 94886W up into minutes and seconds There are 60 minutes E in a degree and naturally 60 seconds in a minute You will frequently see latitude and longitude written Pe rae as 3875322 N 77 02 07 W As in the previous 1042646 N 7945655 W section it can also be written as a decimal instead of The degree symbol can sometimes cause using minutes and seconds Other formats may use problems when using Depiction with other some combination of degrees minutes and decimal Dieses er te fete Ine 0 Ue decimal notation when notation such as 38 53 37338 77 02 11528 7T 630084 4833438 0 26 77170N 79 56 93172 1 40 26 46 N 79 56 SSW Latitude is measured from the Equator to the North and South Poles it is at 90 degrees from each pole so latitude goes from 90 North to 0 to 90 South often you will see this written as 90 Longitude is more typically like a circle with 360 degrees In this case it goes from 0 called the Prime Meridian to 180 on the opposite side of the earth and then back down to 0 In the Western Hemisphere which contains North and South America a longitude will be with a Appendix B GIS 101
155. u get in and work with location based information and even create your own Latitude and Longitude d Using latitude and Latitude and Longitude sometimes shortened to lat long are 9 longitude is the most geographic coordinates that can describe any point on earth This accurate way to put data into Depiction You can always see the latitude and longitude within Depiction in the display is similar on a very basic level to coordinate systems used in games played on a grid like Chess or Battleship You have one number letter or coordinate that tells you where you are on the lower left horizontally left right in the games or east west on a map 38 88956 77 03525 longitude and one that tells you where you are vertically up You can also copy any down in the game north south on a map latitude In Battleship a location s coordinates to the coordinate might Be D3 four blocks over and three down In clipboard from the right click latitude and longitude it might look something like 38 8895563 menu 77 0352546 To learn more about latitude and longitude the United States National Atlas has an excellent overview Geographic Coordinate Formats Depiction understands most latitude There is one very important difference between and longitude formats You can geographic coordinates and grid coordinates the Switch between several different ways of earth is not a square This means that instead of a noting lati
156. u used the element will display a question mark in lieu of the desired icon Depiction creates two files for each export a GML file containing the data and a XSD file specifying the xml schema used by the GML file Some applications may require the XSD file when reading the GML file so they should remain in the same folder Section 5 Manage Content AQ Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 The Export to GML option is a good way to speed the loading process of elements into future depictions Save the elements to a gml file and then use that file to load the elements into other depictions This works especially well for shapefiles containing line and shape elements Manage Elements Export to GML Export element s to file To export elements to a GML file Depiction provides two file types for export Use the Save as file e Select the element or group of type select box in the next window to select which type wil be elements in the Elements tab in saved 1 Geography Markup Language GML is an industry the Manage Content dialog box standard for exchanging information between different Click the Export to File option systems CSV is a comma separated value file and can be edited in The Message box to the left will any spreadsheet software be displayed Take note that in either format the exported file If you wish to continue select Might not retain some of the rich properties and 6 11 57 behaviors of certain e
157. ue c joBgudmg Animal Control Animal Drop Animal Communications Communication Emergency Vehicle off Point peers Vehicle Plan Defibrillator Emergency Kit Radio Fia S Infected Meeting Place Meeting Place Meeting Place First Aid Kit Distribution Site Generator Person Outside Home Neighborhood Out of Area My Home Neighbor 4 P FD Neighbor Neighbor tructi Neighbor Neighbor Neighbor Neighbor Red Cross CERT Trained ada CPR Trained Medical Skills Police or Fire Vulnerable Propane Tank Public Shelter Chapter Office Shut off Shut off rcd Electricity Shut off Gas Water Walkie Talkie Workplace 11B 2 Preparedness Quickstart Data Sources Historical Hurricane Tracks These lines indicate the path date name and intensity of storms from 1851 through 2006 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA records Additional information http csc s maps q csc noaa gov hurricanes for more information Tornado tracks These lines indicate the approximate path date and intensity of historical tornado events compiled by NOAA s National Weather Service NWS Storm Prediction Center SPC Additional information http www data gov details 47 Wildfire data Names and perimeters of recent wildfires in the U S provided by the Geospatial Multi Agency Coordination Group or GeoMAC and hosted by the U S Geological Survey USGS Additional information http rmgsc cr usgs gov rmgsc apps shtml Section 1
158. ww depiction com files file DepictionUserManual pdf Dramowicz Ela Three Standard Geocoding Methods Directions Magazine Directions Magazine October 24 2004 http www directionsmag com articles three standard geocoding methods 123627 Earth Remote Sensing Data Analysis Center ASTER June 29 2009 http www qdem aster ersdac or jp Environmental Systems Research Inc ArcGIS Desktop Help 9 2 What is raster data September 22 2008 http webhelp esri com arcgisdesktop 9 2 index cfm TopicName What is raster data ESRI Shapefile Technical Discussion July 1998 http www esri com library whitepapers pdfs shapefile pdf Foster Dan GPX the GPS Exchange Format n d hittp www topografix com gpx asp GIS file formats Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Wikipedia March 29 2011 http en wikipedia org wiki GIS file formats Google Google Static Maps API Google Code n d http code qoogle com apis maps documentation staticmaps Zoomlevels KML Google Code n d http code google com apis kml Ohio State University What 18 CSV Converting Spreadsheet Data To CSV Format April 8 2004 http 8help osu edu 1701 html Open Geospatial Consortium Inc OGC Standards and Specifications OGC R March 21 2011 http www opengeospatial org standards Riesterer Jim Universal Transverse Mercator System n d http geology isu edu geos
159. x to change the size of the boundaries Use the Page up and Page down keys or the mouse scroll wheel to zoom in and out Once you position the boundaries to encompass your area of interest click Done on the upper right corner If you decide that this is the wrong area and you wish to pick a new location then click Cancel and you will be returned to the Location screen 11 Section 2 Welcome Screen Depiction User Manual Version 1 4 3 Large region warning If you select a region larger than 15 000 square miles you Your depiction area exceeds 15000 sq miles Loading elevation Will see this warning Depictions can be created at any or road network data sources for such a large area is not recommended since it is likely to cause Depiction to fail due to system memory limitations size but loading detailed datasets such as elevation and ee road networks can cause serious performance issues Quickstart Data Sources Quickstart data sources After you click Done a refined map of your area of interest appears Depiction uses the Internet to find Depiction found this data for your area public data available in your region and lists the Please select those you would like to download available Quickstart data sources ina dialog box Elevation NED 30m Alternate Select your choices using the check box on the 9 Elevation NED 30m Depiction Flood Hazard Map SFHA FEMA left Click for more inform
160. ys Much of the time spent using traditional GIS tools is a part of this process Raster Data and Images Raster data is any data that is represented by pixels or grid squares Each square has a color value taken all together these squares make up an image Depending on the resolution of the image the image will look better at different zoom levels as described above Raster images can be aerial or satellite photographs or they can be rasterized versions of vector data and sometimes it is data originally generated in a grid pixel format with different colors representing different information Photographs may be true color photographs or the colors may represent other information such as infrared or ultraviolet wavelengths of light which would otherwise be invisible called false color Depiction can import the Raster data can be stored in any image format many of which standard image file may be familiar to you JPEG PNG GIF BMP and TIFF are yess JPEG PNG GIF BMP common formats Many of these formats and others can have and TIFF Users can then geoalign those images based on other available maps and data available data files associated with them that ties them to a specific location see Geo aligning and Georeferencing above for more details World files are one example Other specialized image formats such as GeoTIFF and MrSID have this georeferencing built right into them OpenStreetMap qd NASA Lands

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