Block-level UrbanCanvas Modeler Documentation

• Introduction
• Getting Started
  • 1. Incorporate External Macro Forecast
  • 2. Incorporate Development Pipeline Information
  • 3. Incorporate Development Constraints
  • 4. Incorporate Model Adjustments
  • 5. Evaluate Simulation Results
  • 6. Establish a Baseline Scenario
  • 7. Develop Alternative Scenarios
  • 8. Conduct Outreach and Gather Feedback
• User Interface
  • User Interface and Menus
  • Map Navigation Tools
  • Viewing Attributes of Features on the Map
  • Selection Tools
  • Map Search
  • Tables
  • Map and table filters
  • Chart dashboard interface
• Map Layers
  • Symbology
  • Layer display options
  • Default symbology
  • Time slider
  • 3D extrusion
  • UrbanSim default map layers
  • Basemaps
  • Terrain
  • Notes
• Map Layer Attribute Table
• Chart Dashboard
  • Using the chart dashboard
  • Using the chart table
• Comments
  • Comment examples
  • Viewing comments
  • Creating comments
  • Replying to comments
  • Editing comments and replies
  • Resolving comments
  • Reopening comments
  • Deleting comments and replies
  • Downloading comments
• Data Uploads
  • User Uploaded Base Year Data
  • User Uploaded Scenario Inputs
  • Travel Model and Network Data
  • User Uploaded Indicators
  • Other User Uploaded Data
  • Uploading new data
  • Editing existing data
  • Deleting existing data
• Development Projects
  • Examples of development projects
  • Creating a new development project
  • Editing an existing development project
  • Deleting an existing development project
  • Generating a development project report
  • Notes
• Constraints
  • Example of a constraint
  • Creating a new constraint
  • Bulk upload of regional zoning as constraints
  • Bulk upload of regional undevelopable data
  • Editing an existing constraint
  • Deleting an existing constraint
• Adjustments
  • Example of an adjustment
  • Creating a new adjustment
  • Editing an existing adjustment
  • Deleting an existing adjustment
• Tags
  • Example of a tag
  • Creating a new tag
  • Editing a tag
  • Deleting existing tags
  • Applying tags to scenarios
  • Filtering table records by tag
• Scenarios
  • Example of a scenario
  • Creating a new scenario
  • Editing an existing scenario
  • Deleting an existing scenario
  • Viewing scenario inputs on the map
• Simulation Runs
  • Creating a new simulation run
  • Simulation status, log, & download results
  • Deleting an existing simulation run
  • Viewing indicators
• Map Indicators
  • Calculation of Indicators
  • Indicator Metadata
  • Uploading Ad-hoc Indicators
  • Deleting and Renaming Indicator Layers
  • Block model example layers
  • Parcel and Zone model example layers
• Chart Indicators
  • Calculation of Indicators
  • Chart Metadata
  • Block model chart examples
  • Parcel and Zone model chart examples

UrbanSim Block Model:

• About UrbanSim
  • Introduction
    • Intended Uses of UrbanSim
    • Assumptions and Limitations of UrbanSim
  • UrbanSim Overview
  • Model System Design and Geographic Level of Analysis
    • Summary of Typical UrbanSim Data Inputs and Outputs
    • Key Features of UrbanSim
  • Policy Scenarios
  • Discrete Choice Models
• Block Model Data Schema
  • UrbanCanvas: Core Base Year Data
    • Block geometry
    • Building types (Optionally supplied by user)
  • Simulation: Core Base Year Data
    • Blocks
    • Built Space
    • Agents
    • Capacities (Optional but recommended)
    • Rents and Prices
  • Model Calibration Data
    • Default: County and PUMA calibration routine
    • Optional: Place type calibration routine
  • User Uploaded Scenario Inputs
    • Annual Household Control Totals
    • Annual Employment Control Totals
    • Travel Model Zones
    • Travel Model Skims
    • Regional Zoning
  • Other User Uploaded Data
    • Summary Geography
    • Bulk upload of development projects
    • Bulk upload of constraints
    • Bulk upload of adjustments
• Block Model Methodology
  • Household Models
  • Employment Models
  • Real Estate Models