# Presentation: 262504

## Area Change Tool
(ACT)
Tool Introduction 
& 
Exercise 1 Preview

**(ACT)**
***Tool Introduction ***
***& ***
***Exercise 1 Preview***

***FOR-438***
***Fuels assessment techniques using LANDFIRE data***

## FBAT 

**(Fire Behavior **
**Assessment Tool)**** **
**FlamMap**

**FRCC **
**Mapping **
**Tool**

**MRIT **
**(Multi-scale **
**Resource**
**Integration **
**Tool)**

**ACT **
**(Area Change Tool)**

**FOR-438 Tool & Data Flow Overview**

- Data re-runs

## ACT 

**(Area Change Tool)**

**Data outputs**

**Tool & Data Flow**

**Allows changes to output data from other tools**
**Creates new raster layers**
**Opportunities for “what-if” scenario explorations**

**FBAT **
**(Fire Behavior **
**Assessment Tool)**** **
**FlamMap**

**FRCC **
**Mapping **
**Tool**

**MRIT **
**(Multi-scale **
**Resource**
**Integration **
**Tool)**

## ACT Functions  **

**ACT ****≠**** Fire Behavior Tool**
**ACT = GIS Tool (ArcMap)**
**Increases the utility of ArcMap**
**Adds functions from ArcInfo Workstation**
**Reduces the steps required to edit raster data**
**Allows editing of multiple raster layers simultaneously**
**Increases happiness of GIS analysts!!!**
**See *****ACT_pdxfuels.ppt***** in Docs folder**

## Primary Applications  **

**Edit**** ****data to better reflect current conditions**
**Refine existing data**
**Update existing data**
**Design**** ****treatments**** ****- edit data to reflect future conditions (proposed prescriptions)**
**Model**** ****- create new layers from existing layers**

## What ACT does in GIS terms

**Add fields from other rasters **
**Convert feature polygon to rasters**
**Create change rasters for treatment area**
**Create new rasters like originals but with changed values**

**What ACT does in GIS terms**

## Area Change Toolbar

**New Shapefile**

**Editor Toolbar**

**Shapefile Fields to Raster**

**Reclassify, Merge, Join**

**Combine Rasters**

**Copy Attribute Table to Excel**

**Copy Excel to Attribute Table**

**Raster Fields to Raster**

## Area Change Tool
Exercise 1
Single Change

**Exercise 1**
**Single Change**

## ACT Exercise 1: Single Change

**Create a treatment area with a single change for all pixel values in selected layers**
**Alter FBAT input layers for fbfm13, cc, cbh, cbd**
**Create new input layers that have a single value within the treatment area**
**All other values outside area unchanged**

## Area Change Toolbar

**New Shapefile**

**Editor Toolbar**

**Shapefile Fields to Raster**

**Reclassify, Merge, Join**

**Combine Rasters**

**Copy Attribute Table to Excel**

**Copy Excel to Attribute Table**

**Raster Fields to Raster**

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## ACT Exercise 1: Single Change Steps

_***New Shapefile***_** – ****Creates blank shapefile with attached attributes fields**
** **_***Editor Toolbar***_** – ****Draw in treatment area; add changed attribute values**
** **_***Shapefile Fields to Raster***_** – ****Creates a new raster for each attribute **
_***Reclassify, Merge, Join***_** – ****Creates new input raster for FBAT or MRIT with changed values**

## New Shapefile

**Creates new shapefile format for editing**
**Will be potential treatment area**
**Add attribute fields from rasters to be changed  (*****Value***** field)**

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## ACT Exercise 1: Single Change Steps

_***New Shapefile***_** – ****Creates blank shapefile with attached attributes fields**
** **_***Editor Toolbar***_** – ****Draw in treatment area; add changed attribute values**
** **_***Shapefile Fields to Raster***_** – ****Creates a new raster for each attribute **
_***Reclassify, Merge, Join***_** – ****Creates new input raster for FBAT or MRIT with changed values**

## Editor Toolbar

** ****Launches ArcMap Editor Toolbar**
** ****Draw treatment area**
** ****Add attribute values **

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## Add Attribute Values for 

**Add Attribute Values for **
**rasters to be changed**

## ACT Exercise 1: Single Change Steps

_***New Shapefile***_** – ****Creates blank shapefile with attached attributes fields**
** **_***Editor Toolbar***_** – ****Draw in treatment area; add changed attribute values**
** **_***Shapefile Fields to Raster***_** – ****Creates a new raster for each attribute **
_***Reclassify, Merge, Join***_** – ****Creates new input raster for FBAT or MRIT with changed values**

## Shapefile Fields to Raster

**Converts each attribute field in the new shapefile to a separate raster**
**Treatment area extent only**

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## ACT Exercise 1: Single Change Steps

_***New Shapefile***_** – ****Creates blank shapefile with attached attributes fields**
** **_***Editor Toolbar***_** – ****Draw in treatment area; add changed attribute values**
** **_***Shapefile Fields to Raster***_** – ****Creates a new raster for each attribute **
_***Reclassify, Merge, Join***_** – ****Creates new input raster for FBAT or MRIT with changed values**

## Reclassify, Merge, Join

**Creates new post-treatment raster with extent of  the original target raster but changed values**
**Creates new input layers for FBAT, FRCC, et al**
**Full spatial extent of study area**

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## ACT Exercise 1: Results

**Four new input rasters for FBAT**
**Represent post-treatment activity results**
**Re-run in FBAT provided**
**Analyze difference in pre- and post-treatment FBAT outputs to measure effectiveness**

## Caveats

**Follow the steps carefully**
**Check screen shots before proceeding**
**Save .mxd file frequently**
**Layer file (.lyr) data source re-set? **
**Very simple exercise; don’t over think it**

**Caveats**

## Exercise Data Review
In ArcCatalog

**In ArcCatalog**