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This repository hosts the beta implementation of the Urban Online ES Workflow. The project is intended to give urban planners the ability to create and assess scenarios using InVEST Urban models.
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Geographic extents for invest models #79

Closed davemfish closed 1 year ago

davemfish commented 1 year ago

We should run all models with an extent that covers the largest necessary serviceshed. Here's some info from Chris based on his modeling in San Antonio.

Serviceshed distances:

Nature access: 2280m Urban cooling: 1200m Pollination: 1340m Carbon: no buffer Stormwater: 1 pixel buffer? Unsure but definitely smaller than the others

davemfish commented 1 year ago

In practice this means we should expand the buffer around the study area parcels by this distance when creating scenario LULCs.

davemfish commented 1 year ago

As of #84, Scenarios are created with extent of the largest possible serviceshed. But we might still want to run different models with different extents to get the most meaningful results. Or maybe we will want to to summarize results for different models using different extents/servicesheds.

I'll put this on hold to revisit after we have model results to work with.

davemfish commented 1 year ago

This is done, at least for the models we're currently running:

Carbon: there is no meaningful difference between the serviceshed and the extent of the LULC Urban Cooling: serviceshed is captured by the AOI polygon, which we construct based on the user's study area parcels.