Get Landscape

Within the United States, pre-made landscapes in a GeoTIFF (.TIF) format file can be downloaded with landfire.gov services using the Utilities > Get Landscape command. This landscape is composed of all eight themes used for FlamMap and Farsite as well as an optional FCCS theme for SpatialFOFEM runs. It uses a custom local Albers projection that keeps the landscape north orientated. The Utilities > Get Landscape command opens the "Get Landscape" dialog.

Blank Get Landscape dialog.

The "Get Landscape" dialog has two methods for identifying the bounding box for your project.

Enter the latitudes and longitudes of the project area bounding box, in decimal degrees using the WGS84(EPSG:4326) datum. Remember for North America longitudes are negative numbers.
Zoom in on the map window to your area of interest and drawing a rectangle, the map tools can be identified with their hover text.

For the Destination File: text box click Button to open a Windows file selection dialog. to designate a location and file name for the .ZIP archive to be downloaded.

From the LANDFIRE Version: drop-down list select the desired LandFire version.

From the Resolution (meters): drop-down list select the appropriate output cell resolution for the landscape.

Selecting the Include FCCS Layer check box will add the Fuel Characteristic Classification System (FCCS) theme to the downloaded landscape. The FCCS theme is required for a FOFEM run.

Click Get Landscape button. to begin the landscape request and a message dialog indicates the status of the request.

Message confirming a landscape request.

Message indicating the landscape is downloading.

Another message dialog appears when the download is complete, reminding you of it's location.

Message confirming successful landscape download and file location.

You will need to extract the .ZIP file to load it into a FlamMap Project using the Landscape > Open Landscape command. Richt click the .ZIP file and click Extract All... on the shortcut menu.

Files from downloaded landscape zip.

There are three files included in the .ZIP,

a .TFW (World File),
the .TIF (GeoTIFF) with the landscape data, datum and projection information,
a .XML file containing the metadata for the GeoTiff bands.

GeoTIFF Band	Data Theme	Units	Data Type
1	Elevation	Meters	INT16
2	Slope	Degrees	INT16
3	Aspect	Degrees	INT16
4	Fire Behavior Fuel Model	Class (40 FBFM numeric code)	INT16
5	Canopy Cover	Percent	INT16
6	Crown (Stand) Height	Meters*10	INT16
7	Crown Base Height (CBH)	Meters*10	INT16
8	Crown Bulk Density (CBD)	kg/m3*100	INT16
9	Fuel Characteristic Classification System Fuelbeds	Class (FCCS numeric code)	INT16

More information can be found at landfire.gov.

View History

The View History Button button on the "Get Landscape" dialog opens a list of your previous Get Landscape requests.

Get Landscape History dialog displaying three previous landscape requests.

Click on a row to select it and use the load Selected button found on the Get Landscape History dialog. button to display the previous request into the "Get Landscape" dialog where you can make the same request or modify it. Or use the Delete Selected button found on the Get Landscape History dialog. button to remove the request from your history.