a quick demo of the��Wasatch Front�Residential Accessibility Calculator
The opening splash screen gives a brief explanation of the tool and its intended uses.
This tool is currently a beta-version so is still being tested.
For more information on the tool follow the link to the Weber Housing story map.
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To begin, first choose the community or communities for your analysis.
Pan and zoom to your area of interest and click on the map to select one or more cities to analyze.
When you select a community, �the map automatically zooms to that community.
You can filter your results by the land use type. Options include:
All Land Uses,
Single-Family Residential (only), or
All Other Land Uses (besides Single-Family Residential).
You can add addition cities by clicking on the map
Or remove them by clicking on a city in the list under Step 1 Select Cities
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Or remove cities by clicking on a city in the list under “Step 1 Select Cities”
You can also change the basemap.
Click on the Basemap Gallery icon to change the background map.
You can also change the basemap.
Click on the Basemap Gallery icon to change the background map.
Background layers allow you to explore the data used in the analysis.
Show or hide layers by clicking on ‘expand’ for a specific category and then checking layers on or off.
You can do this by clicking the box next to the measure.
When a layer is turned on, that layer is automatically included in the legend.
There are four major factors to choose from:
Places,
Access to Employment,
Existing and Planned Transportation, and
Community Necessities.
Each factor includes several measures. Click expand to show the measures; click collapse to hide them.
For example, the Existing and Planned Transportation factor includes Transit, Freeway Access, and Active Transportation Facilities.
Factors and measures not present in a community are automatically excluded from the analysis and hidden from view.
When a measure is excluded, a note will appear to inform the user.
For each factor, choose its priority level.
Click the arrow under Priority. Select High, Medium, or Low from the drop down menu. If the measure is not relevant to your analysis, choose Exclude to exclude it from the analysis.
As you change the priority level of measures, the map updates the suitability results.
Click on various parts of the map to view the calculations and numeric score for that area in the Location Score table.
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The Location Score table shows you the input score, priority weight, and weighted score for each measure. It provides a total numeric score for the location of the map you click on.
At the bottom, the table provides the score of the highest theoretical score for the community. It also shows how your selected location compares to that score.
To better understand how the accessibility calculator works, use this method:�
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