Exporting Maximum Flood Contours

Maximum flood contour information can be exported from one or more simulations to a selected MapInfo or ESRI file format. The formats currently supported are:

In order to export the maximum flood contour data, InfoWorks ICM requires you to specify one or more simulations, a ground model and a theme, which contain elevation and contour interval information, as well as the location of the folder where the files are to be exported to. The names of the exported files are automatically given the same names as the simulations with the appropriate file extensions. Any existing files in the 'export' folder, which have the same file name and extension as the ones currently being exported, will be automatically overwritten during the export operation.

To export maximum flood contours:

  1. Select the Export Maximum Flood Contours option from the Results menu, and then select the type of file which you want to export the files to from the list.
  2. The appropriate Export Maximum Flood Contours dialog is displayed.

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  3. Drag one or more simulations from the Explorer window to the Sim drop target or use the button to browse for simulations.
  4. Drag a TIN or grid ground model from the Explorer window to the Ground model TIN/Ground model grid drop target or use the button to browse for the appropriate ground model.
  5. Note

    You can only use a Gridded Ground Model when exporting flood contours to ESRI ASCII Grid format (ASC).

  6. Drag a theme from the Explorer window to the Theme drop target or use the button to browse for the required theme.

  7. Type in the location of the folder where the exported files are to be saved to or use the (Browse) button to search for it.
  8. Select OK and the following files will be exported to the specified folder:
    TypeFile Extension
    MapInfo MIF

    MIF and MID

    MapInfo TAB

    DAT, ID, MAP, TAB

    ESRI Shape

    DBF, SHP, SHX

    ESRI ASCII Grid

    ASC

The data can then be imported into the appropriate GIS system.

Results

Simulations

Themes

Ground Models

Displaying Flood Extents

Export Maximum Flood Contours Dialog