Allocating land use demand to nodes

Land Use Demand can be allocated to nodes:

In both cases the Land Use demands should be defined in the Land Use Grid View of the Polygons Grid prior to allocation.

Manual Allocation of Land Use Demand to Nodes

Land Use Demand can be allocated to a node manually by editing the Land Use Page of the node property sheet:

  1. Open the Property Sheet of the node to be edited.
  2. On the Land Use Page of the property sheet:

The read only cells on the Land Use Page of the Node property sheet contain values derived from either the selected Land Use Definition or Land Use Polygon (if one has been selected). These values are used to calculate the land use demand assigned to the node, which can be viewed in the Node Demand Page of the Node property sheet.

See the Calculation of Land Use Demand at Nodes topic for more information.

Land Use Allocation Tool

The Allocate Land Use Demand to Nodes option allows automatic calculation of the contribution of land use area demands to nodes in the network.

The following are required when allocating land use demand to nodes:

The Land Use polygons represent geographical areas of demand, for example, Farms or Industrial Estates.

The Land Use area data is incorporated into the model by selecting Node Polygons | Allocate Land Use Demand to Nodes from the Model menu. This displays the Allocate Land Use Demand to Nodes dialog.

The dialog allows the digitised GIS Land Use Polygon data to be read by:

Using the Allocate Land Use Demand functionality

To allocate land use demands to nodes:

  1. If only a selection of nodes are to be updated, make a selection of nodes on the GeoPlan Window.
  2. Select Node Polygons | Allocate Land Use Demand to Nodes from the Model menu. This displays the Allocate Land Use Demand to Nodes dialog.
  3. Select the source of the Land Use Polygon data to be used. This may be a GIS file, a layer displayed on the GeoPlan Window, or polygons that have already been imported from the GIS file.
  4. Select other options as required:
  5. Click OK to complete the process.

At each node to be updated:

See Calculation of Land Use Demand at Nodes for more information.


Demand Allocation

Calculation of Land Use Demand at Nodes

Static Demand Allocation

Allocate Land Use Demand to Nodes dialog