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Lesson 9 - Project Sub-Area Manager - Uploading a Sub-Area Shapefile
THE "PROJECT SUBAREA" TOOL ALLOWS YOU TO UPLOAD A SUBAREA POLYGON LAYER AND USE IT TO GENERATE STATISTICS. THE STEPS BELOW OUTLINE HOW TO DO THIS USING PLACES.
1. From the Project Menu, click on "Project Sub-area Manager".
2. The resulting page will show a list of subarea shapefiles that have been uploaded in the past. If no subarea shapefiles are available, you can upload a new shapefile from this page.
3. To upload a new subarea shapefile, click on "Upload Subarea Layer Shapefile" near the bottom of the screen.
4. Enter the name for your subarea layer and then click on "Browse" to select the shapefile on your computer you'd like to upload.
  • The shapefile must be in the Geographic NAD83 coordinate system.
  • The shapefile must be zipped with a program such as WinZip.
  • The zip file should include the .shp, .shx and .dbf for the shapefile.
  • You should have a field in your shapefile database file (.DBF) called SUB_NAME that specifies the name of each subarea.
5. Click on "Upload Selected Shapefile" to start your upload.



6. Follow the steps below once the shapefile has been uploaded:
  • Once the shapefile has passed verification, click on the link to have Places process the shapefile.
  • While Places is processing the shapefile, the page will reload automatically.
  • Once processing is done, click on the link to go back to the Sub-Area Manager.
  • Click on the sub-area name link next to the sub-area you just uploaded.
7. A page showing the different sub-areas and the number of parcels whose area overlaps the sub-area by more than 50%.

Note: Sub-areas that do not have any overlapping parcels will not be listed.
8. Click on the link at the bottom of the page to go back to the Project Subarea Menu.

9. Functions available on the Sub-area Menu

  1. Clicking on the subarea layer name will show you the same parcel statistics shown in step 8.
  2. To be able to view the subarea on the map, you must first check the "Viewable on Map" checkbox next to the subarea layer and then click "Save Changes".
  3. The original subarea shapefile uploaded to Places can be downloaded by clicking the "Download Shapefile" link.
  4. The subarea layer can be completely removed from Places by clicking on the "Delete Subarea" link.
10. To view the subarea layer on the map, navigate back to the "Scenario Functions Menu" page for one of your project scenarios. Click on "Apply Place Types Using Map".
11. The subarea layers that have been marked as "Viewable on Map" will be listed under "Subarea Layers" in the left column. Mark the box next to one of your layers and then click the "Redraw" button.
12. The subarea layer shapes will now be visible on the map. In this example, there are four large subarea shapes. The subarea shapes are outlined with thick black lines.
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