Damage Assessment Tool

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Overview of sample ArcView project provided on this CD-ROM

In the \software\exten directory resides an ArcView 3.1 project titled damage.apr. This project contains fictitious data that can be used to evaluate the Damage Assessment Tool. Because the files on this CD-ROM are read-only, the sample ArcView 3.1 project damage.apr must be run from a location where the files can be edited. The exten directory must be copied from the CD-ROM to a local or network drive where the user has read-write permissions. Once the exten directory has been moved to a new location, change permissions of the /samples/visited.dbf from "read-only" by altering the file properties.

The project contains two views. The view entitled Example of an Assessment shows how a project could look after an assessment has been performed or completed. Use the view entitled Perform an Assessment to perform an assessment of your own. Remember that the data are fictional and should be used for training purposes only! These views can be accessed by clicking on the View document in the project window and then selecting the desired view.

The layout contains three Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) forms, each representing one of the form styles (Housing, Business, and Public Assistance). These forms can be sent to a printer that accommodates legal-sized (8.5 inches by 14 inches) media. To view and/or print these forms click on the layout icon in the project window; three printable files will be listed:

B-05041999_1
H-05041999_1
PA-05041999_1

Select any or all files and click on the Print button in the project window. Click on the Tables icon in the project window to view three tables, each representing one of the three styles of forms. These documents are actually *.dbf files residing in \software\exten\samples. To view these tables, click on the Tables icon in the project window. You will see three files ("B-05041999.dbf", "H-05041999.dbf", and "PA-05041999.dbf"), each representing a damage assessment. Users need not modify these files, but it is interesting to note they exist and that they are used to create layouts. Setting the working directory in ArcView will control where the three damage assessment files are created. If ArcView's working directory is not set, ArcView defaults to $HOME and files will be placed there.