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Visualisation Software

All ADMS modelling software has been designed to work with 3^rd party visualisation tools. This is important for analysis of the model output and for helping with the management of pollution sources and emission inventories.

All output of the model is in the form of ASCII text, which can be imported into most visualisation packages. For the packages below however, we have programmed automatic links to the ADMS software, so that there is a seamless, integrated flow of data.

If you have a particular visualisation package that you would like to use with ADMS data, we may be able to help. CERC staff have worked with a variety of GIS and visualisation tools, and can give guidance on how best to use these.

Surfer
Surfer is a grid-based contouring and three dimensional surface plotting graphics program. It interpolates regular or irregularly-spaced XYZ data onto a grid, and then uses this to produce contour maps and surface plots.

CERC has developed a utility which facilitates the plotting of ADMS output data in Surfer, and can provide help in generating a wide variety of output. This is provided free with ADMS models - please call for further details.

For more information on Surfer, please visit the Golden Software web site.

ArcView/ArcGIS
ArcView/ArcGIS is a complete desktop GIS solution. It is one of the leading packages for the mapping and analysis of all types of spatial data. CERC has developed an extension to ArcView 3 and also ArcGIS 9, the extension links between the interface of the GIS and the interface on the model, allowing the user to input and display source data geographically or by using text.

For analysing results, ArcView can be combined with Surfer to display plots of pollution concentration on any appropriate map backdrop. These contours can then be used as the basis for extensive geographical analysis. ArcView is also a key component in the management of emissions inventories for ADMS-Urban.

ArcView Spatial Analyst
Spatial Analyst is a plug-in for ArcView that adds to ArcView a complete grid-based contour plotting and surface analysis tool. This replaces Surfer in the system linking ArcView to the ADMS models, and provides a more sophisticated set of tools for visualising ADMS output.

For full details of ArcView/ArcGis and the Spatial Analyst Extension, please visit the ESRI web site.

MapInfo
The links to MapInfo GIS from ADMS 4, ADMS-Roads and ADMS-Urban have the same features as the links to ArcView. The basic MapInfo GIS can be used to plot contours without any "add-in" and version 6.5 includes the ability to convert to transparent contours. An "add-in" is required to convert to a vector file. See www.mapinfo.com for further details.