Wind Farm

1
Wind Farm

• Create a Base Map

2
What You Will Need

• WindFarm
• WindFarm Key
• sdts2dem.exe
• Internet Connection
• WinZip or other program to Extract .tar Files

3
Information

• WindFarm does not combine information into one
  file, but instead refers to files. Once you save
  a file and start using it as included with future
  work, moving that file will cause other files to
  no longer work.
• To fix this, make sure you plan a structure that
  will allow you to never have to rearrange your
  files.
• You will need DEM Maps. The available locations
  are listed on the next few slides.
• Some locations include neighboring towns. You
  will have to find out which one contains your
  area. When you convert these files in WindFarm,
  you will be required to write down some data
  these are GPS points it covers. If you know one
  GPS point of the area you need you can quickly
  see which location contains what your needed area.

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GeoComm.com

• Bristol
• Bristol, RI
• East Providence, MA
• Fall River, MA
• Newport
• Block Island, RI
• Bristol, RI
• Fall River, MA
• Head of Westport, MA
• Narragansett Pier, RI
• Newport, RI
• Prudence Island, RI
• Sakonnet Point, RI
• Tiverton, RI
• Wickfort, RI

• Washington
• Ashaway, CT
• Carolina, RI
• East Greenwich, RI
• Hope Valley, RI
• Kingston, RI
• Mystic, CT
• Narragansett Pier, RI
• Quonochontaug, RI
• Slocum, RI
• Voluntown, CT
• Watch Hill, CT
• Wickford, RI

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GeoComm.com (cont)

• Kent
• Bristol, RI
• Coventry Center, RI
• Crompton, RI
• East Greenwich, RI
• Hope Valley, RI
• Oneco, CT
• Providence, RI
• Slocum, RI
• Voluntown, RI
• Wickford, RI

• Providence
• Attleboro, RI
• Blackstone, MA
• Bristol, RI
• Chepachet, RI
• Clayville, RI
• Coventry Center, RI
• Crompton, RI
• East Greenwich, RI
• East Killingly, CT
• East Providence, MA
• Franklin, MA
• Georgiaville, RI
• North Scituate, RI
• Oneco, CT
• Oxford, MA
• Pawtucket, RI
• Providence, RI
• Thompson, CT

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Gather Information

• Go to http//data.geocomm.com/catalog/
• Click on State -gt County
• Click on Digital Elevation Models
• Choose a location to download from (You may have
  to register or login. This is a free service)
• Save to your Sources folder
• UnZip the File
• Copy the sdts2dem.exe file into the folder with
  the .DDF files
• Run sdts2dem.exe and follow instructions
• All files have the same first 4 characters
• Make the base file name the name of the DEM model
  location, like Newport/Bristol/Kingston

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Convert with WindFarm

• Open WindFarm
• Tools -gt Data Conversion
• Select Height
• Browse to the file you created previously
• Select 7.5 minute Dem gridded data (US)
• Next, Next
• Click Browse-gt type in county name -gt save
• Check WindFarm Grided Data
• Click on the ³Initialize from input data² button
  and write down the coordinates it gives you
• Next
• Convert
• Yes
• Select your countys file, click add
• Close
• Finish

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Create a New Project

• File -gt New Project
• Name it the project you are working on
  (Portsmouth Abbey / URI)
• Choose the location it will be saved to.
  Remember to save it in a location where it wont
  have to be moved!
• Next
• Give it a project title
• Next
• West 0, South, 0
• North (refer to data you wrote down previously.
  Subtract North from South and enter that number
  here).
• East (Refer to data. Subtract East from West
  and enter that number here).
• Enter Grid.
• East West (refer to data you wrote down
  previously. Enter West)
• North South (refer to data. Enter South).
• Next, Next
• Unclick Flat
• Click Select Height Data Files
• Browse to your COUNTY.gth file
• Add and close
• Next, Next
• Finish You can now see the contour map

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Prepare Topo Map

• Go to http//www.edc.uri.edu/rigis
• Access Data, Enter your Information
• Under USGS go to your location
• Download non collar information under Raster
  Images
• Convert the Raster Image to RGB mode and save as
  .BMP
• In WindFarm, go to Tools -gt Map Transform
• Open Image, you will get a 256 colors error
• Go to Actions -gt Convert to 8 bit
• Actions - gt Move Locators to Corners
• If there is a border around the image, move the
  locators to the exact corner of the image itself
  by holding down shift, then clicking on the
  locator and dragging it.
• Actions -gt Setup Transform
• Take North, South, East and West numbers from the
  data you wrote down when converting the DEM file
• 1 West, North
• 2 East, North
• 3 East, South
• Actions -gt Apply Transform
• Close
• Agree to Save

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Insert Topo Map

• In WindFarm, Edit -gt Project Data