At the moment there is no support for this LCZ Training Areas scheme as there will be a new procedure coming soon for LCZ Training Area Creation.
This simple guide explains how to create the training areas that are needed by the LCZ classification software. A training area is a polygon that contains an LCZ of a particular type. These areas are digitized using Google Earth software. To carry out this task for your city of interest, you need to (a) understand the LCZ scheme; (b) have some knowledge about the landscape of your city; and (c) have a copy of Google Earth (or Google Earth Pro) installed on your computer. If you do not have Google Earth, you can obtain it from here. Furthermore, you will need a zipping software such as 7zip or use the one built into Microsoft Windows.
If you have never used Google Earth before and want to get an idea of how the digitization will work, view this video before preceding with the steps below.
There are two pathways through this process. For some cities (i.e. for the C40 cities), we have already downloaded and prepared some files for you. Click here to view the C40 cities. If the city you are interested in is on this list, then follow the steps associated with Pathway 1; otherwise follow the steps for Pathway 2. Note that this requires some GIS and data handling knowledge. If you cannot prepare the data for your city of choice yourself, you can ask us to do it – but give it a try first.
Both pathways begin here:
Select Pathway 1 for a C40 city and follow these steps:
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OR select Pathway 2 for a different city of your choice and follow these steps: |
Then for both pathways, complete the process as follows:
Once you have completed the steps in one of these two pathways, you can follow our step-by-step instructions to create the LCZ classification for your city.