Welcome to the LCZ Generator!
Fast and easy Local Climate Zone mapping
Getting started: ¶
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Read
Demuzere et al. (2021)
it serves as the primary user guide
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Download the
Training Area Template
kml file
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Create your Training Areas following the
guidelines
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Once finished, use the
submission form
to submit your file.
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Fill out the fields in the submission form; fields with an asterisk (*)
are required.
Show detailed information
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Fill out the first section containing your personal information
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Select the continent and country of your Training Areas and fill out
the city name
- Select the kml Training Area file for upload
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Select the date for which the Training Areas are representative /
the aerial image was taken which was used for digitizing.
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You may also provide a DOI or similar reference if the Training Area
dataset is published in a (peer-reviewed) paper
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You may add co-authors or other relevant information to the remarks
field
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Finally you can decide whether your name should be displayed in the
results, including a suggestion how to cite your Training Area
dataset. Otherwise it is left blank.
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Submit the form. If you see a green box appear on the top of the page
after clicking the submit button, your submission was successful and will
be processed. If a red box appears, there was a problem with your Training
Area file. Check out the
FAQ for more
information.
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You will be notified via email once the processing has finished. Depending
on the current load of the system it should take ~20 minutes.
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After you received the email, your submission is also available in the
submission table.
Please cite the tool using:¶