Development Impact Analysis can be used to evaluate proposed developments and assess their impact on solar radiation, shadows, and viewsheds in a community.
It provides specialized workflows to produce information products for a comprehensive planning review. This optimized approach helps create powerful 3D visuals that can be used to inform stakeholders and improve public involvement in the development process. Development Impact Analysis is typically implemented by planning departments, design firms, and other local government agencies that want to create effective visualizations that highlight the impact of proposed developments.
The Development Impact Analysis solution delivers a set of capabilities that help you create solar radiation maps, evaluate how proposed developments will cast shadows on existing buildings, and review the impact on viewsheds.
Deploy the solution
This ArcGIS solution can be deployed in your ArcGIS organization.
See Deploying a solution for more information.
Requirements
Development Impact Analysis requires the following:
- ArcGIS Online
- ArcGIS Pro 2.9 or later (Advanced)
- ArcGIS 3D Analyst extension
- ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension
Information products
Development Impact Analysis includes the following information products:
| Item | Description | Minimum user type |
|---|---|---|
Solar Radiation Analysis | An ArcGIS Pro project used by government planners to calculate solar radiation maps for the wider community | GIS Professional Advanced |
Shadow Impact Analysis | An ArcGIS Pro project used by government planners to evaluate the shadow impact of proposed or existing buildings on the surrounding community | GIS Professional Advanced |
Visibility Analysis | An ArcGIS Pro project used by planners to assess the visibility from or visibility of a proposed development within the community | GIS Professional Advanced |
When you deploy this solution in your ArcGIS organization, you also get an ArcGIS solution item that organizes the key information products and summarizes all the ArcGIS items (applications, forms, projects, maps, feature layers, feature layer views, and so on) included with the solution. The ArcGIS solution item also illustrates any dependencies items have on each other.
Release notes
The following are the release notes:
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 1.1 (Jul 2022) |
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| 1.0 (Nov 2020) |
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