ArcGIS GeoPlanner provided templates

ArcGIS GeoPlanner includes templates that provide a starting point for various planning scenarios. The templates include default design layers, design types, data layers, and dashboard indicators that can be customized to fit your organization's planning needs.

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You can preview a template before creating your project by clicking Preview in a template's tile.

The following templates are included with GeoPlanner:

• Basic
• Economic Development Planning
• Green Infrastructure Planning
• Land Use Planning
• Learn.arcgis.com
• Military Mobility
• Public Safety
• Special Event Planning

Basic

The Basic template is designed to help planners start projects in GeoPlanner and contains unnamed point, line, and polygon design layers. This template can be used to familiarize yourself with GeoPlanner or as a starting point for building your own templates.

Design palette

The following table lists all design layers, all design types, all scenario indicators, and a subset of the design fields included with the Basic template:

Design layer	Design types	Design fields	Scenario indicators
Point	Point 1 Point 2 Point 3 Point 4 Point 5	Name Description Design Field	Key Performance Indicator
Line	Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Line 5	Name Description Design Field	Key Performance Indicator
Polygon	Polygon 1 Polygon 2 Polygon 3 Polygon 4 Polygon 5	Name Description Design Field	Key Performance Indicator Area (SQ MI) Area (SQ KM)

Economic Development Planning

The Economic Development Planning template is designed to help planners create projects to support economic development opportunities within a region. The template focuses on general land use, points of interest, and transportation services. The dashboard is configured to track costs, job opportunities, and areas of rising economic potential.

This template can encourage economic growth in rural cities with high poverty rates and a lack of job opportunities. A city planner can use this template to devise their economic planning goals by mapping areas for commercial development and comparing it to residential densities.

Design palette

The following table lists all design layers and a subset of design types, design fields, and scenario indicators included in the Economic Development Planning template:

Design layer	Design types	Design fields	Scenario indicators
Point of Interest (Point)	Entertainment & Hospitality Services Financial Services Government Services Schools	Name Description	None
Transportation (Line)	Bus Route Collector Freeway Metro Rail	Cost per Miles Name Description	Roadway Construction Cost
Land Use (Polygon)	Agriculture Mixed Use Heavy Industrial Multi Family	Dwelling Unites Per Acre Lot Coverage Net Factor Floor Area Ratio	Number of New Multi Family Units New Dwelling Units Total (DU) Area of New Office (GFA)

Green Infrastructure Planning

The Green Infrastructure Planning template is designed to help planners create projects that support the management and prioritization of natural assets such as regional parks, watersheds, and wildlife habitats. The template loads green infrastructure-related layers from ArcGIS Living Atlas and includes design layers for mapping historic places and scenic trails, as well as three polygon design layers related to environmental land use planning. A planner can use this template to map areas of biodiversity importance within a county focused on protecting natural areas for habitat.

Design palette

The following table lists all design layers and a subset of design types, design fields, and scenario indicators included in the Green Infrastructure Planning template:

Design layer	Design types	Design fields	Scenario indicators
Cultural Places (Point)	Recreation	Name Description	None
Scenic (Line)	Historic Trails River or Stream Scenic	Name Description	None
Land Use (Polygon)	Commercial General Residential High Density Industrial Light Open Space Conservation	Name Description Floor Area Ratio Dwelling Unit Per Acre	Land Use (Acres) Development Credits Residential Single Family Unit Receiving Area Low Density Housing
Cores (Polygon)	Connector Core Fragment	Name Description Core Class Acres	None
Green Infrastructure (Polygon)	Coastal Flooding Critical Wildlife Habitats Erosion Flood Risk	Name Description	None

Land Use Planning

The Land Use Planning template is designed to help planners create projects that support the general space use decision-making process and contains a design layer for points of interest, and a design layer for transportation routes. The land use design layer contains uses such as historic lands and commercial neighborhood stores.

This template can help planners find more efficient use of land resources. A regional planner can use this template to devise planning goals that diversify land use, by incorporating a mix of commercial and residential land use while also balancing natural land use types and protections.

Design palette

The following table lists all design layers, and a subset of design types and design fields included in the Land Use Planning template:

Design layer	Design types	Design fields	Scenario indicator
Point of Interest (Point)	Civic Center Fire Station Hospital Religious Center	Number of Employee Service Population Design Field	None
Transportation (Line)	Arterial Ferry Highway Rail - Freight Passenger	Number of Lanes Speed Limit Cost Per Mile Annual Maintenance Cost	None
Land Use (Polygon)	Agricultural Crop Commercial General Institutional Residential Medium Density	Floor Area Ratio Dwelling Unit Per Acre Assessed Value Daily Water Consumption	None

Learn.arcgis.com

The Learn.arcgis.com template supports the guided tutorial: Get started with ArcGIS GeoPlanner. This tutorial focuses on potential infill development in San Francisco to ease the city's housing shortage.

Design palette

The following table lists the design layer, design types, design fields, and scenario indicator included in the Learn.arcgis.com template:

Design layer	Design types	Design fields	Scenario indicator
Potential Sites (Polygon)	Office Open Space Retail/Ent	Name Description Dwelling Unit Density	Area (SQ KM)

Military Mobility

The Military Mobility template is designed to help planners create projects that support military members on operational efforts, such as moving resources and troops to a new location efficiently. The template contains design layers for operational points such as checkpoints and line features for supply routes and troop lines. The template also contains a polygon design layer for prioritized areas and landing zones.

This template can be used to help coordinate a unit's plan in the face of a natural disaster, such as a hurricane, by mapping assembly areas and checkpoints for military personnel to congregate.

Design palette

The following table lists all design layers and a subset of design types and design fields included in the Military Mobility template:

Design layer	Design types	Design fields	Scenario indicator
Operational Point (Point)	Air Control Point Checkpoint Communications Point Way Point	Unit Name Affiliation Rotation Position Number	None
Operational Line (Line)	Alternate Supply Route (ASR) AntiTank Ditch Double Fence Single-strand Concertina	Description Height Number of Access Points Design Field	None
Operational Area (Polygon)	Area of Operations Assembly Area Drop Zone Limited Access Area	Unit Abbreviation Perimeter Distance Number of Personnel Description	None

Public Safety

The Public Safety template is designed to help planners create projects that support public safety and emergency response measures. The template contains basic examples of public disturbances and threats, such as a gas leak or fire, as well as the components needed to coordinate a response. For example, in response to a flood model, planners might use the Evacuation Area design layer to categorize different threat areas.

Design palette

The following table lists all design layers and a subset of design types and design fields included in the Public Safety template:

Design layer	Design types	Design fields	Scenario indicator
Incident Point (Point)	Civil Disturbance Criminal Activity Fire Hazardous Material	Incident Number Incident Name Feature Code Description	None
Resource Assignments (Point)	Area Command Team, Firefighting Helicopters, Firefighting Incident Management Team	Category Resource Available Description	None
Evacuation Route (Line)	Evacuation Route	Route ID Route Name Road Class Contra Flow	None
Incident Line (Line)	Criminal Activity Rail Vehicle Civil Disturbance	Subtype Field Feature Code Location Description Severity	None
Incident Area (Polygon)	Civil Disturbance Criminal Activity Fire Hazardous Material	Severity Description Growth Last Editor Name	None
Evacuation Area (Polygon)	Mandatory Evacuation Other Evacuation Voluntary Evacuation	Incident Number Incident Name Evacuation Area ID Description	None

Special Event Planning

The Special Event Planning template is designed to help planners create projects that support public and private events such as a local art fair, festival, or parade.

The design features of this template help allocate where resources such as guest services, handicap access, pedestrian routes, and VIP areas will be located. This information can be used to help manage the operations and production of an event, while summarizing assets for financial and planning purposes.

Design palette

The following table lists all design layers, and a subset of design types and design fields included in the Special Event Planning template:

Design layer	Design types	Design fields	Scenario indicator
Special Event Point (Point)	ATM Command Center First Aid Restroom	Event Number Location Description Responsible Agency Contact Name	None
Special Event Line (Line)	Evacuation Route Event Route Pedestrian Route Vehicular Egress Route	Name Contact Phone Contact Email Last Editor	None
Special Event (Polygon)	Special Event	Event Name Site Address City State	None
Special Event Area (Polygon)	Parking Area Pedestrian Traffic Only Public Access Area Staging Area	Event Number Location Description Responsible Agency Contact Name	None