Tour the App
Orienting to the App
Climate Engine allows you to make a visualization of datasets either as a map or as a graph — to get started making maps and creating graphs, click the links. You distinguish your request by first selecting the proper tab window of options. Click on either the ‘Make Map’ tab or the ‘Make Graph’ tab as illustrated below.
Climate Engine’s display window is on the right side of the tool window. There are tabs at the top of this display window to toggle the view in the display window. Initially, the display window shows only a Map tab and a Google Map in the display window. The display window has buttons for 1) expanding the map to fullscreen, 2) zooming in and out, and 3) centering on a location the user enters. At the top left above the display window there are dropdowns for map styling and download options. At the top right above the display window there are links for sharing maps/charts, resetting to the home page, and logging out of your account.
If the user selects the Make Graph tab from the Menu Options, a point marker will appear on the map in the display window. The user also has options to interactively draw polygon geometries in the map, to use a shapefile, or to use pre-loaded geometries.
If a Time Series is requested, new tabs called ‘Figure’ and ‘Data’ will appear at the top of the display window and the time series figure will appear in the Figure tab.
At the bottom of the Climate Engine App, there is a navigation bar for additional support and information. Click on the text labels to navigate to resources .
Get Help
Clicking on the text label ‘Get Help’ will give you two options for help.
The first option is ‘Support Site’. This option links to this site which houses articles on using Climate Engine App and API. The articles range from getting started to dataset & metric info to tutorials.
The second option is ‘Contact’. This option links to an article on how to reach out to our team with any questions that aren’t answered through Support Site articles.
Get Info
Clicking on the text label ‘Get Info’ will give you three options to explore further.
The first option is ‘Data’. This will open a new window to the Dataset Information page on the Support Site. It also includes a link that takes you to a searchable spreadsheet of Climate Engine Datasets, which you can access here. This allows you to compare datasets that have the same variables, etc.
The second option is ‘Metrics’. This will open a new window to the Metrics Information page on the Support Site.
The third option is ‘License and Citations’. This window lets you know how you can use the Climate Engine App and how to cite it.
Partnerships
Clicking on the text label ‘Partnerships’ will open a new window to the Partnerships page of ClimateEngine.org. You can scroll through the partnerships and click on links to learn more about them.
Team
Clicking on the text label 'Team’ will open a new window to the Team page of ClimateEngine.org. You can scroll through the team to learn more about them or find positions and openings.
Website
Clicking on the text label ‘Website’ will take you to the climatengine.org website. This website highlights the work being done by the DRI Climate Engine team. You can read more about partnerships, applications, etc.
Home
Clicking on the text label ‘Home’ will open the pop-up window that populates the screen when you first navigate to the climate engine app website. From there, you can explore guided and video tours.
Go to the next article Dive In & Make a Map.