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Let's start out describing the building data. The building data for MAEviz needs to be in ESRI's Shapefile format. Below you will find the column names, a short description and the column types that MAEviz requires. Only the column types (e.g. integer, double, string, etc) must explicitly match because when we ingest the dataset, MAEviz will ask you to map your columns to the columns that MAEviz needs. For example, your structure type information might be in a column called s_type and MAEviz expects it to be called str_type so you can tell MAEviz that s_type maps to str_type and thus no changes need to be made to your dataset. I've categorized the columns into three categories: Very Important, Less Important and Least Important.
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Field Name | Field Description | Field Type |
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PAR_ID | parcel identifier | string |
PARID_CARD | improvement identifier | string |
BLDG_ID | building identifier (unique) | string |
STR_PROB | probability that the structure type specified is correct | double |
YEAR_BUILT | the year the structure was built | integer |
A_STORIES | the number of above ground stories | integer |
B_STORIES | the number of below ground stories | integer |
BSMT_TYPE | the basement type | string |
GSQ_FOOT | total ground floor area of the building in square feet | integer |
OCC_DETAIL | specific occupancy category, describing the detailed use of the building | string |
MAJOR_OCC | major occupancy category for the parcel in which the building is sited | string |
BROAD_OCC | general occupancy categories | string |
REPL_CST | replacement cost for the building from R.S. means square foot cost | double |
STR_CST | structural component of the replacement cost | double |
NSTRA_CST | acceleration sensitive component of replacement cost | double |
NSTRD_CST | drift sensitive component of replacement cost | double |
DGN_LVL | design level for the building as per HAZUS MR-3 specifications | string |
OCC_TYP2 | detailed HAZUS occupancy category for the building | string |
TRACT_ID | census tract identifier | string |
Now, it's ok if you don't have all of the above information for your buildings since the more detail you have about your building means you can be more explicit in mapping your fragilities to your buildings in the damage analysis and . Only in some cases, the more advanced analysis analyses will MAEviz start requiring some of those other attributes (e.g. estimating structural damage cost requires the APPR_BLDG column since the cost of the structure needs to be known). However, all of these columns need to be present, even if they contain no data because MAEviz will expect all of the columns to be there. In the next version of MAEviz, this restriction of all columns being present, even with no data, should be eliminated.
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