HEC-RAS is a windows program. If students have Mac machines, instructions on how to install HEC-RAS on Mac are provided in the student tutorial under software section and in the teaching tips below. Some HEC-RAS structures generated by the tool may be at the same location, and the user may want to merge them for simplicity. There is information in other MIKE11 files such as the sim11, the bnd11, and the hd11 files; which must be entered independently in the HEC-RAS project.
Home›Suggestion Box- Home software hec-ras Welcome to the Hydrologic Engineering Center's (CEIWR-HEC) River Analysis System (HEC-RAS) website. This software allows the user to.
- Video to show how to install HEC-RAS in a Macintosh. Correct URL for the TAR file is: http://atomickitty.ddns.net/software/hec-ras-macos/.
Global Mapper UserPosts: 114Trusted User
HEC-RAS (Hydrologic Engineering Centers River Analysis System) put out by the US Army Corps is a freely available software package used for hydraulic modeling of rivers. It is the primary software package used all over the nation for floodplain mapping related to FEMA and NFIP. It is also used for a lot of other work involving rivers such as designing bridges, culverts, river restoration projects, canals, ..It does it's job, but it is severely lacking in working with geographic data. So, to get a model setup most people use other software such as AutoCAD, MicroStation, or AcrView (HEC-GeoRAS).
My suggestion is to incorporate something similar to HEC-GeoRAS into GlobalMapper. If done well there is potential for a lot of users.
All that is really needed are the following;
- Ability to work with various terrain datasets
- Ability to draw lines
- Ability to extract terrain data and distances from these lines
- ability to export to a specific file format for HEC-RAS
GlobalMapper is already setup to do all of those. The only step remaining is creating the file ready to be imported into HEC-RAS. Since HEC-RAS is public software I think you can obtain the needed information for this file.
While this would be a great starting point, GlobalMapper has the potential to post process data that HEC-RAS creates. Such as creating flood inundation maps, depth plots, scour plots,.. But I will save that for later.
Comments
- edited December 2011Thank you for the information. I agree that sounds like a useful addition and hopefully the required formats aren't too crazy. I've added this to our todo list.
Thanks,
Mike
Global Mapper Guru
gmsupport@bluemarblegeo.com
http://www.globalmapper.com - Global Mapper UserPosts: 114Trusted UserHere is the link to the manual. Appendix B has the information that you would need I think.
http://goo.gl/dPcFp - Global Mapper UserPosts: 114Trusted UserIf anyone is interested in a learning a little bit more about floodplain mapping and modeling. These two resources are a good place to start;
Elevation Data for Floodplain Mapping
Mapping the Zone - edited December 2011Thanks for the link, looks like the formats are simple enough, it's really just a matter of figuring out how to define what is what in Global Mapper to get the proper output format. For example what different reaches are, cross sections, etc. I'm not sure how important getting all that properly defined is for HEC-RAS or what a normal input looks like, but there's quite a bit of that in the samples in the User's Manual.
Thanks,
Mike
Global Mapper Guru
gmsupport@bluemarblegeo.com
http://www.globalmapper.com - Global Mapper UserPosts: 114Trusted UserWe currently use MicroStation and/or HEC-GeoRAS (within ArcView). They both handle defining the various features differently. If all of the lines are drawn in GM they could each just get an attribute such as profile, cross section, etc. Then on output, GM could just look at the attribute field to determine what each line is and what information it needs. You could also create/import each piece so they are all in different files and then have the user pick which file is which feature.
There are probably several ways to do it. I don't know much about programming to know which one is better. - edited December 2011Ok thank you for the information. We will look closer at how best to define this when we actually get to implementing it.
Thanks,
Mike
Global Mapper Guru
gmsupport@bluemarblegeo.com
http://www.globalmapper.com - Global Mapper UserPosts: 114Trusted UserLet me know if you have any questions or need anything tested. The company I work for uses HEC-RAS a lot, and we also teach courses around the nation to Departments of Transportation and other government agencies.
- edited April 2013Hi Mike, I am just curious about the status of the work to implement this HEC-RAS export feature. Thanks.
- edited April 2013Unfortunately nothing yet. It's quite a todo list we have, so better HEC-RAS integration might end up being part of a feature extension library that either we or some 3rd party writes. The next GM release should support 3rd-party feature extensions so things like this will be possible.
Thanks,
Mike
Global Mapper Guru
gmsupport@bluemarblegeo.com
Blue Marble Geographics for Coordinate Conversion, Image Reprojection and Vector Translation - edited April 2013
My suggestion is to incorporate something similar to HEC-GeoRAS into GlobalMapper. If done well there is potential for a lot of users.
This would be stunning. I remember I worked my ass off to try and find a good combination of GIS DEsktop + HEC GRas to start my PhD project.
This would surely be an excellent addition. Great suggestion @DustyRobinson - edited July 2014I would like to reinforce the value of the toolset described by the previous posters. The Army Corps of Engineers developed various softwares including HEC-HMS and HEC-RAS which are free to download and widely used in the technical community by hydrologists and hydraulic engineers. The software packages are fairly simple and are accompanied by spatial data editors (HEC-GeoHMS and HEC-GeoRAS); however, the *Geo* applications are only really available as build-ins to ARC which, aside from being cumbersome and crashy, is also outrageously expensive.
I believe, and I expect that many would support this sentiment, that the inclusion of *Geo* editors for HEC-HMS and HEC-RAS in the Global Mapper software would actually improve your bottom line. As the *Geo* editors are already coded and available for free I'm fairly confident it would not be a significant challenge for your coders to retrofit them into Global Mapper.
Please let me know if you'd like more info regarding this statement. Again, I would like to strongly reinforce the value of adding this toolset to your [already amazing] product. - Global Mapper UserPosts: 324Trusted UserOnce again I would like to put in my two bits in support of this. To create and set up most of the terrain model in GM, and then transfer it to HEC-RAS would be great!
- edited July 2014Hello all,
I too am in favor of adding this. I keep watching this thread as I find it both a really good idea, and a strong challenge for the ones developing GM.
Currently I am not working with these tools because the nature of my work is focused on something else for the moment, but I remember that back in the days when I wanted to start my PhD based on a hydrology issue, I virtually had to drop the idea because of the huge prices that one had to pay for such products.
All in all I consider this a top addition, alongside the former GM's Scripting capabilities and the future plans concerning charts. You will open the door for a new sector and the people involved in it. - edited July 2014Hi Guys,
Thank you for your enthusiastic feedback and requests, I have linked this thread in the enhancement request. I will also ask if our Sales and Development Staff can discuss the request for compatibility with HEC-HMS and HEC-RAS applications in an upcoming planning meeting, as far as real development requirements and the potential utility for those professionals working in hydrology and hydraulic engineering fields is concerned.
If you would like me to add any additional information to the enhancement request; use-case scenarios, your own information and professional credentials, and/or supporting or pertinent literature or projects you may send these to geohelp@bluemarblegeo.com.
Please put 'Attn Jasmine - Hydro # 9104' in the subject field, so that I know what it is pertaining to.
Regards,
Jasmine - Global Mapper UserPosts: 114Trusted UserHi,
Just checking into see if there has been any decisions made regarding incorporating HEC-RAS specific tools in GM?
FYI - Software now exists with the sole function of creating and editing HEC-RAS models (HEC-RAS software that automates cross sections creation and floodplain mapping)
There is a huge market for software of this kind. I think GM has the potential to offer an attractive option for a lot of people using HEC-RAs. - Global Mapper UserPosts: 114Trusted UserHi,
While my original request may still be a beneficial feature to some we have found other software to aid in the creation, editing, and processing of HEC-RAS models. The software is not cheap, but it is well worth the cost for what it does. GeoHECRAS by CivilGeo is the software if anyone is interested; http://www.civilgeo.com/geo-hec-ras/ - I still think there is a great value in this addition for Global Mapper.
- Hi,
I strongly support the idea of a feature that would allow to export directly geographic data to HEC-RAS. Global Mapper does already the greatest part of the job (defining the geometry of the reaches and cross sections), but the transfer of these datas to HEC-RAS by CSV files is really tedious.. - Hi,
Has there been any progress on this feature? It would be incredibly useful in our office as we have a lot of Global Mapper and HEC-RAS users.
Would be great to hear if there was progress. - edited October 2018I will forever hope this suggestion is going to be implemented at some point as well as a GM version for Mac .
- Hello All,
We are finally getting around to adding some HEC-RAS integration in to Global Mapper and were hoping for some customer input.
We have noticed that the cross-sections for streams don't seem to have a consistent spacing or geometry. Are the cross-sections typically drawn by hand, or is there some automated way that cross sections could be placed along the stream path?
Once you have a cross section and the Z values along the cross section are pulled from the underlying DEM data, are those Z values typically edited within the stream where the DEM has a flat surface to get bathymetric heights? Or is there some source of terrain with the bathymetry for streams along with terrain surface heights?
Finally, are the bank locations for each cross section typically specified manually, or is there some automatic way to calculate those based on the stream geometry.
It would be helpful is discussion for this could be sent to geohelp@bluemarblegeo.com as well as posted here.
Thanks,
Mike
Global Mapper Guru
geohelp@bluemarblegeo.com
http://www.bluemarblegeo.com/
Hey Mike,Hello All,
We are finally getting around to adding some HEC-RAS integration in to Global Mapper and were hoping for some customer input.
We have noticed that the cross-sections for streams don't seem to have a consistent spacing or geometry. Are the cross-sections typically drawn by hand, or is there some automated way that cross sections could be placed along the stream path?
Once you have a cross section and the Z values along the cross section are pulled from the underlying DEM data, are those Z values typically edited within the stream where the DEM has a flat surface to get bathymetric heights? Or is there some source of terrain with the bathymetry for streams along with terrain surface heights?
Finally, are the bank locations for each cross section typically specified manually, or is there some automatic way to calculate those based on the stream geometry.
It would be helpful is discussion for this could be sent to geohelp@bluemarblegeo.com as well as posted here.
Thanks,
Mike
Global Mapper Guru
geohelp@bluemarblegeo.com
http://www.bluemarblegeo.com/
Good to hear this ended up on your radar. You should know that a recent release of HEC-RAS (v5+) built-in a spatial editor and most of the functionality I think all of us have been looking for. Let me know if you have any questions though.
Cheers,
Ty- Global Mapper 20.1 provides the following new format support:
- Added support to read and write HEC-RAS Data Exchange file format files (.SDF), defining a river network, and its associated cross sections.
- Added support to read HEC-RAS .hdf files containing terrains (referenced GeoTif files), cross section lines, bank lines, river center lines, structure lines (dams, levees, etc), and 2D flow areas.
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The built-in automation capabilities of Parallels RAS simplify its deployment and configuration in the Azure cloud. It includes prebuilt Azure virtual machine (VM) templates and configuration wizards, allowing a Parallels RAS appliance to be fully configured in under 30 minutes. The solution offers straightforward and seamless user enrollment, maintaining productivity when moving local applications and desktops to virtual instances.
Affordable Disaster Recovery
Since Azure's virtual servers are hardware independent, the Parallels RAS sites, farms, applications and data can be safely and reliably backed up to a second location in real time. Businesses can secure their assets without the cost of a second datacenter or the burden of reloading each server component.
Universal Access Out-of-the-Box
Deploying Parallels RAS on Azure Cloud Service can provide employees immediate and secure access to applications, server-based desktops, data and folders across the Internet—without complex firewall configurations. Parallels RAS on Azure provides instant access to resources on any HTML5 browser.
On-Demand
Scalability
Hec Ras For Mac Installer
Maintain high performance for virtual applications and desktops by scaling the IT infrastructure on demand and automatically monitoring and adjusting resources. Auto-provisioning and auto-scaling workloads can ensure the right balance between resources' availability and compute cost when running on Microsoft Azure.
Load Balancing and Failover
Parallels RAS on Azure Cloud Service supports full active-active redundancy and features built-in load balancing for all Parallels RAS components—Publishing Agents, gateways and servers. Prevent any application server from becoming a single point of failure, thus improving overall application availability and responsiveness.
Hybrid and Cloud Deployment Options
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- Ability to work with various terrain datasets
- Ability to draw lines
- Ability to extract terrain data and distances from these lines
- ability to export to a specific file format for HEC-RAS
GlobalMapper is already setup to do all of those. The only step remaining is creating the file ready to be imported into HEC-RAS. Since HEC-RAS is public software I think you can obtain the needed information for this file.
While this would be a great starting point, GlobalMapper has the potential to post process data that HEC-RAS creates. Such as creating flood inundation maps, depth plots, scour plots,.. But I will save that for later.
Comments
- edited December 2011Thank you for the information. I agree that sounds like a useful addition and hopefully the required formats aren't too crazy. I've added this to our todo list.
Thanks,
Mike
Global Mapper Guru
gmsupport@bluemarblegeo.com
http://www.globalmapper.com - Global Mapper UserPosts: 114Trusted UserHere is the link to the manual. Appendix B has the information that you would need I think.
http://goo.gl/dPcFp - Global Mapper UserPosts: 114Trusted UserIf anyone is interested in a learning a little bit more about floodplain mapping and modeling. These two resources are a good place to start;
Elevation Data for Floodplain Mapping
Mapping the Zone - edited December 2011Thanks for the link, looks like the formats are simple enough, it's really just a matter of figuring out how to define what is what in Global Mapper to get the proper output format. For example what different reaches are, cross sections, etc. I'm not sure how important getting all that properly defined is for HEC-RAS or what a normal input looks like, but there's quite a bit of that in the samples in the User's Manual.
Thanks,
Mike
Global Mapper Guru
gmsupport@bluemarblegeo.com
http://www.globalmapper.com - Global Mapper UserPosts: 114Trusted UserWe currently use MicroStation and/or HEC-GeoRAS (within ArcView). They both handle defining the various features differently. If all of the lines are drawn in GM they could each just get an attribute such as profile, cross section, etc. Then on output, GM could just look at the attribute field to determine what each line is and what information it needs. You could also create/import each piece so they are all in different files and then have the user pick which file is which feature.
There are probably several ways to do it. I don't know much about programming to know which one is better. - edited December 2011Ok thank you for the information. We will look closer at how best to define this when we actually get to implementing it.
Thanks,
Mike
Global Mapper Guru
gmsupport@bluemarblegeo.com
http://www.globalmapper.com - Global Mapper UserPosts: 114Trusted UserLet me know if you have any questions or need anything tested. The company I work for uses HEC-RAS a lot, and we also teach courses around the nation to Departments of Transportation and other government agencies.
- edited April 2013Hi Mike, I am just curious about the status of the work to implement this HEC-RAS export feature. Thanks.
- edited April 2013Unfortunately nothing yet. It's quite a todo list we have, so better HEC-RAS integration might end up being part of a feature extension library that either we or some 3rd party writes. The next GM release should support 3rd-party feature extensions so things like this will be possible.
Thanks,
Mike
Global Mapper Guru
gmsupport@bluemarblegeo.com
Blue Marble Geographics for Coordinate Conversion, Image Reprojection and Vector Translation - edited April 2013
My suggestion is to incorporate something similar to HEC-GeoRAS into GlobalMapper. If done well there is potential for a lot of users.
This would be stunning. I remember I worked my ass off to try and find a good combination of GIS DEsktop + HEC GRas to start my PhD project.
This would surely be an excellent addition. Great suggestion @DustyRobinson - edited July 2014I would like to reinforce the value of the toolset described by the previous posters. The Army Corps of Engineers developed various softwares including HEC-HMS and HEC-RAS which are free to download and widely used in the technical community by hydrologists and hydraulic engineers. The software packages are fairly simple and are accompanied by spatial data editors (HEC-GeoHMS and HEC-GeoRAS); however, the *Geo* applications are only really available as build-ins to ARC which, aside from being cumbersome and crashy, is also outrageously expensive.
I believe, and I expect that many would support this sentiment, that the inclusion of *Geo* editors for HEC-HMS and HEC-RAS in the Global Mapper software would actually improve your bottom line. As the *Geo* editors are already coded and available for free I'm fairly confident it would not be a significant challenge for your coders to retrofit them into Global Mapper.
Please let me know if you'd like more info regarding this statement. Again, I would like to strongly reinforce the value of adding this toolset to your [already amazing] product. - Global Mapper UserPosts: 324Trusted UserOnce again I would like to put in my two bits in support of this. To create and set up most of the terrain model in GM, and then transfer it to HEC-RAS would be great!
- edited July 2014Hello all,
I too am in favor of adding this. I keep watching this thread as I find it both a really good idea, and a strong challenge for the ones developing GM.
Currently I am not working with these tools because the nature of my work is focused on something else for the moment, but I remember that back in the days when I wanted to start my PhD based on a hydrology issue, I virtually had to drop the idea because of the huge prices that one had to pay for such products.
All in all I consider this a top addition, alongside the former GM's Scripting capabilities and the future plans concerning charts. You will open the door for a new sector and the people involved in it. - edited July 2014Hi Guys,
Thank you for your enthusiastic feedback and requests, I have linked this thread in the enhancement request. I will also ask if our Sales and Development Staff can discuss the request for compatibility with HEC-HMS and HEC-RAS applications in an upcoming planning meeting, as far as real development requirements and the potential utility for those professionals working in hydrology and hydraulic engineering fields is concerned.
If you would like me to add any additional information to the enhancement request; use-case scenarios, your own information and professional credentials, and/or supporting or pertinent literature or projects you may send these to geohelp@bluemarblegeo.com.
Please put 'Attn Jasmine - Hydro # 9104' in the subject field, so that I know what it is pertaining to.
Regards,
Jasmine - Global Mapper UserPosts: 114Trusted UserHi,
Just checking into see if there has been any decisions made regarding incorporating HEC-RAS specific tools in GM?
FYI - Software now exists with the sole function of creating and editing HEC-RAS models (HEC-RAS software that automates cross sections creation and floodplain mapping)
There is a huge market for software of this kind. I think GM has the potential to offer an attractive option for a lot of people using HEC-RAs. - Global Mapper UserPosts: 114Trusted UserHi,
While my original request may still be a beneficial feature to some we have found other software to aid in the creation, editing, and processing of HEC-RAS models. The software is not cheap, but it is well worth the cost for what it does. GeoHECRAS by CivilGeo is the software if anyone is interested; http://www.civilgeo.com/geo-hec-ras/ - I still think there is a great value in this addition for Global Mapper.
- Hi,
I strongly support the idea of a feature that would allow to export directly geographic data to HEC-RAS. Global Mapper does already the greatest part of the job (defining the geometry of the reaches and cross sections), but the transfer of these datas to HEC-RAS by CSV files is really tedious.. - Hi,
Has there been any progress on this feature? It would be incredibly useful in our office as we have a lot of Global Mapper and HEC-RAS users.
Would be great to hear if there was progress. - edited October 2018I will forever hope this suggestion is going to be implemented at some point as well as a GM version for Mac .
- Hello All,
We are finally getting around to adding some HEC-RAS integration in to Global Mapper and were hoping for some customer input.
We have noticed that the cross-sections for streams don't seem to have a consistent spacing or geometry. Are the cross-sections typically drawn by hand, or is there some automated way that cross sections could be placed along the stream path?
Once you have a cross section and the Z values along the cross section are pulled from the underlying DEM data, are those Z values typically edited within the stream where the DEM has a flat surface to get bathymetric heights? Or is there some source of terrain with the bathymetry for streams along with terrain surface heights?
Finally, are the bank locations for each cross section typically specified manually, or is there some automatic way to calculate those based on the stream geometry.
It would be helpful is discussion for this could be sent to geohelp@bluemarblegeo.com as well as posted here.
Thanks,
Mike
Global Mapper Guru
geohelp@bluemarblegeo.com
http://www.bluemarblegeo.com/
Hey Mike,Hello All,
We are finally getting around to adding some HEC-RAS integration in to Global Mapper and were hoping for some customer input.
We have noticed that the cross-sections for streams don't seem to have a consistent spacing or geometry. Are the cross-sections typically drawn by hand, or is there some automated way that cross sections could be placed along the stream path?
Once you have a cross section and the Z values along the cross section are pulled from the underlying DEM data, are those Z values typically edited within the stream where the DEM has a flat surface to get bathymetric heights? Or is there some source of terrain with the bathymetry for streams along with terrain surface heights?
Finally, are the bank locations for each cross section typically specified manually, or is there some automatic way to calculate those based on the stream geometry.
It would be helpful is discussion for this could be sent to geohelp@bluemarblegeo.com as well as posted here.
Thanks,
Mike
Global Mapper Guru
geohelp@bluemarblegeo.com
http://www.bluemarblegeo.com/
Good to hear this ended up on your radar. You should know that a recent release of HEC-RAS (v5+) built-in a spatial editor and most of the functionality I think all of us have been looking for. Let me know if you have any questions though.
Cheers,
Ty- Global Mapper 20.1 provides the following new format support:
- Added support to read and write HEC-RAS Data Exchange file format files (.SDF), defining a river network, and its associated cross sections.
- Added support to read HEC-RAS .hdf files containing terrains (referenced GeoTif files), cross section lines, bank lines, river center lines, structure lines (dams, levees, etc), and 2D flow areas.
Hec Ras For Mac Os
Quick Deployment and Seamless Product Roll-Out
The built-in automation capabilities of Parallels RAS simplify its deployment and configuration in the Azure cloud. It includes prebuilt Azure virtual machine (VM) templates and configuration wizards, allowing a Parallels RAS appliance to be fully configured in under 30 minutes. The solution offers straightforward and seamless user enrollment, maintaining productivity when moving local applications and desktops to virtual instances.
Affordable Disaster Recovery
Since Azure's virtual servers are hardware independent, the Parallels RAS sites, farms, applications and data can be safely and reliably backed up to a second location in real time. Businesses can secure their assets without the cost of a second datacenter or the burden of reloading each server component.
Universal Access Out-of-the-Box
Deploying Parallels RAS on Azure Cloud Service can provide employees immediate and secure access to applications, server-based desktops, data and folders across the Internet—without complex firewall configurations. Parallels RAS on Azure provides instant access to resources on any HTML5 browser.
On-Demand
Scalability
Hec Ras For Mac Installer
Maintain high performance for virtual applications and desktops by scaling the IT infrastructure on demand and automatically monitoring and adjusting resources. Auto-provisioning and auto-scaling workloads can ensure the right balance between resources' availability and compute cost when running on Microsoft Azure.
Load Balancing and Failover
Parallels RAS on Azure Cloud Service supports full active-active redundancy and features built-in load balancing for all Parallels RAS components—Publishing Agents, gateways and servers. Prevent any application server from becoming a single point of failure, thus improving overall application availability and responsiveness.
Hybrid and Cloud Deployment Options
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