The user can run the tool by selecting either to see all scenarios or to see a single scenario. The colors of parcels indicate when these should be harvested. The ‘Do nothing’ option corresponds to stands that should be left not harvested during the whole planning horizon.
The user can select a specific period by clicking on the legend. Once a period on the legend is selected, only parcels that are assigned to be harvested in that period are highlighted. Clicking back the period on the legend brings back all the periods and the whole color scale. The map can be zommed in or out by scrolling using the mouse wheel. Similarly, the user can pan the map in the whole zone assigned for its display.
On the left there is a graph that refers to the total volume harvested in each period for such a proposed forest management planning. The chart can refer to a single scenario or all the scenarios
There is a tooltip for both the chart and the map(s). The tooltip gives the attribute of the map such as the area, the period scheduled for harvest and which scenario are we referring to. The bar chart tooltip allows to see exactly what is the volume harvested in each period.
When visualizing a single scenario, there is a slider to navigate between scenarios. Changing the position of the slider select a different scenario. The slider disappears when the user toggles to all scenarios.
‘All scenarios’ option allows to see simultaneously the volume of wood harvested in all the planning period and the stands allocated for harvest in each planning period. So we will have 8 maps corresponding each to a scenario. The bar chart displays as well the volumes for each scenario and period.
The user can choose to see either the ‘wait and see’ case which is the management we would propose if we knew the given scenario would manifest itself for sure or the ‘final’ case which integrated the stochasticity in the climate and allows a management that anticipates climate change.
One can decide to better decipher the solution by visualizing it as a parallel coordinate. The parallel coordinate shows for each stand how it is scheduled to be harvest in each scenario. The user can hover over each line to see how it changes. You can select a set of parcels by dragging around the axe and it selects the group of parcels
The user has the choice to compare the scenarios two by two by checking ‘compare two scenarios’ checkbox. The comparison is flexible and works either it is one scenario or all scenarios selected; either it is all periods or one period selected as well as wait and see solutions or the final solution.