qgis2fds at a glance
qgis2fds is an experimental project still subject to huge modifications.
Terrain and landuse for FDS simulations
qgis2fds allows you to seamlessly prepare terrain elevation and land-use data for wildfire and atmospheric pollutant dispersion simulations, directly from within QGIS.
You can:
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extract and process digital elevation models (DEM) to generate realistic terrain for FDS domains;
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incorporate land-use and vegetation layers to define surface characteristics relevant to fire spread or pollutant transport;
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export simulation-ready input files, eliminating manual preprocessing and ensuring consistency with geospatial sources.
Designed for fire safety engineers, environmental scientists, and students, qgis2fds leverages the powerful GIS capabilities of QGIS to streamline the setup of complex simulations in FDS.
What is QGIS?
QGIS is a free and open-source geographic information system (GIS) used to view, edit, analyze, and visualize geospatial data. It supports a wide range of vector, raster, and database formats, making it a powerful tool for mapping and spatial analysis.
License
QGIS and qgis2fds are both free software.
qgis2fds was released under the terms of the GNU General Public License. It is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty.
Financing
During 2020–2021, the development was supported by a grant from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
By the research project WUIFI-21 (High fidelity computational fluid dynamics modeling of forest fires for Wildland-Urban Interface communities resilience and protection) the participating organizations intended to extend the capabilities of FDS on the prediction of wildland-urban interface fires propagation.