Map¶

The Map tab is where a project gets its location. One map and one pin handle two jobs:

Import an ECCC station — find and load an Environment and Climate Change Canada station's precipitation record, or
Set a project location — use the pin as your site and resolve its ecozone, which drives the sub-daily / IDF depth ratios used downstream.

Dropping a pin¶

Search place — type a place name (e.g. Vancouver, BC) and click Find to move the pin there.
Lat / Lon — type coordinates and click Drop pin.
Or click directly on the map.

Importing an ECCC station¶

Set the search Radius (km) and click Find stations.
Matching stations appear in the list — Station, Dist (km), Hourly and Daily record spans, and Total yrs — nearest first.
Select one and click Import selected ECCC station (or double-click the row).

Update station cache downloads the full ECCC station list (metadata only — no rainfall data) so searches run instantly offline afterwards; the cache status line shows whether a local cache is present. Station search and import need an internet connection (the cache update fetches the list once; importing fetches the selected record).

Setting a project location and ecozone¶

In the Project location (ecozone) panel:

Climatic region — leave on Auto (from location) to resolve the ecozone from the pin's coordinates, or pick a region manually to override it. The readout below shows the resolved ecozone and its confidence; if the point is outside the mapped regions (or the boundary file isn't installed), it states that the province/national fallback will be used.
Use this point as project location — commits the pin (and any manual region) as the active location.

Notes¶

The active selection summary at the bottom carries a provenance badge — whether the location came from an ECCC station or was set manually — which is saved with the session and matters for ecozone-based IDF.
If QtWebEngine isn't available the interactive map is replaced by a message; place search, coordinates, and the station list still work.