Add-ons
Add-ons
Features you can switch on or off in the apps. An add-on extends an app; it is never an app of its own. Every add-on here was reviewed and signed by the CadCraft team.
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Finds an address's latitude and longitude with OpenStreetMap data (ODbL). getcadcraft.com asks OpenStreetMap's Nominatim for you (at most one request a second; answers kept 90 days under a hash of the address, never who asked). Asks only when you press its button in Surface › More › Address to site; no key, nothing at start-up; this browser keeps the answer 24 hours.
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Reads the building footprints, heights and levels around the point from OpenStreetMap through the Overpass service (ODbL: credit OpenStreetMap contributors). It asks the service only when you press its button in Surface › More › Address to site; nothing is sent at start-up, no key is used, and the answer is kept 24 hours in this browser.
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Flood zones (FEMA)
0.8.0Reads FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer flood hazard zones around the point (US federal data, United States only). It asks the service only when you press its button in Surface › More › Address to site; nothing is sent at start-up, no key is used, and the answer is kept 24 hours in this browser.
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Ground elevation (USGS)
0.8.0Reads the ground elevation at the point from the USGS Elevation Point Query Service (United States only). It asks the service only when you press its button in Surface › More › Address to site; nothing is sent at start-up, no key is used, and the answer is kept 24 hours in this browser.
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Parcels (county service)
0.8.0Reads the parcel polygon at the point from a county or city open-data service you give the address of (an ArcGIS REST layer; terms differ by county). It asks the service only when you press its button in Surface › More › Address to site; nothing is sent at start-up, no key is used, and the answer is kept 24 hours in this browser.
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Soils (USDA SSURGO)
0.8.0Reads the soil map unit at the point from the USDA Soil Data Access service (United States only). It asks the service only when you press its button in Surface › More › Address to site; nothing is sent at start-up, no key is used, and the answer is kept 24 hours in this browser.
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Design and check a drinking-water distribution network on top of CivilCraft's water mains: turn parcels and customers into demands, run fire flow at every hydrant, see which main outage hurts most, and follow water age and chlorine through a 24-hour run. A calculation aid: an engineer checks every result.