Accademia Italiana di Scienze Forestali

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Results: The following programs are available for download:

FracAS (Fractal Analysis Software)

FracAS computes the local fractal dimension on classified raster GIS layers with a non-regression technique. FracAS is based on the use of Merchant’s adaptive geographic window, which is designed to operate on a neighborhood of patches instead of a fixed rectangular neighborhood of pixels. For additional details, see the user’s manual included.

FracAS is distributed without charge for non-commercial use. No guarantees are made about the accuracy or reliability of the methods or program.

LaDy (Landscape Diversity Software

LaDy computes Rényi’s local landscape diversity (a parametric generalization of Shannon’s entropy) on raster land cover maps. LaDy is based on the use of Merchant’s adaptive geographic window, which is designed to operate on a neighborhood of patches instead of a fixed rectangular neighborhood of pixels. For additional details, see the user’s manual included.

LaDy is distributed without charge for non-commercial use. No guarantees are made about the accuracy or reliability of the methods or program.

PAP (Parametric Fragmentation Program)

PAP summarizes local landscape fragmentation of raster land cover maps by means of Rényi’s generalized entropy (a parametric generalization of Shannon’s entropy). PAP is based on the use of Merchant’s adaptive geographic window, which is designed to operate on a neighborhood of patches instead of a fixed rectangular neighborhood of pixels. For additional details, see the user’s manual included.

PAP is distributed without charge for non-commercial use. No guarantees are made about the accuracy or reliability of the methods or program.