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(ECP and CTSP grantees, reports, and other sites of interest for
conservation geography, mapping and GIS. Grantees are coded by
program and year of grant at the end of their name/state, i.e. e91 means
ECP grant in 1991. c=cstp, cm=ctsp-mac, cs=ctsp-software)
Software & Shared Application Libraries
ADE-4, France.
(Jean Michel Olivier, Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Eaux Douces
et des Grands Fleuves, URA CNRS 1974, Université Lyon 1, 69622
Villeurbanne Cedex, France, Fax: (33) 72 43 11 41 - Phone: (33) 72 43
13 19) "Ecological Data Analysis : Exploratory and Euclidean methods
in Environmental sciences: is a multivariate analysis package for environmental
data. A series of multivariate techniques permits to analyze several types
of data (e.g., quantitative, qualitative, presence/absence). The examples
included in ADE-4 for trial runs mainly deal with ecological questions."
Macintosh and Windows 95.
AI-GEOSTATS
Spatial Data Statistics Website, Italy.. (Environment Institute,
Environmental Monitoring Unit, I-21020 Ispra (Va) Italy, Grégoire Dubois,
Tel. 39-332-78.99.44 email: gregoire.dubois@jrc.it) "This site is
fully dedicated to the AI-GEOSTATS mailing list. Its main goal is to promote
communication about spatial data analysis (GIS, geostatistics, geoinformatics,
spatial statistics, sampling strategies,...) between persons working in
different fields.... The AI-GEOSTATS mailing list was established
by the 26th of April 1995 with the help of Jeff Wolfe (Penn State University).
Initially called AI (for ArcInfo, a widely distributed GIS) and GEOSTATS
(for geostatistics), this mailing list act as a forum for the dissemination
and discussion of all aspects of spatial statistics (there is no restriction
to ArcInfo and geostatistics anymore !).
ArcInfo Imagemap Macro, Md. (Developed by Ian L Thomas, GIS & Remote
Sensing Unit, Biological Resources Division USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research
Center, Laurel, MD 20708-4017. Tel: (301) 497-5636 Fax: (301) 497-5666
email: ian_thomas@usgs.gov, WWW: http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/geotech)
Purpose: To produce standard WWW imagemaps (html script, gifs, map files
and link pages) from any ArcInfo polygon coverage. Currently there is
much programming effort (eg. MapObjects) to produce java based GIS web
applications that download the actual ArcInfo data. However, while this
allows greater flexibility, it can be slow and buggy. The end user may
also need a compatible web browser and a fast internet connection. The
alternative method, using standard WWW imagemaps, should be compatible
with almost all browsers. Access times are also fast as the link images
or files have already been prepared and are sitting on the web server
ready for download. How Its Done: This macro takes a standard arcinfo
polygon coverage, creates a GIF image, generalizes it to reduce the number
of vertices, and then loops through (using a cursor) each polygon in turn,
collecting the polygon's vertices as screen coordinates and outputting
this to a map file and then adding a link file. Requirements: Unix ArcInfo
ArcGMT:
A suite of tools for conversion between ArcInfo® and Generic Mapping
Tools (GMT) (Dawn Wright, Ray Wood, and Brendan Sylvander) "ArcGMT
is a new suite of tools for converting Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) grids
to a format readable by the ArcInfo® and ArcView® geographic information
system (GIS) packages, and conversely, for creating GMT grids and files
from ArcInfo formats. GMT has arisen as an unofficial standard among
geoscientists for producing maps, particularly from marine bathymetry,
sidescan sonar imagery, gravity, and magnetics data."
Arcscripts: ESRI ArcView Scripts Repository
"ESRI has greatly expanded its popular scripts repository on its Web site
to give users better access to both ESRI and user-developed scripts and make it
easier for users to add their own scripts. The expanded area is known as ArcScripts "
ArcView
Extension for the analysis of Animal Movement Patterns: (By Philip
N. Hooge, Glacier Bay Field Station, Philip_Hooge@usgs.gov) "The
USGS-Alaska Biological Science Center announces the availability of a
software tool for the analysis of animal movements within an integrated
GIS environment. The software, written by Philip N. Hooge of the Glacier
Bay Field Station, is a collection of 32 functions that comprise an extension
to the ArcView GIS program, which is available on Unix, PC or Macintosh
platforms. Functions in the extension include: parametric and non-parametric
home range models, a test for site fidelity, sample size tests, tests
of complete spatial randomness, and functions to aid in path analysis,
habitat selection and the GIS processing of locational information. The
program and online documentation can be downloaded from the Internet at
http://www.absc.usgs.gov/glba/gistools/index.htm. Also available is a
package of raster GIS tools to extend the capabilities of the Spatial
Analyst extension to ArcView. This program comes in two versions one requiring
Spatial Analyst. (full implementation) and the other requiring only ArcView
(several functions disabled). The current version is 1.01 uploaded on
4/21/98. This version is still being tested so please use with caution
and send all comments and bug reports to Philip_Hooge@usgs.gov. "
ArcView Environmental Software Tools
page. (CommEn Space, Wa e98.
(1305 4th Ave. #303 Seattle WA 98101 tel:206-749-0112
email: info@commenspace.org GIS contact: Chris Davis, Eugene Martin)
"We also believe in sharing our development software resources with other
individuals and organizations working for environmental protection. If
we have the need for certain processes or analyses in our work, you can
be sure that other people working on environmental GIS projects have these
needs too. The following links will permit you to download Avenue scripts
developed by CommEnSpace technicians and distributed on ESRI's ArcScript
website. ". "CommEnSpace is pleased to announce the release
of FlowZones1.2, an ArcView 3.1 Extension
for delineating areas that contribute overland flows into a given point.
-auto detection and loading of required extensions (spatial analyst) -better
file management and cleanup -detailed help for each function -utilities
for detecting and correcting non-channel points -raster to vector conversion
that preserves grid verticies (no polygon generalization).
Spatial.AlignedGridExtract: "Have you ever noticed that
clipped grids in ArcView don't always line up with the original data cells?
Keeping clipped or extracted grids aligned with the original grid data
source is difficult in ArcView because the grid analysis extent is not
snapped to cell edges. CommEn Space has solved this problem and is pleased
to share these solutions with the GIS user community. Each of the following
scripts uses the same underlying process to snap a user rectangle to the
cell edges of a grid or image theme. An aligned clipped theme is the result
of the operation. While these scripts do work, they have not been extensively
tested - feedback on their performance is appreciated. Image.Snap2CellExtract"
ColorSwatchDelux v. 1.0 "Working
with colors in ArcView, but are having trouble visualizing your options?
ColorSwatchDelux is a new extension developed at CommEn Space to solve
this difficulty. This simple tool requires just three input variables
that specify a base color and generates a 625 cell color prism in a new
layout based upon that color. HSV and RGB codes identify each color in
the prism for easy development of palattes and color ramps. Printed output
helps to calibrate screen/printer color treatment and can assist in color
selection of map layouts. Click here to view sample output (lo resolution).
ArcView Xtools, Oregon Dept. of Forestry
"Xtools is an ODF-developed ArcView Extension with many tools useful in doing
GIS analysis using ArcView...This extension contains useful tools developed,
collected, or modified by Mike DeLaune, Oregon Department of Forestry. An Xtools
Menu with menu items that are equivalent in purpose to some ArcInfo Commands.
In the following list, the equivalent ArcInfo commands are in parentheses: Buffer Selected
Features (BUFFER) Clip With Polygon(s) (CLIP) Erase Features (ERASE) Identity
(IDENTITY) Intersect Themes (INTERSECT) Merge Themes (PUT, GET) Union
Polygon themes (UNION) Update Polygon Theme (UPDATE)"
CITYgreen Software:
(American Forestry Association, Wash DC e93.
P.O. Box 2000 Washington, DC 20013 (202) 955-4500, contact Chris Daniel) CITYgreen is
an ArcView extension for mapping urban ecology and measuring the economic benefits
of trees, soils and other natural resources. It's available at an educational
discount for $395, Please email to cgreen@amfor.org to enquire about non-profit
conservation group pricing. "CITYgreen is a GIS software application
that helps people understand the value of trees to the local environment.
Planners and natural resources professionals use the program to test landscape
ordinances, evaluate site plans and model development scenarios that capture
the benefits of trees. CITYgreen is a GIS solution available to your own
community." CITYgreen
Training is available as 2-day workshops across the country including
intro ArcView training. You can order a FREE
COPY of the demo CD-ROM here, or see the ONLINE
Tutorial here.
Helios Environmental Modeling Institute (HEMI) Ks.
(University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA tel: (913)864-7769 FAX: (913)864-7789.
GIS Contact: Dr. Paul M. Rich, Associate
Professor, Email: prich@oz.kbs.ukans.edu) "provides a variety of
advanced environmental modeling and measurement capabilities, as well
as geographic information system (GIS) consulting services." Products:
The Helios Suite of Software
-HemiView - software for the analysis of hemispherical photographs,
now available commercially from Delta-T Devices, Ltd. -TopoView -
software for calculation of insolation maps from digital elevation models
(DEMs). [Order Now]. . -Solar
Analyst - software providing solar simulation tools accessible through
ArcView GIS, including capabilities of TopoView plus many enhancements.
Available in 2000." FREE
SOFTWARE:.. -Solarflux Free - software for calculation of insolation
maps (ArcInfo AML; requires ArcInfo to run & has various limitations)
-LAICalc Free - software for calculation of leaf area index (LAI)
from gap fraction data. -Canopy Free - software and source code
for analysis of hemispherical photographs (DOS based, uses specialized
hardware). -Image Free - software and source code for image analysis
(DOS based, uses specialized hardware).
All text by the respective organizations/authors
January 2, 1997
Web layout & design: Charles Convis, ESRI Conservation Program
April 2, 1996
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