Welcome to the Landscape Similarity Toolbox website. The Landscape Similarity tools were developed to assist scientists and land managers with selecting control sites that are as similar as possible. Although the tools were developed with large-scale landscape treatments in mind, such as prescribed burning, grazing, and forestry actions, they should be applicable to observational studies and smaller scale experiments that aim to capture landscape context. The landscape similarity methodology is an advanced GIS methodology that can compare similarity between a pre-defined treatment area and surrounding potential control sites using a variety of levels of information. These include: similarity in composition, similarity in patch-level configuration (structure), and similarity in cell-level configuration. The Landscape Similarity Toolbox was written primarily in python and can be run in ArcGIS as a toolbox or stand-alone in the python IDLE editor. If you have questions or concerns feel free to contact the authors. |
Disclaimer – All software products on this page are distributed without any expressed or implied warranties. Software products have been developed for specific projects and have not been tested extensively for alternative study areas or purposes and are available for download as beta versions. Beta software is defined as software that has not been tested thoroughly and is not ready for release status. The authors, and their employers, cannot assume liability for its usage. Distribution of the software is unlimited if credit is given to the authors. Information on how to cite the software is included in the documentation of each individual software product. No technical support is provided although you may contact the author(s) with questions or to provide feedback. |
