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</dl>
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<H3>Input parameters:</H3>
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-<P>The <I>elevin </I>parameter is an input elevation raster map. If
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+<P>The <I>elevin</I> parameter is an input elevation raster map. If
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the buffer options are used (see below), this raster should extend
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over the area that accommodate the presently defined region plus
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defined buffer zones.
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</P>
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-<P>The <I>step </I>parameter gives the angle step (in degrees)
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+<P>The <I>horizonstep</I> parameter gives the angle step (in degrees)
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between successive azimuthal directions for the calculation of the
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-horizon. Thus, a value of 5 for the <I>step </I>will give a total of
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+horizon. Thus, a value of 5 for the <I>horizonstep</I> will give a total of
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360/5=72 directions (72 rasters if used in the raster mode).
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</P>
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<P>The <I>direction</I> parameter gives the initial direction of the
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first output. This parameter acts as an direction angle offset. For
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example, if you want to get horizon angles for directions 45 and 225
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-degrees, the <I>direction</I> should be set to 45 and <I>step</I> to
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+degrees, the <I>direction</I> should be set to 45 and <I>horizonstep</I> to
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180. If you only want one single direction, use this parameter to
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-specify desired direction of horizon angle, and set the <I>step</I>
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+specify desired direction of horizon angle, and set the <I>horizonstep</I>
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size to 0 degrees.
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</P>
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<P>The <I>dist </I>controls the sampling distance step size for the
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@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ higher than any point in the region or until it reaches the border of
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the region (see also the <I>bufferzone,e_buff</I>, <I>n_buff</I>,
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<I>s_buff</I>, and <I>w_buff</I>). The the number of lines of sight (azimuth
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directions) is determined from the <I>direction</I> and
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-<I>step </I>parameters. The method takes into account the curvature
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+<I>horizonstep</I> parameters. The method takes into account the curvature
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of the Earth whereby remote features will seem to be lower than they
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actually are. It also accounts for the changes of angles towards
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cardinal directions caused by the projection (see above).
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@@ -118,14 +118,14 @@ cardinal directions caused by the projection (see above).
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Single point mode:
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<div class="code"><pre>
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-r.horizon elevin=DEM step=30 direction=15 bufferzone=200 coord=47.302,7.365 dist=0.7 > horizon.out
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+r.horizon elevin=DEM horizonstep=30 direction=15 bufferzone=200 coord=47.302,7.365 dist=0.7 > horizon.out
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</pre></div>
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Raster map mode (for r.sun2):
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<div class="code"><pre>
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# we put a bufferzone of 10% of maxdistance around the study area
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-r.horizon elevin=DEM step=30 bufferzone=200 horizon=horangle dist=0.7 maxdistance=2000
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+r.horizon elevin=DEM horizonstep=30 bufferzone=200 horizon=horangle dist=0.7 maxdistance=2000
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</pre></div>
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