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<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
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The <em>r.li</em> suite is a toolset for multiscale analysis of landscape structure.
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-<!-- rephrase reference to r.le which is long time ago ...-->
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+<!-- rephrase reference to r.le which is long time ago ...
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It aims at replacing the <em>r.le</em> suite of modules through a client-server,
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-multiprocess implementation. External software for quantitative measures of landscape
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-structure is for example FRAGSTATS (McGarigal and Marks 1995).
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+multiprocess implementation.
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+-->
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+It aims at implementing metrics as found in external software for quantitative
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+measures of landscape structure like FRAGSTATS (McGarigal and Marks 1995).
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<p>
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The <em>r.li</em> suite offers a set of patch and diversity indices.
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It supports analysis of landscapes composed of a mosaic of
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(e.g. frequency distribution of patch sizes in the sampling area). The
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results are stored as raster maps.
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-<p>
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+<h2>NOTES</h2>
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+
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The general procedure to calculate an index from a raster map is two-fold:
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<ol>
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-<li>run <em>g.gui.rlisetup</em>: create a configuration file selecting the parts of
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- raster to analyze.
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+<li>run <em>g.gui.rlisetup</em>: create a configuration file selecting
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+ the parts of raster map to be analyzed. This file allows to re-run
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+ an analysis easily. It is stored on Windows in the directory <tt>C:\Users\normal\AppData\Roaming\GRASS7\r.li\</tt>, on GNU/Linux in
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+ <tt>$HOME/.grass7/r.li/</tt>. <!-- TODO: and Mac OSX? -->
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<li>run one or more of the <em>r.li.<b>[index]</b></em> modules (e.g.,
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<em>r.li.<b>patchdensity</b></em>) to calculate the selected index
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using on the areas selected on configuration file.
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</ol>
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-<h2>NOTE</h2>
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-The <em>r.li.daemon</em> module also has a "main" function front-end
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-which can be run, but it is only a template for development of new
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-indices so not built by default.
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<!-- mhh ??:
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-The function itself has no meaning, it is only useful as an example and
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-for debugging.
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+The <em>r.li.daemon</em> source code has a "main" function front-end
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+which can be run, but it is only a template for development of new
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+indices.
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-->
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-<h2>EXAMPLE</h2>
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+<h2>EXAMPLES</h2>
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Calculate a patch density index on the entire 'geology' raster map
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in the Spearfish sample dataset, using a 5x5 moving window:
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<b>Core modules</b>:
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<ul>
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- <li> <a href="r.li.daemon.html">r.li.daemon</a>: job launch daemon</li>
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+ <li> <a href="r.li.daemon.html">r.li.daemon</a>: job launch daemon (not visible to the user)</li>
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<li> <a href="g.gui.rlisetup.html">g.gui.rlisetup</a>: Configuration editor for r.li.'index'</li>
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</ul>
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