[GRASS-dev] r.li (landscape indices)

[Markus Neteler]

Hi,

I would really get this one solved... we are currently updating the 
GRASS book
(3rd edition) and it would be a pain to either not write about r.li or 
to have
the names wrong.


Hamish wrote on 01/30/2007 12:45 AM:
> serena wrote:
>   
>> If there aren't problems I'll change r.li names.
>>     
...
>> so:
>>     
> [including Serena's updates]
>
>   
>> r.li.contrastWeightedEdgeDensity	will be	r.li.cwed
>> r.li.dominance          will be          r.li.dominance
>>     
>
> nice
>
>   
>> r.li.edgedensity        will be          r.li.edgedens
>>     
>
> IMO r.li.edgedensity is preferable (16 chars).
>
>   
>> r.li.meanPatchSize          will be          r.li.meanps
>> r.li.meanPixelAttribute     will be          r.li.meanpa
>>     
>
> similar enough to be confusing?
> what about r.li.patchsize  or r.li.mps  ??
>
> I don't have very good ideas about the other one:
>   r.li.pixelatt  ??   r.li.meanpixatt  ?? r.li.mpa  ??
>   (of those I prefer r.li.mpa, ....)
>
>   
>> r.li.patchAreaDistributionCV          will be       r.li.padcv
>> r.li.patchAreaDistributionRANGE       will be       r.li.padrange
>> r.li.patchAreaDistributionSD          will be       r.li.padsd
>>     
>
> nice
>
>   
>> r.li.patchdensity           will be          r.li.patchdens
>>     
>
> IMO r.li.patchdensity is preferable (17 chars).
>
>   
>> r.li.patchnumber      will be          r.li.patchnum
>> r.li.richness         will be          r.li.richness
>> r.li.shannon          will be          r.li.shannon
>> r.li.shape            will be          r.li.shape
>> r.li.simpson          will be          r.li.simpson
>>     
>
> nice.
>
>   
>> also, because of the structure of r.li, I think is not a good idea to
>> lump different modules.
>>     
>
> ok.
>   

I mean, we can discuss this forever or just finally do it.

thanks,
Markus