Package firetools
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 1  # firetools package 
 2  # copyright (c) 2011 Greg Miller 
 3  # author: Greg Miller <gmill002@gmail.com> 
 4   
 5  """Extract numerical case histories from digital geographic landscape 
 6  history data. I(firetools) provides a simple and reproducable solution for 
 7  combining many types of digital fire prone landscape history 
 8  data and extracting numerical case histories suitable for 
 9  subsequent statistical analysis.  
10   
11          Greg Miller <gmill002@gmail.com> 
12          Department of Earth Sciences 
13          University of California, Riverside 
14           
15          Purpose 
16                  This toolset provides a simple and reproducable solution for 
17                  combining many types of digital fire prone landscape history 
18                  data and extracting numerical case histories suitable for 
19                  subsequent statistical analysis.  
20                   
21          System Requirements 
22                  The toolset requires Python 2.5 or higher, Numpy 1.3 or higher, 
23                  and ESRI ArcGis 9.3 with the arcgisscripting module 
24   
25          Installation 
26                  Simply put the firetools folder in your Python25\Lib directory 
27   
28          Instructions for use 
29                  Produce a config script using the example as a template then  
30                  create a batch file or enter at the "run" prompt a command with  
31                  these three arguments using absolute paths. This will execute  
32                  the RunConfig.py with python.exe while passing your config  
33                  script to RunConfig.py as its first argument. 
34                   
35                  >> python.exe RunConfig.py YourConfig.py 
36   
37          Procedure Overview 
38                  The procedure can be divided into three parts. The user first  
39                  creates and defines shared aspects of the study. This includes  
40                  the study area, period and spatio-temporal grid resolution.  
41                  Next, source data series are imported. Source data types include  
42                  fire perimeters map series, static spatial data (ie elevation),  
43                  and time series (ie annual precipitation). When imports are  
44                  complete, output data is extracted and text file output and  
45                  sampled subsets are generated. 
46   
47  """ 
48   
49  __version__ = 0.01 
50  __author__ = "Greg Miller <gmill002@gmail.com>" 
51  __license__ = "" 
52   
53  __all__ = ["Study", "FirePerimeters", "MapSeries", "Static", "TimeSeries", ] 
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