Tool Population Land Cover Views

Population Land Cover Views

Summary

Estimates the percentage of the population in each reporting unit that have potential views of selected land cover classes within a given distance from their location and creates an output table. A land cover class is visible if it is found within the neighborhood defined by the View radius and in a group of cells larger than or equal to the Minimum visible patch size. The Minimum visible patch size and View radius are provided by the user.

Additional fields for total population count within the reporting unit, the total population count in the reporting unit with potential views, the total population count in the reporting unit without potential views, and the percentage of the total population in the reporting unit without potential views are also output.

Usage

To be edited.

Syntax

PLCV (Reporting_unit_feature, Reporting_unit_ID_field, Land_cover_grid, Land_cover_classification_scheme, Land_cover_classification_file, Report_metrics_for_these_classes, View_radius, Minimum_visible_patch_size, Population_raster, Output_table, {Processing_cell_size}, {Snap_raster}, Select_options)

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
Reporting_unit_feature	The vector polygon dataset that defines the reporting units.	Feature Layer
Reporting_unit_ID_field	The field in the Reporting unit feature layer that contains the unique ID for each reporting unit. It may be an integer or a string data type.	Field
Land_cover_grid	The raster dataset representing land cover classes to be summarized within each Reporting unit feature. The grid input must be an integer raster layer.	Raster Layer
Land_cover_classification_scheme	The land cover classification schemes included in ATtILA and a User Defined option. The default schemes correspond to common input land cover datasets. Two schemes are supplied for each dataset included in ATtILA: {DATASET NAME} ALL - includes all land cover types in the grid with no exclusions. {DATASET NAME} LAND - excludes non-terrestrial land cover types.	String
Land_cover_classification_file	The full pathname to the user-defined .xml file for custom or non-standard land cover classification schemes. Pathname is automatically filled when a default scheme is selected.	File
Report_metrics_for_these_classes	A list of the land cover classes and metric combinations for processing. Check the box to calculate metrics for each land cover class and/or combination class desired within the reporting units.	Multiple Value
View_radius	The radius of the view neighborhood, measured in number of grid cells. The input must be an integer value.	Long
Minimum_visible_patch_size	The minimum patch size, measured in number of grid cells, necessary to be considered a visible patch. Connectivity is defined within the immediate eight-cell neighborhood. Cells of the same class to the right, left, above, below, or diagonal to each other are considered as part of the same patch. The input must be an integer value.	Long
Population_raster	The raster dataset that contains population data. The grid input can be either an integer or floating-point raster layer.	Raster Layer
Output_table	The output reporting unit metrics table to be created. It is recommended that the Output table be saved within a file geodatabase.	Table
Select_options (Optional)	One tool option is available to provide additional information: Retain Intermediate Layers Generated During Metric Calculation - Saves the intermediate data layers that are normally deleted after processing is complete.	Multiple Value

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