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+# plTools |
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+**a QGIS plugin and binaries** |
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+The plTools package is a set of programs for spatial analysis. The package includes: |
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+- plMapcalc - raster layer calculator (web page); |
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+- plForestFragment - a program for calculating multi-scale forest fragmentation index (web page); |
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+- plGeoAdaptels - a program for calculating adaptels (superpixels) from geospatial data (description); |
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+- plDarkSky - a program for calculating light pollution using the Barry method (web page); |
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+- plClump4p - a program for creating connected components (clumps) based on a categorized geospatial layer (description). |
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+plTools is available as a set of binary files for installation |
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+on Linux and Windows. In addition, it is made available as a QGIS plugin. |
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+Programs included in the plTools package can also be run from |
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+the command line or directly from QGIS. |
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+The plTools package uses GDAL, PROJ, ezDGAL, Argtable3 and TCC. |
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+The plTools installer copies the executable files to a directory |
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+accessible from the user level or to all users. One system variable, |
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+PLTOOLSPATH, is defined during installation, indicating the program |
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+directory. The installation does not modify any other system settings. |
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+The programs included in plTools are available under the GPLv3 license. |
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