Land Change Modeler for Ecological Sustainability

It includes such functions as:

• Analyzing past land cover change
• Modeling the potential for change
• Predicting the implications of that change into the future
• Assessing the implications of that change for biodiversity
• Evaluating planning intervention for maintaining ecological sustainability

Classifiers and Machine Learning

Many of the classifiers fall into the realm of machine learning and neural networks. The new additions include:

• Multi-layer perception
• Kohenon's Self-organizing Feature Map (SOM)
• Fuzzy ArtMap
• Classification Tree Analysis
• K-Means
• K-Nearest Neighbour

Interface/Display Enhancements

Idrisi Explorer has been transformed from a file management utility to a major project management tool. Other display and interface enhancements include:

• A new photo layer type
• An enhanced Fly Through module
• A revised Media Viewer
• A new HISTO module
• A new legend management tools
• Enhanced north arrows
• Enhanced map grid display options
• Map display at a specific scale by changing the representative fraction

General Analytical Refinements

They include:

• Acceptance of all data types in image processing routines
• A new Multinominal Logistic Regression tool
• A new time series analysis tool
• Reverse transformation in the PCA module
• A new Pansharpened module using three procedures: colour space transformation, principal components transformation, and local regression analysis
• A new image transformation procedure based on the minimum noise fraction
• Additional control variables in the RUNOFF module
• A new SEDIMENTATION module to calibrate soil loss and deposition
• An enhanced SEGMENT to produce an image of homogeneity
• A new BREAKOUT module to create separate layers of each category in multi-category images and vector files
• A revised CROSSTAB module to allow 3-way crosstabulation along with crosstabulation of fuzzy membership maps
• Enhanced ROC and LOGISTICREG modules to permit faster processing
• A new PROJECT to support reference systems based on the sinusoidal projection
• A new THERMAL to work with any system and allow for emissivity correction
• PATHWAY to allow simultaneous pathway determination from multiple targets
• A revised TREND to calculate polynominal surface up to a ninth order
• New import routines to support ASD hyperspectral radiometers and images based on the ECW format