Track: Modeling
A Visual Programming Environment for Spatial Modeling: The ArcView Spatial Modeler Extension
David M. TheobaldThe user-friendly interfaces of desktop GIS provide powerful functionality to a broad set of users. For example, ArcView GIS allows users to easily interact with and query single themes. More complex models can be created using ArcView Spatial Analyst and Avenue, consisting of multiple themes and the functions that define their relationships. However, the interface tools to construct and visualize these complex models in desktop GIS are lacking. I will demonstrate an extension that enables the user to visualize model logic, automate repetitious tasks, and construct complex models, including temporally dynamic simulation models, within the ArcView GIS environment.
David M. Theobald
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1499
USA
Telephone: 970 491 5122
Fax: 970 491 1965
E-mail: davet@nrel.colostate.edu