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Analytical Tools Interface for Landscape Assessments (ATtILA)

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The Analytical Tools Interface for Landscape Assessments for ArcGIS Pro (ATtILA for ArcGIS Pro) is currently in development. The most recent release for ESRI ArcMap 10.0 is available at https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas/attila-toolbox.


Overview

ATtILA for ArcGIS Pro is an Esri ArcGIS toolbox that allows users to easily calculate many common landscape metrics. GIS expertise is not required, but some experience with ArcGIS is recommended. Three metric groups (toolsets) are currently included in ATtILA: Landscape Characteristics, People in the Landscape, and Riparian Characteristics, along with a Utilities section. ATtILA for ArcGIS Pro is written using the Python programming language and is designed to accommodate spatial data from a variety of sources.


Contact

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Research and Development
Durham, NC 27709
https://ecomments.epa.gov/enviroatlas/


Credits

Python code for ATtILA was written by Don Ebert (EPA), Michael Jackson (former EPA), Baohong Ji (former Woolpert), and Torrin Hultgren (GDIT), with special assistance from Ellen D'Amico (EPA), and Doug Browning (former EPA Student Services Contractor).

David Gottlieb (former EPA Student Services Contractor) wrote the code for the Land Cover Coding Editor.

The original ATtILA ArcView extension tool was written in Avenue code by Don Ebert (EPA) and Tim Wade (former EPA) with assistance from Dennis Yankee (Tennessee Valley Authority, Public Power Institute) who wrote code for the PCTIA_RD metric.

The following programmers were not directly involved with the project, but gave permission for their code to be incorporated into the original ATtILA and we greatly appreciate their generosity:

  • Laine, Jarko. 1998. Intersec Script, Novo.
  • Eichenlaub, Bill. 1998. Profiler Script (Version 1.0), National Park Service.
  • O’Malley, Kevin. 1999. Two Theme Analyst Extension.
  • DeLaune, Mike. 2003. XTools Extension, Oregon Department of Forestry.
  • Martin, Eugene. 1999. Spatial.AlignedGridExtract Script, University of Washington.
  • Fox, Timothy J. 1998. Nearest Feature Analysis Tool Script, USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center.
  • Cosmas, Tom. 1999. Table.RenameField Script, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
  • Schultz, Ron. 2003. Bearing extension.
  • Jenness, Jeff. 2005. Distance/Azimuth Tools (Version 1.4b), Jenness Enterprises.

Tim Wade (former EPA), Deborah Chaloud (former EPA), Megan Culler (EPA ORISE Participant), Steven Jett (Woolpert), Barbara Rosenbaum (Woolpert), Caroline Erickson (former EPA) and Bob Ohman (former EPA Senior Environmental Employment Program) wrote the help files for the many versions of ATtILA.

Rose Marie Moore (former EPA), Anne Neale (EPA), Jeremy Baynes (EPA), and Barbara Rosenbaum (Woolpert) gave assistance with overall planning and budgeting.

Molly Jenkins (EPA ORISE Participant), Brittany Jackson (EPA Student Services Contractor), and Sandra Bryce (Woolpert) provided invaluable assistance with ATtILA's webpage, wiki, and documentation.

Jeremy Baynes (EPA), Barbara Rosenbaum (Woolpert), Anne Neale (EPA), Laura Jackson (former EPA), Megan Culler (EPA ORISE Participant), Jessica Daniel (EPA), Wei-Lun Tsai (EPA), Allison Killea (Student Services Contractor), Taylor Minich (EPA), James Wickham (EPA), Megan Mehaffey (EPA), and Torrin Hultgren (GDIT) provided insightful and useful feedback regarding the myriad decisions that arose during ATtILA's development.


License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2019 U.S. Federal Government (in countries where recognized)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.


EPA Disclaimer

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) GitHub project code is provided on an "as is" basis and the user assumes responsibility for its use. EPA has relinquished control of the information and no longer has responsibility to protect the integrity, confidentiality, or availability of the information. Any reference to specific commercial products, processes, or services by service mark, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply their endorsement, recommendation or favoring by EPA. The EPA seal and logo shall not be used in any manner to imply endorsement of any commercial product or activity by EPA or the United States Government.


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