STATUS
The package is deprecated. The new iteration of the tool is available for QGIS as a plugin named LoS Tools.
Introduction
Line of Sight Analyst toolbox is a Python toolbox for ArcGIS of version 10.x. The tool aims to extend possibilities provided by existing tools Construct Sight Lines and Line of Sight in ArcGIS 3D Analyst's Visibility toolbox.
While Line of Sight can be used to determine if target points are visible from observer points, which parts of the line-of-sight (LoS) are visible and invisible and where is the main obstacle located on LoS. These informations form an important part of the visibility information, however, these are often inadequate for proper assessment of visibility. Complete visibility assessment requires calculation of several LoS characteristics that can not be done by existing tools in ArcGIS.
Line of Sight Analyst provides tools for easier creation of LoS, analysing LoS and extracting important points from LoS. Besides these functions that are directly related to the visibility analysis the toolbox contains a tool for optimization of point location based on raster values.
Releases
Releases are available at GitHub. Last release is 0.7.0 and it is public since 2018.
Licence
The toolbox is released under GPLv3
News
ver. 0.7.0
- Parameter Use earth curvature and refraction corrections? is now by default checked for all tools.
ver. 0.6.7
- Bug fixed in elevation difference to global horizon calculation.
ver. 0.6.6
- Minor bug fixes and description texts clarification.
ver. 0.6.0
- Added Earth curvature and atmospheric refraction corrections for all relevant tools.
ver. 0.5.1
- First public release.
Known Issues
- No issues are known at this time.
- If you found an error feel free to create Issue at GitHub.
Future Plans
- Future versions will include suggestions from users and testers, if there will be any.
- There plans for tools that would deal with linear horizons (definition, extraction from the surface and evaluation).