you must talk to Sanjy Rana at CASA (centre for advanced spatial analysis,
UCL, London) the url is www.casa.ucl.ac.uk Sam has developed a software
which actually calculates the isovists
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernhard Snizek" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 7:31 AM
Subject: Isovist vs. Viewsheds
> Dear whoeveryouare,
>
> I am currently working on my MSc thesis investigating the landscape
> visual complexity by using field isovists/viewsheds and VGAs but I am
> not quite sure how to deal with viewsheds that have several peripheral
> polygons, not connected to the vantage point. I try to expand Benedikt's
> work and am therefore introducing a lot of new measures. But I am not
> quite sure how to deal with radials. Take for instance the circularity
> measure: do I have to construct a new center for each peripheral polygon
> or do I have to apply the original vantage point ?
>
> Does anyone know some literature dealing with that problem or am I on
> untouched land ?
>
> best regards
>
> Bernhard Snizek
> --
> http://snizek.com
>
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