Geodiversity Tools v0.2.0

[0.2.0] - 2026-02-02
Added

• New Index: Introduced the Steinhaus Vertical Relief Index (R_M) for measuring landform energy and vertical diversity.
• Spatial Overlap Validation: Added a pre-processing check to ensure that the landscape feature layer and the analytical grid have a common spatial extent.
• Data Format Enforcement: Added a restriction to prevent the use of shapefiles, ensuring all operations are performed within Geodatabases (GDB) for data integrity.

Fixed

• Coordinate System Inheritance: Prevented the automatic inheritance of Z- and M-coordinates in output feature classes, resolving potential geometry compatibility issues.
• Field Name Conflicts: Fixed an issue where the tool would fail if output fields already existed in the attribute table.
• Resource Cleanup: Improved the "intermediate data" removal process to ensure memory is cleared even if the script execution is interrupted.

Changed

• Performance Overhaul: Re-engineered core logic using In-Memory Dictionary Mapping. Processing time for large datasets (~4,300 zones) was reduced from 40 minutes to under 60 seconds.
• Dynamic Attribute Naming: Improved the prefix generation logic for partial criteria attributes, making them more intuitive and based on source vector layer names.
• Enhanced Spatial Logic: Refined the assignment of extreme points to grid cells using optimized spatial join and axial validation.

Geodiversity Tools ver. 0.1.0

Geodiversity Tools v0.1.0

Initial public release of the Geodiversity Tools toolbox for ArcGIS Pro.

Included tools:

• Vector:
  • polygon: A_Ne, A_Nc, A_SHDI,
  • line: L_Tl,
  • point: P_Ne, P_Nc, P_Hu,
• Raster: R_SD, R_SDc.